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Media Content Retrieval System And Personal Virtual Channel

A content and media file technology, applied in virtual channel engine, media download control engine, virtual TV channel field

Active Publication Date: 2012-04-25
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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Although TV stations offer a large variety of content, users are not always able to discover channels that are broadcasting specific content of interest to the user

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[0019] will now refer to Figure 1-11 Embodiments of the system are described, and generally relate to a system for media content search and retrieval, and a virtual television channel that can use the system. In a first aspect of the present system, a media download control engine enables a client device with limited capabilities to locate and play media content from a website in a format not supported by the client device. The media download and control engine is hosted by a media service server, such as a PC, which instructs the client device to make requests for unsupported media files through the media service server. The Media Services server takes unsupported media files and transcodes them to a format supported by the client device. The transcoded file is then sent to the client device for playback by the client device. The second aspect of the system can utilize the media download control engine to obtain media content and create custom virtual channels. The second...

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Abstract

A system is disclosed for media content search and retrieval, and a virtual television channel capable of using that system. The present system may be implemented on a computing device, such as for example a media service server, and a client device, such as for example a set top box for a television system, a mobile telephone, a personal digital assistant or a gaming console. A first aspect of the present system relates to a media download control engine which enables a client device with limited capabilities to play media content which comes from a website in a format not supported by the client device. A second aspect of the present system may make use of the media download control engine to obtain media content and create customized virtual channels. The second aspect in particular relates to a virtual channel engine that schedules a continuous stream of content for the user, which content is selected based on topics of interest to the user.

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Background technique [0001] Traditionally, people have experienced their home computers differently than they experience their televisions. Specifically, users receive broadcast content through their television sets and Internet media content such as videos, photos, music and audio files through their computers. However, there is a new push to merge the two experiences. People are increasingly using their television sets to receive traditional Internet content and their computers to receive traditional broadcast content. [0002] One area that remains largely within the purview of computers is Internet navigation and media search. One reason for this is that conventional set-top boxes (STBs) for receiving television content are not equipped with the processing power or browsing capabilities of a typical computer. An example of such a situation is that a set-top box is only capable of playing a limited number of the large variety of media file formats that exist. Video file...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30H04N21/472
CPCG06F17/30053H04N21/4828G06F17/30569G06F16/258G06F16/4387H04N21/432
Inventor M·刘Z·马A·V·迪斯科罗W·宁Y·吴R·霍林格姆R·博尔德莱
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC