METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTION AND PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT

摘要

A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing from a plurality of media sources information describing a plurality of media content offered at the plurality of media sources, generating a plurality of exemplars of the plurality of media content offered at the plurality of media sources based on the information captured from the plurality of media sources, presenting the plurality of exemplars at a display, receiving a selection of a first exemplar of the plurality of exemplars, and presenting a portion of first media content associated with a first media source of the plurality of media sources associated with the first exemplar based on the information captured from the plurality of media sources responsive to the selection of the first exemplar. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A device, comprising:
a display; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
scanning a plurality of inputs to detect a plurality of media sources that are communicatively coupled;accessing a search term associated with a user profile for a user of the device, wherein the search term comprises one of a title of or an individual appearing in video content;comparing the search term to media content information from the plurality of media sources;identifying first video content of a first media source of the plurality of media sources, wherein the search term matches a first portion of first media content information that is associated with the first video content;determining first configuration information for the first media source according to signals from the first media source;configuring a first communication link of the first media source according to the first configuration information;capturing a first media data stream associated with the first video content from the first media source of the plurality of media sources and a second media data stream from a second media source of the plurality of media sources;generating a first exemplar for the first media source according to the first video content of the first media data stream and a second exemplar for the second media source according to second video content of the second media data stream;transmitting the first exemplar and the second exemplar to a first media device for presentation at the first media device;presenting the first exemplar and the second exemplar at the display;receiving a selection of the first exemplar;presenting first information associated with first media content in a pop-up window at the display responsive to the selection of the first exemplar;presenting a preview portion of the first media content responsive to the selection of the first exemplar, wherein the preview portion of the first media content is based on the first media data stream;receiving a first encoded data stream representing the first media content of the first media source responsive to the selection of the first exemplar;decoding the first encoded data stream to generate a first presentation stream of the first media content;presenting the first presentation stream at the display;presenting second information associated viewing activities of members of a social network associated with the device in a status window of the display;sending a request for a characteristic to a communication device;receiving the characteristic from the communication device;re-encoding the first presentation stream to generate an output presentation stream according to the characteristic of the communication device that is coupled to the device; andtransmitting the output presentation stream to the communication device.