Patent ID: 9131253
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method executable by a data processing system, the method comprising: receiving a clip of media content from a first media player device at the data processing system, wherein the clip of media content is a clip extracted from a broadcast television program by a user of the first media player device; analyzing at least a portion of the received clip of media content by the data processing system to thereby automatically identify the broadcast television program from which the user-created clip originated, wherein the analyzed portion of the received clip comprises metadata that identifies the broadcast television program that is obtained from an electronic program guide (EPG) by the first media player device, and wherein the first media player device embeds the metadata obtained from the electronic program guide in the clip of media content for subsequent analysis by the data processing system; identifying supplemental content related to the identified clip of media content; and providing the identified clip of media content and the supplemental content over the network to a second media player device for presentation to a second user.