METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MERGING MEDIA CONTENT

摘要

A computerized method and apparatus is disclosed for merging content segments from a number of discrete media content (e.g., audio/video podcasts) in preparation for playback. The method and apparatus obtain metadata corresponding to a plurality of discrete media content. The metadata identifies the content segments and their corresponding timing information, such that the metadata of at least one of the plurality of discrete media content is derived using one or more media processing techniques. A number of the content segments are selected to be merged for playback using the timing information from the metadata. The merged media content can be implemented as a playlist identifying the content segments to be merged for playback. The merged media content can also be generated by extracting the content segments to be merged for playback from each of the media files/streams and then merging the extracted segments into one or more merged media files/streams.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
in a computer system comprising at least a processor and a memory, performing, using a search engine, performing a keyword search of an index for a set of enhanced metadata documents satisfying a search query; obtaining the enhanced metadata documents descriptive of one or more discrete media files/streams; in a snippet generator, obtaining an enhanced metadata document corresponding to a first media file/stream in the set; and in the snippet generator, parsing the enhanced metadata document to obtain information on each of the content segments identified within the media file/stream.