Activating functions in processing devices using start codes embedded in audio

Apparatus, system and method for performing an action such as accessing supplementary data and/or executing software on a device capable of receiving multimedia are disclosed. After multimedia is received, a monitoring code is detected and a signature is extracted in response thereto from an audio p...

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Hauptverfasser: NEUHAUSER ALAN, KELLY JOHN, BOLLES JASON, LYNCH WENDELL, STAVROPOULOS JOHN, MCKENNA WILLIAM
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Apparatus, system and method for performing an action such as accessing supplementary data and/or executing software on a device capable of receiving multimedia are disclosed. After multimedia is received, a monitoring code is detected and a signature is extracted in response thereto from an audio portion of the multimedia. The ancillary code includes a plurality of code symbols arranged in a plurality of layers in a predetermined time period, and the signature is extracted from features of the audio of the multimedia. Supplementary data is accessed and/or software is executed using the detected code and/or signature.