Automatic selection, recording and meaningful labeling of clipped tracks from media without an advance schedule
First Claim
1. A method for automatically selecting, recording and labeling media tracks from a media stream, the method comprising:
- a) providing user track preferences;
b) deriving content information relating to said media stream by automatic analysis of said media stream;
c) intermediate recording a segment of said 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 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.
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Abstract
Automatic selection, recording and meaningful labeling of tracks from 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. Content information can be derived by automatic analysis of the media stream.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for automatically selecting, recording and labeling media tracks from a media stream, the method comprising:
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a) providing user track preferences; b) deriving content information relating to said media stream by automatic analysis of said media stream; c) intermediate recording a segment of said 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 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 (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A processor programmed to implement a method for automatically selecting, recording and labeling media tracks from a media stream, the method comprising:
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a) providing user track preferences; b) deriving content information relating to said media stream by automatic analysis of said media stream; c) intermediate recording a segment of said 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 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 (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A set of computer instructions recorded on and executable from a computer-readable medium for implementing a method for automatically selecting, recording and labeling media tracks from a media stream, the method comprising:
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a) providing user track preferences; b) deriving content information relating to said media stream by automatic analysis of said media stream; c) intermediate recording a segment of said 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 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 (12, 13, 14, 15)
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