Patent ID: 8719869
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing data and synchronizing broadcast data with additional information, the broadcast data and the additional information being provided by at least two distinct sources to a multimedia device, the method comprises steps of: receiving by a data extractor associated to the multimedia device broadcast data from a first source and extracting first metadata from the broadcast data, accessing by the multimedia device to first additional information provided by a second source by using the first metadata and obtaining from the first additional information second metadata and additional content data related to a content of the broadcast data, the second source comprising a cloud including a plurality of Internet resources and services, merging and synchronizing, by the multimedia device, the second metadata and the additional content data with the content of the broadcast data, wherein the first metadata are completed by the data extractor with extended metadata comprising at least one position indication related to a given content of the broadcast data, said extended metadata being used for accessing to corresponding additional information allowing obtaining additional content to be synchronized and merged with the broadcast data at the at least one position indication in the content of the broadcast data, and wherein the at least one position indication comprises a time code, a block identifier, or a relative time from start of a program or event, and obtaining modified broadcast data.