System and method for locating and capturing desired media content from media broadcasts
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1. A method for a media agent to monitor multiple broadcast transmissions, each broadcast transmission composed of streaming audio data containing media content, comprising:
- identifying the broadcast transmission to be monitored;
establishing connections with the identified broadcast transmissionsidentifying, for each connected broadcast transmission, at least one characteristic of the media content associated with the connected broadcast transmission through a statistical pattern recognition scheme, without the need for the media content to include a unique identifier that is derived from, inserted or embedded in the media content, wherein the statistical pattern recognition scheme is accomplished through an historical analysis of the media content associated with the connected broadcast transmission;
maintaining the association between the identified at least one characteristic of the media content and the connected broadcast transmission;
receiving a selection of one of the at least one characteristic of the media content from among all the at least one characteristic of the media contents; and
causing a user to receive the broadcast transmission associated with the selected at least one characteristic of the media content.
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Abstract
A media agent that monitors multiple broadcast transmissions and a method for the same. The media agent establishes connections with broadcast transmissions and then identifies characteristics of the media content contained within the broadcast transmission. The association between the identified characteristic of the media content and the connected broadcast transmission is maintained to allow the information gathered from the broadcast transmission to be used meaningfully.
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1. A method for a media agent to monitor multiple broadcast transmissions, each broadcast transmission composed of streaming audio data containing media content, comprising:
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identifying the broadcast transmission to be monitored; establishing connections with the identified broadcast transmissions identifying, for each connected broadcast transmission, at least one characteristic of the media content associated with the connected broadcast transmission through a statistical pattern recognition scheme, without the need for the media content to include a unique identifier that is derived from, inserted or embedded in the media content, wherein the statistical pattern recognition scheme is accomplished through an historical analysis of the media content associated with the connected broadcast transmission; maintaining the association between the identified at least one characteristic of the media content and the connected broadcast transmission; receiving a selection of one of the at least one characteristic of the media content from among all the at least one characteristic of the media contents; and causing a user to receive the broadcast transmission associated with the selected at least one characteristic of the media content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising the steps of:
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selecting by a media advisor server a group of broadcast transmissions, composed of streaming audio data, to be monitored, each broadcast transmission containing media content; and repeating by a media advisor server, for each broadcast transmission in the group of broadcast transmissions, the steps of establishing a connection to the broadcast transmissions; and
identifying characteristics of the media content contained in the connected broadcast transmissions through an analysis of the connected broadcast transmissions without the need for the media content to include a unique identifier that is derived from, inserted or embedded in the media content, the analysis including a statistical pattern recognition scheme that is accomplished through an historical analysis of the media content associated with the connected broadcast transmission; andupon repeating the steps of establishing and identifying for all broadcast transmissions in the group, receiving by a media agent a selection by the media advisor server of at least one characteristic of the media content from among all the characteristics of the media contents and causing a user by the media agent to receive the broadcast transmission associated with the selected at least one characteristic of the media content.
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23. A media agent comprising:
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a user interface for a user to identify, either directly or indirectly, a plurality of broadcast transmissions composed of streaming audio data; a network interface for receiving the plurality of identified broadcast transmissions from a network; a media decoder for decoding each broadcast transmission received from the network; a monitoring module for identifying at least one characteristic of the media content of the decoded broadcast transmission through a statistical pattern recognition scheme without the need for the media content to include a unique identifier that is derived from, inserted or embedded in the media content, wherein the statistical pattern recognition scheme is accomplished through an historical analysis of the media content associated with the connected broadcast transmission; the user interface obtaining from the user a selection of one of the at least one characteristic of the media content from among all the at least one characteristic of the media contents; and the network interface receiving the broadcast transmission associated with the selected at least one characteristic of the media content. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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