TV PROGRAM IDENTIFICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, TERMINAL, SERVER AND SYSTEM

摘要

A method for retrieving and playing a TV program uses a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal captures one or more images of a TV program currently played on a TV using the image sensor and sends the images to a remote server. The remote server extracts a TV station identifier from the received images, compares the received images with images stored in an image library and corresponding to the TV station identifier, and determines an identity of the TV program when there is a match, generates an information record for the TV program, and returns the TV program information record to the mobile terminal, the TV program information record including a hyperlink to the TV program. After receiving the TV program information record from the remote server, the mobile terminal displays the hyperlink on the display of the mobile terminal.

主权项

1. A method for retrieving and playing a TV program using a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
at a mobile terminal having one or more processors, memory storing program modules to be executed by the one or more processors, an image sensor, and a display:
capturing one or more images of a TV program currently played on a TV using the image sensor;sending the images to a remote server, wherein the server is configured to extract a TV station identifier from the received images, compare the received images with images stored in an image library and corresponding to the TV station identifier, and determine an identity of the TV program when there is a match between the received images and the images stored in the image library, and generate an information record for the TV program;receiving the TV program information record including a hyperlink to the TV program from the remote server;displaying the hyperlink on the display of the mobile terminal and TV program interactive information adjacent to the hyperlink;in response to a user selection of the hyperlink, playing the TV program on the display of the mobile terminal; andin response to a user selection of the TV program interactive information, updating the play of the TV program on the display of the mobile terminal.