US Patent 7788696 Inferring information about media stream objects

Patent 7788696 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on August, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Microsoft

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7788696

Date of Patent

August 31, 2010

Patent Application Number

10686240

Date Filed

October 15, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Andrew Y. Koenig

Patent abstract

Information about media objects within media streams is inferred based on repeat instances of the media objects within the media streams. A system and methods enable the monitoring of one or more media streams and the identification of repeat instances of media objects (e.g., audio and/or video objects) within the media streams. The monitoring and object repeat identification is performed by one or more server computers on a network. Information about a media object can be inferred based on repeat instances of the media object and based on repeat instances of related media objects. The information is transferred from a server to a client in response to a user query entered at the client through an interactive user interface.