APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA CONTENT

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to monitor for media content from a first source that is distributable where the media content is adjusted for distribution to a plurality of communication devices that are associated with a user and a portion of the plurality of communication devices use different communication protocols from another portion of the plurality of communication devices, obtain content metadata from the media content, receive a request for information associated with the media content from a first communication device of the plurality of communication devices of the user, compile the information from the content metadata based at least in part on a user profile associated with the user, and transmit the information to the first communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A machine-readable storage device, comprising instructions, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, a processor performs operations comprising:
monitoring for distributable media content from a first source; adjusting the media content as adjusted media content for distribution to a plurality of communication devices that are associated with a user, wherein the adjusting is based at least in part on a user profile associated with the user, wherein a first set of the plurality of communication devices communicate by way of communication protocols different from a second set of the plurality of communication devices; extracting content metadata from the media content, wherein the content metadata provides a first description of the media content; generating a compact visual representation of the adjusted media content; compiling the content metadata based on the user profile as compiled content metadata; embedding the compiled content metadata in a media stream with the adjusted media content and the compact visual representation; and transmitting the media stream to a first communication device of the plurality of communication devices.