Web media asset ID system and method

1. A computer implemented method of dynamically identifying a server-provided media asset retrievable to a client device, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the client device from the server, a web page having a plurality of page elements;

contemporaneous with said webpage being rendered, analyzing, by the client device, communications traffic associated with rendering said plurality of page elements to identify media-indicative traffic;

when media-indicative traffic is identified, the client device determining, among said plurality of page elements, a page element associated with a media asset indicated by said media-indicative traffic; and

based at least in part on said identified media-indicative traffic, modifying, by the client device, the rendered web page such that said media asset is identifiable from said page element.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said media asset is made identifiable via a visual indication.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said media asset is made identifiable via the addition of a selectable item to a menu associated with said page element.

4. A computing apparatus comprising a processor and a memory having executable instructions for performing the method of claim 1 .

5. A non-transient computer readable medium comprising executable instructions for performing the method of claim 1 .

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein making said media asset identifiable from said page element comprises:

identifying, by the client device, said media asset as being of a content type that is obfuscated by a media wrapper;

determining, by the client device, based in part on an analysis of parameters associated with said media wrapper, an obfuscation scheme used by said media wrapper to obfuscate said media asset; and

un-obfuscating, by the client device, said media asset according to said obfuscation scheme.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying media-indicative traffic comprises determining, by the client device, a content type associated with said media asset.

8. A computer implemented method of dynamically identifying a server-provided media asset retrievable to a client device, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the client device from the server, a first web page comprising a link to a second web page, said second web page having a representation of a link to a media asset; and

contemporaneously with displaying said first web page:

automatically requesting, by the client device, said second web page;

analyzing, by the client device, responses to said automatic request to identify media-indicative traffic;

when media-indicative traffic is identified, determining, by the client device, a page element of said first web page associated with said second web page; and

based at least in part on said identified media-indicative traffic, the client device associating a media control with said first web page, said media control identifying said media asset of said second web page from said first web page.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein said media asset is made identifiable via a visual indication.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein said media asset is made identifiable via the addition of a selectable item to a menu associated with said page element.

11. A computing apparatus comprising a processor and a memory having executable instructions for performing the method of claim 8 .

12. A non-transient computer readable medium comprising executable instructions for performing the method of claim 8 .

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein identifying media-indicative traffic comprises determining, by the client device, a content type associated with said media asset.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein making said media asset identifiable from said page element comprises:

identifying, by the client device, said media asset as being of a content type that is obfuscated by a media wrapper;

determining, by the client device, based in part on an analysis of parameters associated with said media wrapper, an obfuscation scheme used by said media wrapper to obfuscate said media asset; and

un-obfuscating, by the client device, said media asset according to said obfuscation scheme.