System and method for combining voice annotation and recognition search criteria with traditional search criteria into metadata
First Claim
1. A document retrieval system comprising:
- a document processing engine configured to extract search keys from a data file to identify internal characteristics of said data file;
a speech recognition engine configured to convert spoken characteristics associated with certain said files to spoken characteristic data; and
a data structure which associates said internal characteristics of a file and any said spoken characteristics of a file with said file in a memory.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method which uses metadata to create an association between key words in textual files or files containing text; key objects in image files or pictures; and key names associated with textual files, files containing text, image files and picture files and the files or their file names. Key words in textual files or files containing text can be identified by the user or through semantics processing. Key objects in image and picture files can be identified by the user or through object recognition software. Key names in textual files, files containing text, image files and picture files are identified by a narrative or other spoken words given by the user to the processing system with respect to specific pictures.
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22 Claims
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1. A document retrieval system comprising:
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a document processing engine configured to extract search keys from a data file to identify internal characteristics of said data file;
a speech recognition engine configured to convert spoken characteristics associated with certain said files to spoken characteristic data; and
a data structure which associates said internal characteristics of a file and any said spoken characteristics of a file with said file in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22)
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7. A method of identifying documents comprising the steps of:
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identifying internal characteristics of a file;
converting spoken words associated with said file into spoken characteristics associated with said file; and
creating metadata associating said internal characteristics and said spoken characteristics with said file.
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13. An image storage system comprising:
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an image capture platform providing captured images;
a memory storing image data captured by said image capture platform together with said spoken information relating to said image data; and
a metadata providing an association between said captured images and said spoken information.
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21. A system for storing documents in an electronic storage media, said system comprising:
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means for obtaining from each said document to be stored, data tags pertaining to certain characteristics of said document, said data tags selected from the list of character recognition, semantics processing, object recognition, and voice recognition; and
means for associating said data tags with each said document.
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