Media broadcast emulator

• US 20100325683A1
• Filed: 01/29/2010
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bennett, James D., Karaoguz, Jeyhan
• Application Number:
  US12/696,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20100325683A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/134
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1415 with means for detecting differences between the image stored in the host and the images displayed on the displays
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/10 Use of a protocol of communication by packets in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44209 Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896

Abstract

Media broadcast emulator. A media processing device is operative to create a live program type experience for a user. Various types of media are combined to emulate a live media broadcast. Different portions of various media types (e.g., real-time media, stored media, etc.) may be combined to generate a program that emulates a live program. First media can be analyzed to identify characteristics thereof (e.g., meta data associated therewith: (1) music media: song title, rating, artist name, album name, year, track number, genre, author, publisher, etc., (2) disk jockey/talk radio commentary media: speaker, date of first broadcast, station affiliate, broadcast locale, etc.). Based on these identified characteristics, second media related to the first media may be combined with the first media to generate an emulation of a live media broadcast. Alternatively, it is noted that any desired playlist may also be constructed by combining user-selected and/or related media as well.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a broadcast reception circuitry that is operative to receive first media from a broadcast media source;

a media storage circuitry that is operative to store second media;

a media playback circuitry;

a media management circuitry, coupled to the broadcast reception circuitry, the media playback circuitry, and to the media storage circuitry, that is operative to;

analyze the first media provided from the broadcast media source to identify first characteristics associated with the first media;

based on the first characteristics associated with the first media and based on second characteristics associated with second media provided from the media storage circuitry, combine the first media with the second media thereby generating third media; and

wherein;

the media playback circuitry is operative to output the third media.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the first media, upon being received from the broadcast media source via the broadcast reception circuitry, is stored within the media storage circuitry;

further comprising;

a search circuitry, coupled to the media management circuitry, that is operative to search at least one of a local database and a remote database, based on a plurality of search parameters, to identify a playlist; and

wherein;

the search circuitry is operative to retrieve the playlist from the at least one of a local database and a remote database;

the media management circuitry is operative to;

identify portions of the first media and the second media that that are associated within the playlist based on the first characteristics and the first characteristics; and

based on the identified portions of the first media and the second media, modify the playlist thereby generating a modified playlist that includes only the identified portions of the first media and the second media that that are associated within the playlist based on the first characteristics and the first characteristics;

combine the identified portions of the first media and the second media, in accordance with the modified playlist, thereby generating fourth media; and

the media playback circuitry is operative to output the fourth media.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface, coupled to the media management circuitry and the media playback circuitry, is operative to receive user input to direct the media playback circuitry to output only one of the first media, the second media, and the third media.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface, coupled to the media management circuitry and the media playback circuitry, is operative to receive user input while the first media is being output via the media playback circuitry or while the second media is being output via the media playback circuitry; and

wherein;

the media management circuitry is operative to modify the first characteristics of the first media or to modify the second characteristics of the second media based on the user input.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the first media is music media;

the first characteristics associated with the first media include at least one of an artist name, a song title, an album title, and a music genre;

the second media is audio commentary media; and

the second characteristics associated with second media include at least one of the artist name, the song title, the album title, and the music genre.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the media management circuitry is operative to process the first media to identify at least one of a song title and an artist name associated with at least one portion of the first media; and

the first characteristics associated with the first media include at least one of an identified song title and an identified artist name associated with the at least one portion of the first media.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the media management circuitry is operative to process the first media to identify at least one of a song title and an artist name associated with at least one portion of the first media; and

the first characteristics associated with the first media include at least one of a first identified song title and a first identified artist name associated with a first portion of the first media and at least one of a second identified song title and a second identified artist name associated with a second portion of the first media.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a media playback circuitry;

a media management circuitry, coupled to the media playback circuitry, that is operative to;

analyze first media provided from a first media source to identify first characteristics associated with the first media;

based on the first characteristics associated with the first media and based on second characteristics associated with second media provided from a second media source, combine the first media with the second media thereby generating third media; and

wherein;

the media playback circuitry is operative to output the third media.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a media storage circuitry, coupled to the media management circuitry, that is operative to store the first media and the second media; and

wherein;

the media storage circuitry is the first media source and the second media source.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a broadcast reception circuitry, coupled to the media management circuitry, that is operative to receive the first media from a broadcast media source; and

a media storage circuitry, coupled to the media management circuitry, that is operative to store the second media; and

wherein;

the first media source is the broadcast media source; and

the second media source is the media storage circuitry.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a media storage circuitry, coupled to the media management circuitry, that is operative to store the first media and the second media;

a search circuitry, coupled to the media management circuitry, that is operative to search at least one of a local database and a remote database, based on a plurality of search parameters, to identify a playlist; and

wherein;

the search circuitry is operative to retrieve the playlist from the at least one of a local database and a remote database;

the media management circuitry is operative to;

identify portions of the first media and the second media that that are associated within the playlist based on the first characteristics and the first characteristics; and

based on the identified portions of the first media and the second media, modify the playlist thereby generating a modified playlist that includes only the identified portions of the first media and the second media that that are associated within the playlist based on the first characteristics and the first characteristics;

combine the identified portions of the first media and the second media, in accordance with the modified playlist, thereby generating fourth media; and

the media playback circuitry is operative to output the fourth media.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a user interface, coupled to the media management circuitry and the media playback circuitry, is operative to receive user input to direct the media playback circuitry to output only one of the first media, the second media, and the third media.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the first media is music media;

the first characteristics associated with the first media include at least one of an artist name, a song title, an album title, and a music genre;

the second media is audio commentary media; and

the second characteristics associated with second media include at least one of the artist name, the song title, the album title, and the music genre.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the media management circuitry is operative to process the first media to identify at least one of a song title and an artist name associated with at least one portion of the first media; and

the first characteristics associated with the first media include at least one of an identified song title and an identified artist name associated with the at least one portion of the first media.

15. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the media management circuitry is operative to process the first media to identify at least one of a song title and an artist name associated with at least one portion of the first media; and

the first characteristics associated with the first media include at least one of a first identified song title and a first identified artist name associated with a first portion of the first media and at least one of a second identified song title and a second identified artist name associated with a second portion of the first media.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving first media from a first media source;

receiving second media from a second media source;

analyzing the first media provided from the first media source to identify first characteristics associated with the first media;

based on the first characteristics associated with the first media and based on second characteristics associated with the second media provided from the second media source, combining the first media with the second media thereby generating third media; and

employing a media playback circuitry to output the third media.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving the first media from a media storage circuitry; and

receiving the second media from the media storage circuitry.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving the first media from a broadcast media source; and

receiving the second media from a media storage circuitry.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

searching at least one of a local database and a remote database, based on a plurality of search parameters, to identify a playlist;

retrieving the playlist from the at least one of a local database and a remote database;

identifying portions of the first media and the second media that that are associated within the playlist based on the first characteristics and the first characteristics;

based on the identified portions of the first media and the second media, modifying the playlist thereby generating a modified playlist that includes only the identified portions of the first media and the second media that that are associated within the playlist based on the first characteristics and the first characteristics;

combining the identified portions of the first media and the second media, in accordance with the modified playlist, thereby generating fourth media; and

employing the media playback circuitry to output the fourth media.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

via a user interface, receiving user input to direct the media playback circuitry to output only one of the first media, the second media, and the third media.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein:

the first media is music media;

the first characteristics associated with the first media include at least one of an artist name, a song title, an album title, and a music genre;

the second media is audio commentary media; and

the second characteristics associated with second media include at least one of the artist name, the song title, the album title, and the music genre.

22. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

processing the first media to identify at least one of a song title and an artist name associated with at least one portion of the first media; and

wherein;

the first characteristics associated with the first media include at least one of an identified song title and an identified artist name associated with the at least one portion of the first media.

23. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

processing the first media to identify at least one of a song title and an artist name associated with at least one portion of the first media; and

the first characteristics associated with the first media include at least one of a first identified song title and a first identified artist name associated with a first portion of the first media and at least one of a second identified song title and a second identified artist name associated with a second portion of the first media.