The present invention relates to a system and a method for detecting and classifying direct response advertising, and provides a system for detecting and classifying direct response advertising and a method using the same, the system comprising: an advertising candidate segment generation unit for generating advertising candidate segments for an advertising section detected from a broadcasting stream; a matching unit for determining whether the advertising candidate segment matches an advertising segment stored in an advertising database; a direct response advertising determination unit for determining whether the advertising candidate segment is the direct response advertising when the matching unit determines that the advertising segment matching the advertising candidate segment does not exist; a direct response advertising registration unit for storing, in the advertising database, the advertising candidate segment, determined as the direct response advertising by the direct response advertising determination unit, as the advertising segment that is the direct response advertising; and a direct response advertising grouping unit for grouping the advertising candidate segments for the advertising segments stored in the database, which are the direct response advertising, when the matching unit determines that the advertising segment matching the advertising candidate segment exists and the matching advertising segment is the direct response advertising.
H04N 21/43 - Traitement de contenu ou données additionnelles, p.ex. démultiplexage de données additionnelles d'un flux vidéo numérique; Opérations élémentaires de client, p.ex. surveillance du réseau domestique ou synchronisation de l'horloge du décodeur; Intergiciel de client
H04N 21/462 - Gestion de contenu ou de données additionnelles, p.ex. création d'un guide de programmes électronique maître à partir de données reçues par Internet et d'une tête de réseau ou contrôle de la complexité d'un flux vidéo en dimensionnant la résolution o
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE BASIS OF FINGERPRINTS
The present invention relates to a system and a method for detecting advertisements on the basis of fingerprints. The present invention provides a system for detecting advertisements on the basis of fingerprints comprising: a content stream storage unit for storing broadcast content in real-time; a stream selection unit for selecting a reference stream and a test stream from the broadcast content stored by the content stream storage unit; a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting, using one or more methods, fingerprints from the reference stream and the test stream selected by the stream selection unit; a fingerprint matching unit for matching fingerprints by comparing the fingerprint of the test stream and the fingerprint of the reference stream which are extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit; an advertisement stream determination unit for determining advertisement segments from the test stream on the basis of the matching result obtained by the fingerprint matching unit; an advertisement database management unit for storing in an advertisement database segment information about the advertisement segments determined by the advertisement stream determination unit and for managing the advertisement database; a stream renew unit for changing the reference stream and the test stream selected by the stream selection unit; and a method using the same.
H04N 21/232 - Opération de récupération de contenu au sein d'un serveur, p.ex. lecture de flux vidéo du réseau de disques
H04N 21/231 - Opération de stockage de contenu, p.ex. mise en mémoire cache de films pour stockage à court terme, réplication de données sur plusieurs serveurs, ou établissement de priorité des données pour l'effacement
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURVEYING BROADCASTING RATINGS
The present invention relates to a system and a method for surveying broadcasting ratings, and provides a broadcasting rating survey system and a method using the same, the system comprising: a TV signal receiving device for receiving a broadcast signal in order to transmit the broadcast signal to a TV and transmitting an event signal to a rating statistic information server when a predetermined condition occurs; the rating statistic information server for transmitting a fingerprint extraction request signal to a pre-registered user terminal when the event signal is received from the TV signal receiving device; and the user terminal for extracting fingerprint data on an audio signal generated from the TV viewed by a user when the fingerprint extraction request signal is received from the rating statistic information server and transmitting the extracted fingerprint data and user identification information to the rating statistic information server, wherein the rating statistic information server obtains channel identification information of a TV channel viewed by the user on the basis of the fingerprint data transmitted from the user terminal and generates rating statistic information on the basis of the obtained channel identification information and the user identification information.
H04N 21/25 - Opérations de gestion réalisées par le serveur pour faciliter la distribution de contenu ou administrer des données liées aux utilisateurs finaux ou aux dispositifs clients, p.ex. authentification des utilisateurs finaux ou des dispositifs clients ou
H04N 21/45 - Opérations de gestion réalisées par le client pour faciliter la réception de contenu ou l'interaction avec le contenu, ou pour l'administration des données liées à l'utilisateur final ou au dispositif client lui-même, p.ex. apprentissage des préféren
H04H 60/46 - Dispositions d'identification ou de reconnaissance de caractéristiques en liaison directe avec les informations radiodiffusées ou le créneau spatio-temporel de radiodiffusion, p.ex. pour identifier les stations de radiodiffusion ou pour identifier le pour reconnaître les préférences des utilisateurs
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION USING IMAGE MATCHING
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing additional information using image matching. The present invention provides a system for providing additional information using image matching and a method using same. The system comprises: a video input unit for receiving video or image input from a user terminal; a query image determination unit for determining a query image which is to be a query object from the video or image received by the video input unit; a feature point extraction unit for extracting the feature point of the query image determined by the query image determination unit and generating featuring point information on the extracted feature point; a reference meta information database for storing a structure image identifier of the structure image of the structure in which an original image is installed, structure image feature point information on the structure image, and additional information to be provided to the user terminal in correspondence to the structure image identifier; an image matching unit for comparing the feature point information on the query image generated by the feature point extraction unit and the structure image feature point stored in the reference meta information database and determining a matched structure image identifier; and an additional information providing unit for providing stored additional information to the user terminal in correspondence to the structure image identifier determined by the image matching unit.
H04N 21/2343 - Traitement de flux vidéo élémentaires, p.ex. raccordement de flux vidéo ou transformation de graphes de scènes MPEG-4 impliquant des opérations de reformatage de signaux vidéo pour la distribution ou la mise en conformité avec les requêtes des utilisateurs finaux ou les exigences des dispositifs des utilisateurs finaux
The present invention relates to a device and method for recognizing content using audio signals and includes: a query fingerprint extraction unit that extracts query fingerprints by forming frames that have a preset frame length for an input audio signal and generates a frame-based characteristic vector for each frame; a reference fingerprint database that stores reference fingerprints for comparison with the query fingerprint and content information corresponding to the reference fingerprints; and a fingerprint matching unit that determines the reference fingerprint matched with the query fingerprint, wherein the query fingerprint extraction unit forms a frame while changing the frame moving length and the interval between the start points of adjacent frames in some sections. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a device and a method for recognizing content using audio signals that quickly provides a result and maintains accuracy and reliability during matching.
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an image-based video service and provides an image-based video service providing system comprising: a cache system for storing video information that matches image-related data; a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting a fingerprint of an image corresponding to inputted image-related data; and a matching unit for determining video information that matches the fingerprint of the image extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit, wherein video information that matches image-related data received from a client terminal is determined by the cache system or the matching unit, and video result information corresponding to the determined video information is transmitted to the client terminal, and a method using the same. According to the present invention, provided is a system and method for accurately determining, in real time, a video or frame corresponding to an image through a network, such as the Internet, a mobile communication network or the like, and accurately playing the video or a video starting from the frame.
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing content-associated information associated with broadcast content. The system provides content-associated information which is associated with broadcast content provided through broadcast channels to a client terminal side which comprises a display unit, broadcast receiving means, and network connection means. The system comprises: a content-associated information management unit for storing content-associated information associated with the broadcast information to be provided to the client terminal side; a finger print extraction unit for extracting fingerprint information on the broadcast content provided through the broadcast channels; a content-associated information providing determination unit for determining content-associated information to be provided the client terminal side; and a content-associated information transmitting unit for transmitting the content-associated information determined by the content-associated information providing determination unit and the fingerprint information extracted with respect to the broadcast content to correspond to the determined content-associated information, wherein the client terminal comprises a content-associated information display unit for controlling the received content-associated information to be displayed through a display unit on the basis of the fingerprint information transmitted from the content-associated information transmitting unit.
H04N 21/4408 - Traitement de flux élémentaires vidéo, p.ex. raccordement d'un clip vidéo récupéré d'un stockage local avec un flux vidéo en entrée ou rendu de scènes selon des graphes de scène MPEG-4 impliquant le cryptage de flux vidéo, p.ex. re-cryptage d'un flux vidéo décrypté pour la redistribution dans un réseau domestique
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO AN ADVERTISEMENT INCLUDED IN A BROADCAST THROUGH A NETWORK TO A CLIENT TERMINAL
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast through a network to a client terminal, and more particularly, to a system for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast through a network to a client terminal(referred to as 'advertisement related information provision system'), wherein a display unit, a broadcast receiving device, and network access device are comprised, the system being characterized by comprising: a related information management unit storing related information corresponding respectively to the advertisement included in the broadcast provided through a broadcasting channel; an advertisement information identification unit identifying whether the advertisement stored in the related information management unit is played during the broadcast provided through a broadcasting channel; and a related information transmitting unit transmitting the related information stored in the related information management unit regarding the advertisement identified in the advertisement information identification unit through the network to the client terminal, wherein the client terminal has a related information display unit performing controlling to display the received related information through a display unit.
H04N 21/2668 - Création d'un canal pour un groupe dédié d'utilisateurs finaux, p.ex. en insérant des publicités ciblées dans un flux vidéo en fonction des profils des utilisateurs finaux
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN IMAGE-BASED VIDEO-RELATED SERVICE
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an image-based video-related service. The system for providing an image-based video-related service comprises: an image interlock unit obtaining image-related data on an image and receiving a user event relating to the image; an image feature data generation unit generating image feature data on the image based on the image-related data obtained by the image interlock unit; a video feature data generation unit generating video feature data on a video; an image/video matching unit determining at least one video or frame corresponding to the image based on the image feature data generated by the image feature data generation unit and the video feature data generated by the video feature data generation unit; and a service execution unit executing a video-related service related to the video or the frame determined to correspond to the image according to the user event relating to the image received in the image interlock unit.
The present invention relates to a device and method for analyzing the correlation between an image and another image or between an image and a video. The device for analyzing the correlation between images and the method for using same include: a feature data generating unit for determining a feature point of an image and generating feature data which includes feature point direction information on each determined feature point; and a relation analyzing unit for analyzing the correlation between an image and another image using feature data generated from the feature data generating unit. The relation analyzing unit includes: a unit for determining corresponding feature points, which determines a pair of corresponding feature points between compared images using feature data generated from the feature data generating unit; and a reliability estimating unit for estimating the reliability of the analysis of the relation between images on the basis of feature point direction information on a feature point, in pairs of feature points determined by the unit for determining corresponding feature points. According to the present invention, provided are a device and method for quickly and efficiently analyzing a correlation, such as whether or not there is a similarity between an image and another image or between an image and a video, wherein said video includes an image, or a frame of said video corresponds to an image.
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for efficiently generating feature data which properly determines a feature point indicating features of images and describes the feature point. The apparatus for generating image feature data comprises: a feature point determining unit which determines a feature point from an image and extracts information on the determined feature point; a feature point filtering unit which determines, as a final feature point, at least one feature point from among the feature points determined by the feature point determining unit; and a feature data generating unit which generates image feature data based on the final feature points determined by the feature point filtering unit and feature point information on the final feature points.
The present invention relates to a contents service providing method and system using fingerprint information, and provides: a method in which a contents service providing system, which has a contents database including fingerprint information of contents, provides a contents service to at least one client terminal using fingerprint information; and a system using the same, wherein the method comprises: the first step of providing a contents service of corresponding contents according to a first contents service provision request signal from a first client terminal which is one of client terminals; the second step of storing fingerprint information of the corresponding contents and service-related information of the provided contents service when the contents service is stopped in the first client terminal; the third step of receiving a second contents service provision request signal from a second client terminal which is one of client terminals; and the forth step of providing the contents service to the second client terminal by making reference to the stored service-related information and fingerprint information.
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
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METHOD FOR GENERATING VIDEO MARKUP DATA ON THE BASIS OF VIDEO FINGERPRINT INFORMATION, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION USING SAME
The present invention relates to a method for generating video markup data on the basis of video fingerprint information, and to a method and system for providing information using same; and more particularly, to a method and system for conveniently and efficiently providing a variety of pieces of information, such as object-related advertising information, on the basis of video markup data which are generated in consideration of object information relating to objects in a video and of the fingerprint information of the video.
G06F 9/44 - Dispositions pour exécuter des programmes spécifiques
G06F 15/16 - Associations de plusieurs calculateurs numériques comportant chacun au moins une unité arithmétique, une unité programme et un registre, p.ex. pour le traitement simultané de plusieurs programmes
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A CONTENT-RELATED SERVICE USING FINGERPRINT INFORMATION
The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a content-related service, and more particularly, to a method for providing a content-related service to a client terminal using fingerprint information in a system for providing content service which includes a content database having fingerprint information on the content and content-related information. The method includes: a first operation for receiving a signal for requesting content-related information from a client terminal while a content-playing service is provided to the client terminal, wherein the signal for requesting content-related information includes partial fingerprint information on at least one sector of the content currently playing on the client terminal; a second operation for searching for the content-related information of the corresponding content in a content database on the basis of the partial fingerprint information in the signal for requesting content-related information; and a third operation for transmitting content-related service information, which is generated based on the searched content-related information of the corresponding content, to the client terminal.
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating meta-information of content data, and relates to a method and apparatus for generating meta-information of content data, said method comprising: a first step of determining a time point or period of content data on which meta-information is to be generated; a second step of extracting partial DNA information related to the determined time point or period; and a third step of generating meta-information including the extracted partial DNA information. According to the present invention, the meta-information can be generated on the basis of partial or entire DNA information of the content data, thereby enabling accurate positioning and thus being capable of being used in an edited version and copy of another format.
G06F 17/20 - Manipulation de données en langage naturel
G10L 13/08 - Analyse de texte ou génération de paramètres pour la synthèse de la parole à partir de texte, p.ex. conversion graphème-phonème, génération de prosodie ou détermination de l'intonation ou de l'accent tonique
G11B 20/10 - Enregistrement ou reproduction numériques
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METHOD FOR FORMING DATABASE ON BASIS OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VIDEO DATA, AND DATABASE FORMATION SYSTEM
The present invention relates to a method for forming a database on the basis of the relationship between video data, and a database formation system, and provides a method for forming a database on the basis of the relationship between video data, and a database formation system, wherein the method for forming the database on the basis of the relationship between the video data comprises the steps of: the first step of forming at least one or more nodes such that the same video data is contained in the same node; the second step of forming node information for each of the formed nodes; the third step of comparing video data, which is the target of comparison, with the video data of the respective nodes, and determining the relation between the video data, which is the target of the comparison, and the video data of each node; and the fourth step of updating the node information on the respective nodes, on the basis of said determined relation.
Provided is a method for providing a content group purchase service to a plurality of user terminals via a wired and wireless communication network or the Internet. The method for providing a content group purchase service comprises the steps of: posting information on contents which can be provided to a client terminal; receiving a content room opening request signal associated with the posted content information from a client terminal (room leader); opening a content room according to the content room opening request signal and posting content information; waiting for other client terminals to access the content room; receiving a content provision request signal from the room leader client terminal; transmitting an approval request signal for content provision to all client terminals which are accessing the content room; receiving content provision approval signals from all the client terminals; and providing the contents to all the client terminals.
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for providing moving image advertisements. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing moving image advertisements, which comprises the steps of: receiving a search request from an advertiser's terminal; providing said advertiser's terminal with a moving image search list matching said search request; obtaining advertisement setup information from said advertiser's terminal for the first moving image which is included in said moving image list provided; setting up said first moving image advertisement which matches said obtained advertisement setup information; and setting up a second moving image advertisement which shares the same display area with said first moving image which matches said obtained advertisement setup information for said first moving image. Accordingly, the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for moving image advertisements with a high matching efficiency using the first moving image advertisement to set the second moving image advertisement which shares the same display area.
A method of providing a moving picture search service and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of providing a moving picture search service that includes: obtaining a search keyword from a client terminal; and providing as search results a moving picture cluster list displaying information about a moving picture cluster matching with the search keyword. The moving picture cluster includes a plurality of moving pictures determined to have identity, and the moving picture cluster list includes a cluster unit display area displaying information about the moving picture cluster differently from information about another moving picture cluster included in the moving picture cluster list. By providing moving picture search results related to a search keyword in groups of cluster units, users can understand the search results more easily.
A method of processing moving picture and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. A method of processing a moving picture comprising: calculating a color distribution vector for each of plural sub-frames which are generated by dividing a frame of the moving picture; generating a first order differential of the color distribution vector based on the color distribution vector; generating a second order differential of the color distribution vector based on the first order differential of the color distribution vector; and generating a feature vector of the frame based on the color distribution vector, the first order differential of the color distribution vector and the second order differential of the color distribution vector, is provided. The moving picture processing method can provide an efficient mean to determine commonality between moving pictures by extracting a feature from a frame of the moving pictures.
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