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Generating a composite media stream

  • US 7,787,973 B2
  • Filed: 12/29/2004
  • Issued: 08/31/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • automatically collecting samples from a plurality of media streams, said plurality of media streams emanating from different media channels and collected using a plurality of different server media players, wherein the collecting of samples comprises;

    obtaining source addresses corresponding to individual streams of said plurality of media streams from a database storing a plurality of tags associated with each of the individual streams;

    combining at least one of the plurality of tags with each of the samples, wherein each tag includes a plurality of different addresses, including the obtained source address corresponding to the media stream from which the sample was collected and an address of a website from which the obtained source address can be obtained, and the associating tags with said samples comprises;

    linking said samples and the associated tags together to create tagged samples;

    generating a composite media stream by joining together said tagged samples; and

    transmitting said generated composite media stream over a network to a remote client media player.

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