US 11,991,425 B2
Multimedia stream enhancement and tailored processing
Paul Llamas Virgen, Guadalajara (MX); Emmanuel Barajas Gonzalez, Fremont, CA (US); Humberto Orozco Cervantes, Tonalá (MX); and Shaun E. Harrington, Sahuarita, AZ (US)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/045,506.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121484 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/84 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/84 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
automatically analyzing a multimedia stream and identifying, based on the analyzing, items of interest in the multimedia stream;
building metadata about the multimedia stream, the metadata describing the identified items of interest and comprising, for each item of interest of the identified items of interest, an indication of the item of interest and an indication of a respective location, within video of the multimedia stream, of that item of interest;
providing, by a stream producer device, the multimedia stream and the metadata to a plurality of stream consumer devices;
receiving feedback from at least one stream consumer device of the plurality of stream consumer devices as the stream producer device provides the multimedia stream to the at least one stream consumer device; and
using the feedback to generate updated metadata about the multimedia stream for provision to a stream consumer device of the plurality of stream consumer devices.