System for media program management
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJeffrey Cassanova, Nicholas Peter Hill, Virginia Ng
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to capture an image, and transmit the image to a system. The system can be operable to determine that the image corresponds to a media program, identify metadata associated with the media program, and transmit the metadata to a set-top box operable to display program information according to the metadata. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a processing system including a processor of a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device configured to control operations of a media processing device as a remote controller;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- capturing, from a printed publication, an image relating to a media program;
- identifying an object in the image;
- identifying the media program based on the identified object;
- creating metadata associated with the media program based on the image and responsive to the media program being identified, wherein the metadata comprises descriptive information of the media program and a presentation schedule for the media program;
- transmitting the metadata to the media processing device to enable the media processing device to present a description of the media program, the presentation schedule for the media program, and a plurality of options for recording the media program according to the metadata,
- receiving an input corresponding to a selection of a recording option for the media program;
- and
- communicating the selection to the media processing device to direct the media processing device to record the media program.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor of a mobile communication device, facilitate performance of operations, wherein the mobile communication device is configured to control operations of a media processing device as a remote controller, and wherein the operations comprise:
- capturing from a printed publication an image relating to a media program;
- detecting in the image a background of the image;
- comparing the detected background of the image with a plurality of backgrounds of known media programs to identify similarities therebetween;
- identifying an object in the image;
- identifying the media program based on the identified object, the identified similarities to the background of the image, or a combination thereof;
- creating metadata associated with the media program based on the image and responsive to the media program being identified, wherein the metadata comprises descriptive information of the media program and a presentation schedule for the media program;
- transmitting the metadata to the media processing device to enable the media processing device to present a description of the media program, the presentation schedule for the media program, and a plurality of options for recording the media program according to the metadata;
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- directing the media processing device to record the media program in accordance with a selected recording option.
A method, comprising:
- capturing, by a processing system including a processor, from a printed publication an image relating to a media program,
- wherein the processing system includes a mobile communication device configured to control operations of a media processing device as a remote controller;
- detecting, by the processing system, an object in the image;
- identifying, by the processing system, the object;
- identifying, by the processing system, the media program based on the identified object;
- creating, by the processing system, metadata associated with the media program based on the image and responsive to the media program being identified, wherein the metadata comprises descriptive information of the media program and a presentation schedule for the media program;
- presenting, by the processing system via the media processing device, a description of the media program, the presentation schedule for the media program, and a plurality of options for recording the media program according to the metadata,
- receiving, by the processing system, an input corresponding to a selection of a recording option for the media program;
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- communicating, by the processing system, the selection to the media processing device to direct the media processing device to record the media program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.