Techniques to automatically generate bookmarks for media files

• US 10,331,304 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2015
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Chandra, Omeed
• Primary Examiner(s): Casillas, Roland J
• Application Number:
  US14/741,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20160328104A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,469 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/685 using automatically derived transcript of audio data, e.g. lyrics speech recognition G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7834 using audio features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/221 Announcement of recognition results

Abstract

Techniques to automatically generate bookmarks for media files are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a bookmark application. The logic device may comprise, for example, a processing system having a processor and memory. The bookmark application may comprise a media file component operative to manage a media file. The media file may store various types of multimedia content. The bookmark application may further comprise a media bookmark component operative to identify a media file to store media information, scan the media file for a bookmark indicator, automatically generate a bookmark for the media file based on the bookmark indicator, and present the bookmark on a user interface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a storage device having instructions for a bookmark application stored thereon, that when executed by the processor direct the apparatus to;

scan a media file to detect a bookmark indicator from media content of the media file, wherein the bookmark indicator comprises information in the media file that triggers creation of a bookmark;

in response to detecting the bookmark indicator, automatically generate a new bookmark for the media file and store the new bookmark as metadata of the media file, and

present a visual indication of the new bookmark and the bookmark indicator on a user interface.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bookmark indicator comprises relevant keywords, wherein instructions to scan the media file to detect the bookmark indicator from the media content of the media file direct the apparatus to:

convert audio information from the media file to text information; and

detect one or more keywords from the text information as the bookmark indicator.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bookmark indicator comprises relevant speaker identities, wherein instructions to scan the media file to detect the bookmark indicator from the media content of the media file direct the apparatus to:

perform voice recognition to determine identity information for a source of audio information of the media file; and

a speaker identity from the identity information as the bookmark indicator.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising instructions that direct the apparatus to:

retrieve a text segment corresponding to a defined portion of audio information of the media file based on the bookmark indicator, and

present the text segment on a presentation surface of the user interface.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the new bookmark comprises a first timestamp representing a start time for a media file segment of the media file, a second timestamp representing an end time for the media file segment of the media file, and an identifier for the media file.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising instructions that direct the apparatus to:

present a playback icon in association with the indication of the new bookmark, wherein the playback icon is selectable to reproduce the media file at a first timestamp representing time information for the new bookmark.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising instructions that direct the apparatus to:

manage the media file by controlling playback operations for the media file and reproducing media content for the media file based on the new bookmark.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a digital media sensor for recording media content for the media file.

9. A method implemented in hardware, comprising:

scanning the media file to detect a bookmark indicator from media content of the media file, wherein the bookmark indicator comprises information in the media file that triggers creation of a bookmark;

in response to detecting the bookmark indicator from the media information, generating a new bookmark for the media file; and

presenting a visual indication of the new bookmark and the bookmark indicator on a user interface of a computing device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the bookmark indicator comprises relevant keywords, wherein scanning the media file to detect the bookmark indicator comprises:

converting audio information from the media file to text information; and

detecting one or more keywords from the text information as the bookmark indicator.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the bookmark indicator comprises relevant speaker identities, wherein scanning the media file to detect the bookmark indicator comprises:

performing voice recognition to determine identity information for a source of audio information of the media file; and

detecting a speaker identity from the identity information as the bookmark indicator.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising in response to detecting the bookmark indicator:

retrieving a text segment corresponding to a defined portion of audio information of the media file based on the bookmark indicator, wherein the bookmark indicator comprises relevant keywords or relevant speaker identities; and

presenting the text segment on a presentation surface of the user interface.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein generating the new bookmark for the media file comprises generating the new bookmark to include a first timestamp representing time information for the media file, the first timestamp corresponding to a time when the bookmark indicator occurs.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein generating the new bookmark for the media file comprises generating the new bookmark to include a second timestamp representing time information for the media file, the second timestamp corresponding to an endpoint for a media file segment of the media file, wherein the second timestamp is subsequent to a first timestamp corresponding to a time when the bookmark indicator occurs.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein generating the new bookmark for the media file comprises generating the bookmark to include an identifier for the media file.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising storing the new bookmark as metadata for the media file.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface comprises a presentation surface of an application program, wherein the indication of the new bookmark is presented on the presentation surface of the application program.

18. The method of claim 9, wherein presenting the indication of the new bookmark comprises presenting the visual indicator of the bookmark on a representation of the media file.

19. The method of claim 9, further comprising presenting a playback icon in connection with the indication of the new bookmark, wherein the playback icon is selectable to reproduce the media file at a first timestamp representing time information for the new bookmark.

20. The method of claim 9, further comprising detecting a start event to start reproduction of media content from the media file at a first timestamp representing time information for the new bookmark.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising detecting a stop event to stop reproduction of media content from the media file at a second timestamp representing time information for the new bookmark.