Video matching service to offline counterpart
An address is received for an online asset. A metadata associated with the online asset is gotten. The metadata is used to match the online asset to a corresponding offline media asset.
1. A method comprising:
receiving an address for an online media asset, the online media asset including at least one of audio or video;
receiving a metadata associated with the online media asset, wherein the metadata includes an asset attribute;
identifying whether the asset attribute is a strong signal attribute, wherein strong signal attributes include a list of cast or a list of crew; and
using the metadata at least in part by prioritizing strong signal attributes over weaker signal attributes to match the online media asset to a corresponding offline media asset, the offline media asset including at least one of audio or video.
2. The method of claim 1 , further including returning a pointer to the offline media asset.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the pointer is an ID field of a commercial database of media asset listings.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein using the metadata to match a data association between the online media asset to a corresponding offline media asset includes using the metadata to match to a database record corresponding to the offline media asset.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the database record is part of a commercial database of media asset listings.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online media asset and the corresponding offline media asset are each videos.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the videos are one or more of the following: televisions shows, television episodes, movies, television series, music videos, televised sports events, and televised events.
8. The method of claim 1 , further including:
retrieving a starting candidate list of series;
producing a set of match candidate episodes from the starting candidate list of series;
determining a subset of target episodes from the set of match candidate episodes; and
wherein the corresponding offline media asset is one of the subset of target episodes.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein using the metadata to match includes matching on a video-to-target-episode pair basis.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the metadata is a video attribute of the online media asset and using the metadata to match includes matching the video attribute to a target episode attribute of the corresponding offline media asset.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein a specific attribute may be ignored from a specific asset provider.
12. The method of claim 10 , further including: normalizing one or more of the following: the video attribute, the target episode attribute.
13. The method of claim 10 , further including: enriching one or more of the following: the video attribute, the target episode attribute.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein using the metadata to match includes applying rules that reject or accept a match using a predicate and an attribute.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the predicate includes one or more of the following: a distance, an equality, a intersection, a similarity and a Levenshtein similarity.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the using of the distance includes interpreting play duration.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the using of the similarity includes interpreting Roman numerals.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein rejection rules are applied before acceptance rules.
19. A system comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive an address for an online media asset, the online media asset including at least one of audio or video;
receive a metadata associated with the online media asset, wherein the metadata includes an asset attribute;
identify whether the asset attribute is a strong signal attribute, wherein strong signal attributes include a list of cast or a list of crew;
and
use the metadata at least in part by prioritizing strong signal attributes over weaker signal attributes to match the online media asset to a corresponding offline media asset, the offline media asset including at least one of audio or video;
and
a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
20. A tangible computer readable storage disk or storage device comprising computer instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least:
receiving an address for an online media asset, the online media asset including at least one of audio or video;
receiving a metadata associated with the online media asset, wherein the metadata includes an asset attribute;
identifying whether the asset attribute is a strong signal attribute, wherein strong signal attributes include a list of cast or a list of crew; and
using the metadata at least in part by prioritizing strong signal attributes over weaker signal attributes to match the online media asset to a corresponding offline media asset, the offline media asset including at least one of audio or video.