DYNAMIC SEARCH RESULT OF AUDIO-VISUAL AND RELATED CONTENT

• US 20080005166A1
• Filed: 06/29/2006
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Day, Paul R., Cragun, Brian J., Rahn, Michael D., Hintermeister, Gregory R.
• Application Number:
  US11/427,542
• Publication Number:
  US 20080005166A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• 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

Abstract

A method for dynamically searching of audio-visual and related content including: receiving an audio-visual content; displaying the audio-visual content to a user; obtaining one or more keywords from the audio-visual content; requesting an Internet search based on the keywords; receiving one or more search results responsive to the request for an Internet search; and providing the search results to the user.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically searching of audio-visual and related content comprising:

receiving an audio-visual content;

displaying the audio-visual content to a user;

obtaining one or more keywords from the audio-visual content;

requesting an Internet search based on the keywords;

receiving one or more search results responsive to the request for the Internet search; and

providing the search results to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio-visual content includes a corresponding textual content.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising filtering the keywords prior to requesting the Internet search responsive to a user preference.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the keywords are specified in the corresponding textual content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the corresponding textual content is a closed caption transcript of the audio-visual content.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising receiving one or more advertisements responsive to the request for the Internet Search and providing the advertisements to the user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the keywords in the audio-visual content include a persistence duration indicator.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising retrieving a recent search history and incorporating the recent search history into the keywords used for the Internet search.

9. A method for dynamically searching of audio-visual and related content comprising:

receiving a audio-visual content, the audio-visual content includes a corresponding textual content;

displaying the audio-visual content to a user;

obtaining one or more keywords from the audio-visual content;

obtaining a search term restriction from the user;

retrieving a recent search history and incorporating the recent search history into the keywords;

filtering the keywords responsive to the search term restriction;

requesting an Internet search based on the keywords;

receiving one or more search results responsive to the request for the Internet search; and

providing the search results to the user, wherein the audio-visual content is a closed caption transcript of the audio-visual content.