A system and method for generating channels of multimedia content element. The method includes correlating between a plurality of signatures of the multimedia content to determine a plurality of contexts; correlating the plurality of contexts to determine a plurality of assumptions for the multimedia content element; clustering the assumptions to create at least one story cluster characterizing a situation featured in the multimedia content element; and adding the multimedia content element to at least one channel, wherein the at least one channel is determined based on the at least one story cluster.

A system and method for sharing an image showing at least one person. The method includes generating at least one signature for the image; determining, based on the generated at least one signature, at least one personal identifier of each of the at least one person, wherein each personal identifier uniquely identifies the respective person; searching, using the determined personal identifiers, for at least one sharing identifier in at least one data source, wherein each sharing identifier indicates information for sharing the image with one of the at least one person; and sending a notification indicating the image using the at least one sharing identifier.

A system and method for signature-based clustering of multimedia content elements. The method includes generating at least one signature for a first multimedia content element; determining, based on the generated at least one signature, at least one tag for the first multimedia content element; searching, using the determined at least one tag, for at least one matching multimedia content element cluster in at least one data source, wherein each multimedia content element cluster includes a plurality of clustered multimedia content elements sharing a common concept; and adding the first multimedia content element to each matching multimedia content element cluster.

A system and method for determining driving decisions based on multimedia content. The method includes obtaining, in real-time during a trip of a vehicle, a first set of multimedia content elements captured by at least one sensor deployed in proximity to the vehicle; and generating, in real-time, a driving alert, when it is determined that at least one signature generated for the first set of multimedia content elements matches at least one signature generated for a matching multimedia content element of a second set of multimedia content elements, wherein each of the second set of multimedia content elements is associated with a predetermined potential cause of collision.

An independent auditing and ad service system that may be utilized with a system for presenting marketing campaigns to audiences via a network of players in public locations. Independent agents in the players monitor media content that is presented to audiences during marketing campaigns and generate independent agent playlogs that are provided to a content registry service which compares the independent agent playlogs with playlogs that are provided by a network operator to validate the network-operator-generated playlogs. The independent agent playlogs may also be provided to an analytics service where they are used to analyze the performance of marketing campaigns. From the analyzed performance, the service may determine that the media content presented to audiences via the media players should be changed. The independent agents may be instructed to implement recommended changes by modifying the media content being presented on the players.

Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided that utilize a communication system that may include infotainment systems and telematics systems along with land network and call center functions to target audio content to an occupant of the vehicle, e.g., the driver or a passenger. The systems, methods and vehicle may seamlessly replace broadcast content segments of broadcast programming with targeted content.

An event trigger management system, which handles management and delivery of services on a user device that streams media content from a distribution network, determines one or more media items present in media content of the distribution network. One or more interactive items are overlaid over the one or more media items in the media content and one or more event triggers are received from a client application engine, operational on the user device, based on selection of one or more interactive items. A personalized list is generated based on one or more received event triggers for selection of one or more overlaid interactive items and the generated personalized list is displayed or transmitted to distribution network(s) or application engines associated with the user device.

A number of channels of data, including audio, image, text, and support data are collected at one or more centralized servers. The individual channels are edited and processed for content and format, including the deletion and insertion of advertising content as well as inserting markers to indicate acceptable locations for additional content to be added. The edited and processed channels are sent to a plurality of transmission servers for additional processing and transmission. The transmission servers process one or more of the channels including the insertion of content at designated markers and the combination of the channels of data into a single, packetized data transfer stream. The data transfer stream is broadcast to a plurality of receiving units which de-packetize the original data channels and present any selected channel to the user of the receiving unit. The receiving units send status information back to the centralized servers where the data is processed and analyzed to evaluate the present use, and determine the future use of advertisements.

An ad in a movie can be a static ad having a position in the movie that cannot be moved, or a dynamic ad having a position in the movie that can be changed. When a viewer wishes to skip a portion of the movie containing the ad, the playback system determines whether the ad is static or dynamic. If the ad is static, only the portion of the movie preceding the static ad can be skipped; the ad is unskippable. This technique is referred to as “bounceback” since the end of the skip bounces back to the start of the static ad. If the ad is dynamic, it is moved to after the end of the skip. This technique is referred to as “slip-ad” since the ad slips to later in the movie. When a movie has multiple ads, some can be static and some can be dynamic.

An ad in a movie can be a static ad having a position in the movie that cannot be moved, or a dynamic ad having a position in the movie that can be changed. When a viewer wishes to skip a portion of the movie containing the ad, the playback system determines whether the ad is static or dynamic. If the ad is static, only the portion of the movie preceding the static ad can be skipped; the ad is unskippable. This technique is referred to as “bounceback” since the end of the skip bounces back to the start of the static ad. If the ad is dynamic, it is moved to after the end of the skip. This technique is referred to as “slip-ad” since the ad slips to later in the movie. When a movie has multiple ads, some can be static and some can be dynamic.