Visually-represented results to search queries in rich media content

• US 20070124298A1
• Filed: 12/30/2005
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLC
• Original Assignee: AOL Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Agrawal, Rakesh
• Granted Patent: US 8,751,502 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/638 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/685 using automatically derived transcript of audio data, e.g. lyrics speech recognition G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/738 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7844 using original textual content or text extracted from visual content or transcript of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/914 Video

Abstract

When executed, a computer program product generates a graphical user interface that renders results that are responsive to a search query of a rich media file. The graphical user interface includes a chronological representation of the rich media file, one or more occurrence markers along the chronological representation corresponding to actual occurrences of a desired term at an indicated chronological location in the rich media file, and an execution icon configured to launch a rich media application that renders a relevant portion that is responsive to the search query.

Claims

1. A method of rendering content, the method comprising:

receiving a rich media file;

analyzing the rich media file to identify a term within the rich media file;

associating the term with one or more time values specifying a chronological location in the rich media file for the term;

receiving a search query;

relating the search query to the term;

displaying a chronological representation of search results in response to relating the terms to the search query; and

enabling a user to interact with the search results to launch a rich media application that renders a relevant portion of the rich media file that is responsive to the search query.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein displaying the chronological representation includes displaying one or more text transcripts associated with the search results.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein displaying the chronological representation includes displaying a multi-occurrence icon representing two or more occurrences of the desired term that occur within a predetermined chronological proximity.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein displaying the chronological representation includes indicating a number of occurrences of the desired term within the predetermined chronological proximity.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the rich media file includes receiving at least one of audio or video content.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein enabling the user to interact with the search results includes enabling the user to interact with an execution icon configured to render the relevant portion by beginning to render the relevant portion at a predetermined amount of time in advance of the actual occurrence of the desired term such that rendering includes contextual content in addition to the desired term.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the rendering the relevant portion with the contextual context includes selecting a sufficient amount of the contextual content to make the rendering of the desired term meaningful.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein rendering the relevant portion includes selecting the contextual context based on breaks in content or a rendering of sound effects that are associated with segments of a program to identify the contextual content.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising rendering segment icons responsive to the search query that are structured and arranged to indicate different segments in the rich media file.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein further comprising enabling the user to render the rich media file at a user-specified chronological location relative to the actual occurrence of the desired term.

11. A computer program product that when executed generates a graphical user interface rendering results responsive to a search query of a rich media file, the graphical user interface comprising:

a chronological representation of the rich media file;

one or more occurrence markers along the chronological representation, where each of the occurrence markers corresponds to an actual occurrence of a desired term at an indicated chronological location in the rich media file; and

an execution icon configured to launch a rich media application that renders a relevant portion of the rich media file that is responsive to the search query and includes the actual occurrence of the desired term.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the chronological representation includes one or more text transcripts associated with the search results.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising a multi-occurrence icon representing two or more occurrences of the desired term that occur within a predetermined chronological proximity.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the multi-occurrence icon is structured and arranged to indicate a number of occurrences of the desired term within the predetermined chronological proximity.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the rich media file includes at least one of audio or video content.

16. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the execution icon is structured and arranged to render the relevant portion by beginning to render the relevant portion at a predetermined amount of time in advance of the actual occurrence of the desired term such that the rendering includes contextual content in addition to the desired term.

17. The computer program product method of claim 16 wherein the contextual context is selected to be of a sufficient amount to make the rendering of the desired term meaningful.

18. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the contextual context is based on breaks in content or rendering of sound effects that are associated with segments of a program to identify the contextual content.

19. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising segment icons responsive to the search query that are structured and arranged to indicate different segments in the rich media file.

20. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein either the execution icon or a supplemental icon is structured and arranged to render the rich media file at a user-specified chronological location relative to the actual occurrence of the desired term.

21. A computer program product that when executed generates a graphical user interface rendering results responsive to a search query of a rich media file, the computer program product comprising:

means for receiving a rich media file;

means for analyzing the rich media file to identify a term within the rich media file;

means for associating the term with one or more time values specifying a chronological location in the rich media file for the term;

means for receiving a search query;

means for relating the search query to the term;

means for displaying a chronological representation of search results in response to relating the terms to the search query; and

means for enabling a user to interact with the search results to launch a rich media application that renders a relevant portion of the rich media file that is responsive to the search query.