SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING METADATA

• US 20090327857A1
• Filed: 06/23/2009
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: De Mondt, Hans, Pelt, Michiel, Verde, Orlando Jesus, Hemmeryckx-Deleersnijder, Bart Karel
• Application Number:
  US12/489,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20090327857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content

Abstract

A system and corresponding devices are disclosed for automatically providing a user with metadata related to data provided by the user, the data representing media content, comprising:

a. a context storage means (1) adapted for storing context data relating to and for each of a predetermined set of events;

b. an annotation storage means (2) adapted for storing annotation data for each of the set of events;

c. an uploading module (3) for uploading the data from a user into the system;

d. an association means (4) for associating a predetermined event and context to the data.

Also a corresponding method for automatically providing a user with annotation data related to data provided by the user is disclosed.

Claims

1. A system for automatically providing a user with metadata related to data provided by said user, said data representing media content, comprising:

a. a context storage means (1) adapted for storing context data relating to and for each of a predetermined set of events;

b. an annotation storage means (2) adapted for storing annotation data for each of said set of events;

c. an uploading module (3) for uploading said data from a user into said system;

d. an association means (4) for associating a predetermined event and context to said data.

2. A system according to claim 1, further comprising an outputting means for outputting annotation data to a media outputting device, said annotation data being linked with said data, based on said associated event and context.

3. A system according to claim 1, further comprising an annotation means (5) for adding annotation data for each of said set of events to said annotations storage means.

4. A system according to claim 3, wherein said annotation means (5) is adapted for authenticating and allowing predetermined sets of annotation providers to add annotations into said storage means.

5. A system according to claim 4, wherein said annotation means (5) is adapted for authenticating and allowing predetermined sets of annotation providers to add annotations into said annotation storage means (2) for a predetermined context of said events.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein said means for associating a predetermined event and/or context to said data is adapted for extracting native metadata from said data and adapted for automatically associating a context and/or an event to said data.

7. A system according to claim 1, further comprising a module adapted for authenticating and allowing predetermined sets of event and/or context providers to add events and/or contexts respectively (6) to said context storage means (1).

8. A method for automatically providing a user with annotation data related to data provided by said user, said data representing media content, comprising:

a. acquiring data

b. associating a predetermined event and context to said data;

c. acquiring annotation data corresponding to said event and context data from a annotation storage means;

d. outputting said annotation data to a media outputting device, said annotation data being linked with said data, based on said associated event and context.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein associating a predetermined event and/or context to said data comprises extracting metadata from said data and automatically associating a context and an event to said data based on a predetermined set of rules.

10. A method according to claim 8, wherein acquiring annotation data corresponding to said event and context data from a annotation storage means comprises retrieving annotation data from said annotation storage means for which time and/or location information corresponds with said time and/or location information for said data.

11. A storage device adapted for storing context data for at least one event, said context data being stored in the form of a list, hierarchical or ontological tree.

12. A storage device according to claim 11, wherein said list, hierarchical or ontological tree comprises a time schedule of said event.

13. A storage device according to claim 11, wherein entries in said list, hierarchical or ontological tree comprise information identifying predetermined annotation providers.

14. A storage device according to claim 11, further comprising annotation data for at least one event from at least one predetermined annotation provider, corresponding with entries in said list, hierarchical or ontological tree.

15. An event annotation module adapted for authenticating and allowing predetermined annotation providers to provide annotation information to the a storage device adapted for storing context data for at least one event, said context data being stored in the form of a list, hierarchical or ontological tree.