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Index Imparting System Using Control Signal

  • US 20080154932A1
  • Filed: 12/13/2004
  • Published: 06/26/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An index imparting system which generates metadata by using control signals of various kinds of devices used in a broadcast station, the system comprising:

  • a control signal detecting section to identify the type of each control signal and an identifier for uniquely specifying each control signal following the detection of various kinds of control signals and obtain the time of the detection;

    a control signal attribute information managing section to manage the identifier of a control signal and attribute information relevant thereto in a tied manner beforehand and then identify the attribute information on the basis of an identifier obtained at the control signal detecting section; and

    an index generating section to generate metadata following the acquisition of a type, an identifier, and time identified at the control signal detecting section and, in the meantime, impart the attribute information obtained by the request from the control signal attribute information managing section to the metadata.

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