Systems and methods for digital asset organization

• US 10,534,812 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2015
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama (University of Alabama System)
• Original Assignee: Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama (University of Alabama System)
• Inventors: MacCall, Steven L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bromell, Alexandria Y
• Application Number:
  US14/971,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20160171028A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,490 Days
• Field of Search: 707725, 707737, 707738, 707746, 707913
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2477 Temporal data queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed indexing digital content. The method may include receiving a plurality of pieces of digital content from a plurality of sources and identifying a time stamp associated with each piece of digital content. The method may also include associating the digital content together into groups based on the time stamps. Moreover, the method may include providing access to the associated digital content.

Claims

1. A method for indexing digital content, comprising:

transforming game data into a game-based organizing framework;

receiving a plurality of pieces of digital content from a plurality of sources;

identifying a respective time stamp associated with each piece of digital content, wherein each of the respective time stamps comprises a time of day at which a game event occurred;

associating the digital content together into groups based on the respective time stamps;

linking the digital content to the game-based organizing framework; and

providing access to an inter-game diachronic record including one or more of the pieces of digital content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital content includes images and video.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital content relates to sporting events.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital content is received at a cloud infrastructure over one or more network connections.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pieces of digital content comprise plays within a sporting event.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

obtaining, for each of the plurality of pieces of digital content, game metadata describing the play;

indexing the game metadata into a database for each of the plurality of pieces of digital content; and

associating the digital content together based on the respective time stamps and the game metadata.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the game-based organizing framework is a time-location index of the game data.

7. A system for indexing digital content, comprising:

one or more interfaces configured to receive a plurality of pieces of digital content from a plurality of sources over a network connection; and

one or more processors configured to;

transform game data into a game-based organizing framework;

identify a respective time stamp associated with each piece of digital content, wherein each of the respective time stamps comprises a time of day at which a game event occurred;

associate the digital content together into groups based on the respective time stamps;

link the digital content to the game-based organizing framework; and

provide access to an inter-game diachronic record including one or more of the pieces of digital content.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the digital content includes images and video.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the digital content relates to sporting events.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more interfaces and the one or more processors are provided in a cloud infrastructure.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the plurality of pieces of digital content comprise plays within a sporting event.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to:

obtain, for each of the plurality of pieces of digital content, game metadata describing the play;

index the game metadata into a database for each of the plurality of pieces of digital content; and

associate the digital content together based on the respective time stamps and the game metadata.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:

transforming game data into a game-based organizing framework;

receiving a plurality of pieces of digital content from a plurality of sources;

identifying a respective time stamp associated with each piece of digital content, wherein each of the respective time stamps comprises a time of day at which a game event occurred;

associating the digital content together into groups based on the respective time stamps;

linking the digital content to the game-based organizing framework; and

providing access to an inter-game diachronic record including one or more of the pieces of digital content.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the digital content includes images and video.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the digital content relates to sporting events.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the digital content is received at a cloud infrastructure over one or more network connections.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of pieces of digital content comprise plays within a sporting event.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor:

obtain, for each of the plurality of pieces of digital content, game metadata describing the play;

index the game metadata into a database for each of the plurality of pieces of digital content;

associate the digital content together based on the respective time stamps and the game metadata.