Method and apparatus for callback supplementation of media program metadata
AssigneeHulu, LLC
InventorTing-Hao Yang
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for obtaining media program metadata is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving a media program callback message in a content delivery system from a client device displaying a webpage retrieved from a host server, the media program embedded in the retrieved webpage, the callback message comprising a callback address to the webpage, and storing the address as metadata associated with the media program in the database.
Claims15
A method for obtaining metadata associated with a media program, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a media program callback message to request the media program at a content delivery system from a client device displaying a webpage retrieved from a host server, wherein:
- the media program is embedded in the retrieved webpage,
- the callback message is generated by the client device executing coded instructions in a source code for the webpage, and
- a callback address to the webpage is included in the callback message by virtue of the callback message being generated;
- determining, by the computing device, the callback address from the callback message;
- and
- storing, by the computing device, the callback address as metadata associated with the media program in the database in response to determining the callback address, wherein the metadata indicates the media program is embedded in the webpage identified by the callback address.
An apparatus for obtaining metadata associated with a media program, comprising:
- a content delivery system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when executed, control the one or more computer processors to be configured for:
- receiving a media program callback message to request the media program from a client device displaying a webpage retrieved from a host server, wherein:
- the media program is embedded in the retrieved webpage,
- the callback message is generated by the client device executing coded instructions in a source code for the webpage, and
- a callback address to the webpage is included in the callback message by virtue of the callback message being generated;
- determining the callback address from the callback message;
- and
- a database for storing the callback address as metadata associated with the media program in response to determining the callback address, wherein the metadata indicates the media program is embedded in the webpage identified by the callback address.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, that when executed, control a computer system to be configured for:
- receiving a media program callback message to request the media program at a content delivery system from a client device displaying a webpage retrieved from a host server, wherein:
- the media program is embedded in the retrieved webpage,
- the callback message is generated by the client device executing coded instructions in a source code for the webpage, and
- a callback address to the webpage is included in the callback message by virtue of the callback message being generated;
- determining the callback address from the callback message;
- and
- storing the callback address as metadata associated with the media program in the database in response to determining the callback address, wherein the metadata indicates the media program is embedded in the webpage identified by the callback address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.