Method and system for an automatic content recognition abstraction layer

摘要

A method and system for an automatic content recognition (ACR) abstraction layer are described in which real-time event manager in an ACR system may be utilized to receive interactive event identifiers and to assign those identifiers to sets of video fingerprints generated by multiple real-time fingerprint servers (RTFSs). The video fingerprints may be generated from a network television feed by utilizing video fingerprint technologies that are different for each RTFS. The interactive event identifiers may be determined from different sources. When determined from content ingested by the ACR system, for example, the interactive event identifiers may be based on a video fingerprinting process separate from those utilized by the RTFSs. The RTFSs may communicate the sets of video fingerprints and interactive event identifiers to corresponding fingerprint match systems, which in turn may communicate with devices that utilize the same video fingerprint technology as the corresponding RTFS.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
in a real-time event manager:
receiving one or more interactive event identifiers from one or more sources, wherein the one or more interactive event identifiers are utilized to trigger one or more interactive events; andtriggering timing of assignment of the one or more interactive event identifiers to different sets of video fingerprints, wherein:
a different set of video fingerprints is generated from same portions of a network television feed by a respective one of a plurality of fingerprint servers;each of the plurality of fingerprint servers utilize a video fingerprint technology that is different from a video fingerprint technology utilized by any of the other fingerprint servers; andidentical interactive event identifiers are assigned to the different set of video fingerprints that are generated from the same portions of the network television feed by the different fingerprint technologies.