Method and apparatus for tagging and locating audio data
First Claim
1. A method for locating useful sound files comprising:
- specifying a directory having a plurality of sound files;
parsing each of said plurality of sound files to extract tag information;
generating one or more words and word pairs from said tag information;
generating one or more keywords from said one or more words and word pairs; and
providing said one or more keywords to a user for use as query in searching for a desired sound file for a project.
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Abstract
A method for indexing audio files to provide a small number of good matches from a search engine is presented. An indexer parses the audio files and generates search keywords which are presented to a user via a graphical user interface. The keywords presented to the user are only those keywords that matched tags obtained from the audio files that were indexed. Thus, the user is never presented information that will not provide a valid search. The user'"'"'s search query is simply a selection of one of the keywords presented by the indexer. The user can further narrow the search results to audio files that are within a predetermined number of semitones of the project tone. Thus, users need not waste time listening to audio files that are completely out of tone with their projects when search for a particular audio file.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for locating useful sound files comprising:
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specifying a directory having a plurality of sound files;
parsing each of said plurality of sound files to extract tag information;
generating one or more words and word pairs from said tag information;
generating one or more keywords from said one or more words and word pairs; and
providing said one or more keywords to a user for use as query in searching for a desired sound file for a project. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for locating useful sound files on a computer system comprising:
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a first graphical user interface on a computer system for specifying a directory having a plurality of sound files;
an indexer on said computer system parsing each of said plurality of sound files to extract tag information, said indexer generating one or more words and word pairs from said tag information;
a translator associated with said indexer for generating one or more keywords from said one or more words and word pairs; and
said indexer providing said one or more keywords at a second graphical user interface for use as query in searching for a desired sound file for a project. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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