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- Patent Title: Watermark-based metadata acquisition and processing
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Application No.: US16625656Application Date: 2018-06-21
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Publication No.: US11297398B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Jian Zhao , Joseph M. Winograd , Rade Petrovic , Julia Ann Kenyon
- Applicant: Verance Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Verance Corporation
- Current Assignee: Verance Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Donald L. Wenskay
- International Application: PCT/US2018/038832 WO 20180621
- International Announcement: WO2018/237191 WO 20181227
- Main IPC: H04N21/8358
- IPC: H04N21/8358 ; H04N21/845 ; H04N21/434 ; H04N21/858 ; H04N21/84 ; H04N21/643

Abstract:
The disclosed embodiments relate to media devices implementing new television standards, such as ATSC 3.0, which includes audio/video essence and metadata/signaling. The disclosed embodiments include techniques for creating a signaling file that contains metadata and signaling data about the broadcast service being presented. The signaling file may include URLs that can be used to access signaling information for supplementary signaling and content. The signaling also contains a mapping between a first timing system and a second timing system. The first timing system may comprise the watermark timeline represented in interval s and the second timing system may comprise a DASH presentation time.
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