SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING AND CAPTURING DESIRED MEDIA CONTENT FROM MEDIA BROADCASTS

摘要

A media agent that monitors multiple broadcast transmissions and a method for the same. The media agent establishes connections with broadcast transmissions and then identifies characteristics of the media content contained within the broadcast transmission. The association between the identified characteristic of the media content and the connected broadcast transmission is maintained to allow the information gathered from the broadcast transmission to be used meaningfully.

主权项

1. A method for a media agent to monitor multiple broadcast transmissions, each broadcast transmission containing media content, comprising:
identifying the broadcast transmission to be monitored; establishing connections with the identified broadcast transmissions identifying, for each connected broadcast transmission, at least one characteristic of the media content associated with the connected broadcast transmission through a statistical pattern recognition scheme, without the need for the media content to include a unique identifier that is derived from, inserted or embedded in the media content; and maintaining the association between the identified at least one characteristic of the media content and the connected broadcast transmission.