Relating objects in different mediums

• US 20070271264A1
• Filed: 05/16/2006
• Published: 11/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Plutowski, Mark, Purang, Khemdut
• Granted Patent: US 9,330,170 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/632 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

Metadata associated with a first multimedia object in a first medium is used to find a second multimedia object in a second medium. The metadata includes category data.

Claims

1. A computerized method comprising:

searching a first medium for a first object using metadata associated with a second object in a second medium, wherein the metadata comprises category data and the first and second mediums are different types of multimedia.

2. The computerized method of claim 1 further comprising:

searching the second medium for a third object that has similar metadata to the second object; and

searching the first medium for a fourth object using metadata associated with the third object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching comprises searching for an exact match.

4. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the searching comprises searching for a close match.

5. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the first object is a movie and the first object is a song.

6. The computerized method of 5, wherein the metadata associated with the song comprises artist name, year of production, genre, name of album.

7. A machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

searching a first medium for a first object using metadata associated with a second object in a second medium, wherein the metadata comprises category data and the first and second mediums are different types of multimedia.

8. The machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

searching the second medium for a third object that has similar metadata to the second object; and

searching the first medium for a fourth object using metadata associated with the third object.

9. The machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the searching comprises searching for an exact match.

10. The machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the searching comprises searching for a close match.

11. The machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the first object is a movie and the first object is a song.

12. The machine-readable medium of 11, wherein the metadata associated with the song comprises artist name, year of production, genre, name of album.

13. A computer system comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and

a process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to;

search a first medium for a first object using metadata associated with a second object in a second medium, wherein the metadata comprises category data and the first and second mediums are different types of multimedia.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the process further causes the processor to:

search the second medium for a third object that has similar metadata to the second object; and

search the first medium for a fourth object using metadata associated with the third object.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the process further causes the processor to:

search for an exact match.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the process further causes the processor to:

search for a close match.

17. An apparatus comprising:

means for searching a first medium for a first object using metadata associated with a second object in a second medium, wherein the metadata comprises category data and the first and second mediums are different types of multimedia; and

means for outputting the first object.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

means for searching the second medium for a third object that has similar metadata to the second object; and

means for searching the first medium for a fourth object using metadata associated with the third object.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first object is a movie and the first object is a song.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the metadata associated with the song comprises artist name, year of production, genre, and name of album.