Automatic selection, recording and meaningful labeling of clipped tracks from broadcast media without an advance schedule
First Claim
1. A method for automatically selecting, recording and labeling media tracks from a first broadcast media stream, the method comprising:
- a) providing user track preferences;
b) receiving content information relating to said first broadcast media stream;
c) intermediate recording a first segment of said first broadcast media stream;
d) automatically selecting zero or more first tracks within said first segment in accordance with said content information and said track preferences;
e) automatically clipping each of said selected first tracks in said first segment by determining track start and end times;
f) automatically final recording each of said clipped first tracks to a recording medium; and
g) automatically labeling each of said final recorded first tracks with a meaningful label derived from said content information;
wherein said content information does not provide a schedule of tracks to be played in the future.
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Abstract
Automatic selection, recording and meaningful labeling of tracks from broadcast media streams is provided. Content information which relates to tracks currently being played and/or to previously played tracks is used to guide selection of tracks to be recorded and to provide meaningful labels for recorded tracks. This content information does not provide an advance schedule of tracks to be played in the future. A segment is temporarily recorded from a selected media stream. The content information relating to tracks in the segment is compared with previous user input (i.e., track preferences) to select tracks within the segment to be recorded. For each selected track, clipping is performed to identify track start and end times. Clipped tracks are recorded onto a suitable long-term recording medium, and labeled with a meaningful label derived from the content information.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for automatically selecting, recording and labeling media tracks from a first broadcast media stream, the method comprising:
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a) providing user track preferences;
b) receiving content information relating to said first broadcast media stream;
c) intermediate recording a first segment of said first broadcast media stream;
d) automatically selecting zero or more first tracks within said first segment in accordance with said content information and said track preferences;
e) automatically clipping each of said selected first tracks in said first segment by determining track start and end times;
f) automatically final recording each of said clipped first tracks to a recording medium; and
g) automatically labeling each of said final recorded first tracks with a meaningful label derived from said content information;
wherein said content information does not provide a schedule of tracks to be played in the future. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A processor programmed to implement a method for automatically selecting, recording and labeling media tracks from a broadcast media stream, the method comprising:
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a) providing user track preferences;
b) receiving content information relating to said broadcast media stream;
c) intermediate recording a segment of said broadcast media stream;
d) automatically selecting zero or more tracks within said segment in accordance with said content information and said track preferences;
e) automatically clipping each of said selected tracks in said segment by determining track start and end times;
f) automatically final recording each of said clipped first tracks to a recording medium; and
g) automatically labeling each of said final recorded tracks with a meaningful label derived from said content information;
wherein said content information does not provide a schedule of tracks to be played in the future. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A set of computer instructions recorded on a computer-readable medium for implementing a method for automatically selecting, recording and labeling media tracks from a broadcast media stream, the method comprising:
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a) providing user track preferences;
b) receiving content information relating to said broadcast media stream;
c) intermediate recording a segment of said broadcast media stream;
d) automatically selecting zero or more first tracks within said segment in accordance with said content information and said track preferences;
e) automatically clipping each of said selected tracks in said segment by determining track start and end times;
f) automatically final recording each of said clipped first tracks to a recording medium; and
g) automatically labeling each of said final recorded tracks with a meaningful label derived from said content information;
wherein said content information does not provide a schedule of tracks to be played in the future. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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