APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR FORMING A MEDIA PLAY-OUT LIST

• US 20120278816A1
• Filed: 04/30/2011
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Agar, John Michael, Boucher, Antoine
• Application Number:
  US13/098,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20120278816A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/462 Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities

Abstract

An apparatus, and an associated method, forms a media play-out list of media, selected from a media database. A temporal indication is provided, and an estimated event is estimated based upon the temporal information. Indication of the estimated event is correlated with metadata of media stored at the media database. Media corresponding to metadata that correlates well with the estimated event is amenable for inclusion in the media play-out list.

Claims

1. An apparatus for facilitating formation of a media playout list of selected media of database-stored media, said apparatus comprising:

an event estimator configured to estimate at least an event-type of an event; and

a media selector configured to select the selected media to form the media playout list, selection made responsive to correlation of metadata of media of the database-stored media with an estimation made by said event estimator.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the event-type estimated by said event estimator exhibits a recurrence periodicity.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the recurrence periodicity exhibited by the event-type estimated by said event estimator comprises an anniversary occurrence.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a cultural event database and wherein estimation made by said estimator utilizes information maintained at said cultural event database.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein entries contained in said cultural event database identify events having recurring occurrence.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said event estimator is configured to estimate the event.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said event estimator adapted to receive a temporal indication and wherein estimation made by said event estimator is responsive, at least in part, to the temporal indication.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the temporal indication comprises a date.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein selection made by said media selector is further responsive to temporal information.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein selection made by said media selector is further responsive to indication of prior media playout.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said media selector is further configured to disinclude database-stored media from availability for selection as the selected media responsive to the estimation made by said event estimator.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein said estimating further comprises receiving a temporal indication and wherein estimation made during said estimating is responsive, at least in part, to the temporal indication.

12. A method for facilitating formation of a media playout list of selected media of database-stored media, said method comprising:

estimating at least an event-type of an event; and

selecting the selected media to form the media playout list, selection made responsive to correlation of metadata of media of the database-stored media with an estimation made during said estimating.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the event-type estimated during said estimating exhibits a recurrence periodicity.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the recurrence periodicity exhibited by the event-type estimated during said estimating comprises an anniversary occurrence.

15. The method of claim 12 said estimating further comprises estimating the event-type utilizing a cultural event database maintained at a cultural event database.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein entries contained in the cultural event database identify events having recurring occurrence.

17. The method of claim 12 wherein said estimating comprises estimating the event.

19. The method of claim 12 wherein selection made during said selecting is further responsive to temporal information.

20. The method of claim 12 wherein selection made during said selecting is further responsive to indication of prior media playout.