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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2010
Gianluca Francini, Turin, IT;
Nicola Adami, Brescia, IT;
Sergio Benini, Brescia, IT;
Riccardo Leonardi, Brescia, IT;
Gianluca Francini, Turin, IT;
Nicola Adami, Brescia, IT;
Sergio Benini, Brescia, IT;
Riccardo Leonardi, Brescia, IT;
TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A method for generating a time scheduling of a contents stream distributed to plural terminals. The contents stream is segmented in consecutive segments, each segment defining a corresponding program. The method includes: receiving auxiliary metadata including a planned time scheduling of the content stream which has been set in advance and monitoring at least a portion of a segment of the contents stream to extract corresponding content features therefrom, generating a corresponding fingerprint based on the extracted content features and assessing at least one among an actual start time and an actual end time of such segment based on a comparison between the fingerprint and a reference fingerprint associated with such segment, and updating the planned time scheduling based on the assessed at least one among the actual start time and actual end time to generate a time scheduling synchronized with the contents stream.