SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSCODING DIGITAL CONTENT
First Claim
1. A system for transcoding digital content, the system comprising:
- at least one processor;
a database system for storing annotations to be used in a transcoding process, said annotation data is stored in annotation files that are prepared for units of digital contents, the annotation data including descriptions for the transcoding process, the descriptions being correlated with a layout of elements in the digital contents, the database system configured to select the annotation data based on correlation between the layout of the digital content and the descriptions of the annotations; and
a transcoder for transcoding the digital content based on a selected annotation stored in the database.
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Abstract
A system and method for transcoding digital content (e.g. web content) by correctly employing one annotation for multiple digital contents. This can efficiently reduce the workloads required for the addition of annotation data during the transcoding process. A transcoding system comprises an annotation database system for storing annotation data to be used for the transcoding of contents, and a transcoder for transcoding the contents based on annotation data stored in the annotation database system. Upon receiving an inquiry from the transcoder, a correlation between elements in the contents and descriptions of the annotation data is checked to select one annotation that can be employed for transcoding the content. The correlation is specifically determined based on XPath information.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for transcoding digital content, the system comprising:
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at least one processor; a database system for storing annotations to be used in a transcoding process, said annotation data is stored in annotation files that are prepared for units of digital contents, the annotation data including descriptions for the transcoding process, the descriptions being correlated with a layout of elements in the digital contents, the database system configured to select the annotation data based on correlation between the layout of the digital content and the descriptions of the annotations; and a transcoder for transcoding the digital content based on a selected annotation stored in the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for transcoding digital content, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining the digital content; reading annotations to be used in a transcoding step from a database; determining an annotation corresponding to the digital content based on correlation between elements in the digital content and descriptions of the annotations; and transcoding the digital content based on the annotation determined at the determining step. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A computer program product embodied in computer readable medium executable on a computer for transcoding digital content, the computer program product comprising program computer code for:
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reading annotations to be used in a transcoding step from a database; determining an annotation corresponding to the digital content based on correlation between a layout of the digital content and descriptions of the annotations; and transcoding the digital content based on the annotation determined at the determining step.
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13. A computer program product embodied in computer readable medium executable on a computer for managing annotation data to be used for transcoding digital content, the computer program product comprising program computer code for:
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evaluating a correlation between elements in the digital content and a description in the annotation data; and presenting a interface to show a state of the correlation between the digital content and the annotation data, based on evaluation results obtained by the evaluating step. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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