Connected audio and other media objects
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1. A method of linking an audio signal to metadata or actions comprising:
- in a user'"'"'s player device, decoding an identifier from the audio signal during or before playback of the audio signal;
forwarding the identifier to a remote server via a communication link;
in the remote server, mapping the identifier to an action;
executing the action, including returning data to the player device and presenting at least a portion of the data to a user during or before playback.
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Abstract
Media objects are transformed into active, connected objects via identifiers embedded into them or their containers. In the context of a user'"'"'s playback experience, a decoding process extracts the identifier from a media object and possibly additional context information and forwards it to a server. The server, in turn, maps the identifier to an action, such as returning metadata, re-directing the request to one or more other servers, requesting information from another server to identify the media object, etc. The linking process applies to broadcast objects as well as objects transmitted over networks in streaming and compressed file formats.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of linking an audio signal to metadata or actions comprising:
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in a user'"'"'s player device, decoding an identifier from the audio signal during or before playback of the audio signal;
forwarding the identifier to a remote server via a communication link;
in the remote server, mapping the identifier to an action;
executing the action, including returning data to the player device and presenting at least a portion of the data to a user during or before playback. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of linking an audio signal to metadata or actions comprising:
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in a user'"'"'s player device, decoding an identifier from the audio signal during or before playback of the object;
forwarding the identifier to a remote server via a communication link;
in the remote server, mapping the identifier to an action;
executing the action, including returning data to the player device and presenting at least a portion of the data to a user during or before playback wherein the identifier is a broadcaster or distributor ID and context information is used to identify the audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method of linking an audio signal to metadata or actions comprising:
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receiving the audio signal from a user'"'"'s device;
dynamically deriving an identifier from the audio signal by computing a fingerprint of the audio signal;
mapping the identifier to an action;
executing the action, including returning data to the device for presentation of at least a portion of the data to a user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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