Patent ID: 7499993

Claim:
A media contents monitoring apparatus, comprising: an extraction information inputting unit configured to receive from a user extraction setting information for extracting a sample from media contents displayed on a screen of a device being monitored; a media contents sample extracting unit configured to extract the sample from the media contents displayed on the screen of the monitored device based on the extraction setting information to form an extracted media contents sample; a sample data converting unit configured to convert the extracted media contents sample into a new data format based on the extraction setting information to form a converted extracted media contents sample; and a media contents sample providing unit configured to transmit the converted extracted media contents sample through a network to a monitoring device based on the extraction setting information, wherein the user provided extraction setting information includes a user provided sample extraction cycle, a user provided sample extraction time, user provided data conversion information for converting the extracted media contents sample, a user provided transmission cycle for transmitting the converted extracted media contents sample, and a user provided transmission time for transmitting the converted extracted media contents sample.