METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT
First Claim
1. A method for analysing multimedia content comprising:
- obtaining said multimedia content from one or more remote client devices;
generating a set of configuration settings for said multimedia content indicative of how said multimedia content should be analyzed according to the nature of said multimedia content;
analyzing said multimedia content according to said configuration settings to extract data therefrom indicative of characteristics of said multimedia content; and
making said extracted data available to a corresponding, one of said remote client devices.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for remotely analyzing multimedia content, in particular video, and extracting information from such multimedia content. The system analyses, e.g. a video file by way of an FTP, file upload or streaming data etc., and configuration settings specified in one embodiment by a separate entity at one of multiple server entities. The system also comprises one or more remote server entities utilizing data storage and data processing capabilities. In one embodiment the client sends a video source and configuration settings over a network, the remote server accepts the video source, generates configuration settings, and a data processing module analyzes the video content to extract data from the video.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for analysing multimedia content comprising:
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obtaining said multimedia content from one or more remote client devices; generating a set of configuration settings for said multimedia content indicative of how said multimedia content should be analyzed according to the nature of said multimedia content; analyzing said multimedia content according to said configuration settings to extract data therefrom indicative of characteristics of said multimedia content; and making said extracted data available to a corresponding, one of said remote client devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 26, 27)
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15. A system for analyzing, multimedia content comprising at least one server entity connected to one or more remote client devices over a network, said at least one server entity being configured for obtaining said multimedia content from said one or more remote client devices;
- generating a set of configuration settings for said multimedia content indicative of how said multimedia content should be analyzed according to the nature of said multimedia content;
analyzing said multimedia content according to said configuration settings to extract data therefrom indicative of characteristics of said multimedia content, and making said extracted data available to a corresponding one of said remote client devices. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25)
- generating a set of configuration settings for said multimedia content indicative of how said multimedia content should be analyzed according to the nature of said multimedia content;
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