| 摘要 |
The invention provides a method for retrieving enhanced metadata relating to a media object, the method comprising, in a media content delivery network with a Consumer Premises Equipment (CPE) connected via said network to a server node comprising a search proxy device, said search proxy device connected to content servers on a further network,
- the search proxy device receiving a request for information about a media object from the CPE ,
- the search proxy device forming, on the basis of the request, at least one dedicated request for a content server in a format suitable for that content server,
- the search proxy device transmitting the at least one dedicated request to the at least one selected content server over the further network,
- the search proxy device receiving a response from a content server comprising metadata related to the transmitted at least one dedicated request,
- the search proxy device preferably but not necessarily translating the received response into a defined format, in particular a defined metadata description format,
- transmitting a reply comprising metadata in the defined format to the CPE. |
