Peer to peer media distribution system and method
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a multimedia data stream comprising audio data, video data, and text data at a first electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices responsive to a network;
automatically determining a content structure of the multimedia data stream at least partially based on the text data;
storing at least a portion of the multimedia data stream in a local media database and storing associated content structure in a local content index; and
generating a network index alert to update a centralized content index of available media content via the network.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed that includes receiving a multimedia data stream comprising audio data, video data, and text data at a first electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices responsive to a network. A content structure of the multimedia data stream is automatically determined at least partially based on the text data. The portion of multimedia data stream is stored in a local media database and the associated content structure is stored in a local content index. A network index alert is generated to update a centralized content index of available media content via the network.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a multimedia data stream comprising audio data, video data, and text data at a first electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices responsive to a network; automatically determining a content structure of the multimedia data stream at least partially based on the text data; storing at least a portion of the multimedia data stream in a local media database and storing associated content structure in a local content index; and generating a network index alert to update a centralized content index of available media content via the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic device, comprising:
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a network interface responsive to a network; an acquisition module coupled to the network interface to capture a selected multimedia data stream; a processing module coupled to the acquisition module to automatically extract a representative image and an associated text description from the selected multimedia data stream, wherein the processing module stores each data stream in a local content database and stores the image and the associated text description in a local content index; and a personal media alert module to search the local content index and a centralized content index for keywords associated with a consumer profile and to assemble a list of data streams that include at least one of the keywords, wherein the personal media alert module sends an alert including the list of data streams to a display device coupled to the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of distributing media content, the method comprising:
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receiving a multimedia data stream at an electronic device of a first customer; automatically segmenting the multimedia data stream into one or more data segments and associating data content structure with each segment; automatically transforming the data content structure associated with each of the one or more data segments into a multimedia representation that includes a representative image and a text description; and storing the one or more data segments and the multimedia representation in a memory of the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A processor readable medium embodying processor readable instructions to share a multimedia data segment of an electronic device of a first consumer with a remote electronic device of a second consumer, the processor readable instructions comprising:
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instructions to segment a multimedia data stream into one or more data segments; instructions to automatically generate a text description associated with each of the one or more data segments; instructions to transform the text description associated with each of the one or more data segments into a multimedia representation that includes a representative image and a text description; and instructions to share the multimedia representation with a centralized content index. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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