METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANNOTATING MEDIA STREAMS

摘要

One embodiment of a method for facilitating creation of an annotated media stream by a user includes receiving the media stream from the user, mapping at least one item of supplemental content to at least a portion of the media stream to produce the annotated media stream, and storing the annotated media stream. In another embodiment, a method for distributing an annotated media stream provided by a user includes receiving the annotated media stream from the user, where the annotated media stream includes at least one item of supplemental content mapped to at least a portion of a media stream to produce the annotated media stream, storing the annotated media stream, receiving a request from a viewer to view the annotated media stream, and distributing the annotated media stream to the viewer.

主权项

1. A method for distributing media streams, comprising:
receiving a media stream from a first user, wherein the media stream comprises a plurality of individual frames each identified by a unique identifier; mapping a tag to a unique identifier identifying one of the plurality of individual frames to produce a tagged media stream, wherein the tag is thus associated with the one of the plurality of individual frames rather than with the tagged media stream as a whole; and storing the tagged media stream in a searchable repository.