Automatic question formulation from a user selection in multimedia content
First Claim
1. Electronic equipment comprising reading means for reading a multimedia content which is described in a document containing descriptions, characterized in that it comprises a user command which permits a user to make a selection in said multimedia content, extraction means for extracting from said multimedia content one or more context data relating to said selection, means for recovering one or more descriptions in said document from said context data, and automatic formulation means based on recovered descriptions, of a question intended to be transmitted to a search engine.
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Abstract
The invention notably has for its object to permit a user who uses multimedia content to make a search for an object of interest evoked in said content, without having to formulate the question himself. For this purpose, a selection tool (for example, a key) permits the user to select a passage of the content while he is using it. When the user makes a selection, a context data is extracted from the content (for example, the current reading time). This context data is then used for recovering one or more descriptions in a document (for example, an MPEG-7 document) which describes said content. The recovered descriptions are finally used for automatically formulating a question intended to be transmitted to a search engine.
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10 Claims
- 1. Electronic equipment comprising reading means for reading a multimedia content which is described in a document containing descriptions, characterized in that it comprises a user command which permits a user to make a selection in said multimedia content, extraction means for extracting from said multimedia content one or more context data relating to said selection, means for recovering one or more descriptions in said document from said context data, and automatic formulation means based on recovered descriptions, of a question intended to be transmitted to a search engine.
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5. A method of formulating a question intended to be transmitted to a search engine while a user is using a multimedia content, said multimedia content being described in a document that contains descriptions, characterized in that it comprises:
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a selection step (1) by the user in said multimedia content, an extraction step (2) for extracting from the multimedia content one or more context data relating to said selection, a recovery step (3;
4) of one or more descriptions in said document from said context data andan automatic formulation step (5) of said question from recovered descriptions. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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