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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MULTIMEDIA FILES

  • US 20110161174A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2007
  • Published: 06/30/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An indexing and retrieval system for multimedia comprising:

  • a multimedia apparatus for receiving and playback of at least one multimedia file;

    a data container for storing the at least one multimedia file;

    a database of metadata that describes at least the location of the at least one multimedia file;

    a database manager accessible through the multimedia apparatus that further comprises;

    an annotation module for defining and recording multimedia clip metadata in the metadata database that further describes the at least one multimedia file wherein the further metadata includes at least;

    classification term hierarchies that comprise branches of a knowledge tree and;

    segment information including start and end timepoints which define a clip of the at least one multimedia file;

    a search and retrieval module for identifying multimedia clips and at least one multimedia file of interest to a user of the system through the provision of a search interface to the metadata database whereby the module provides the ability to search the metadata database by reference to keywords and hierarchies of classification terms constituting branches of the knowledge tree and wherein the user of the system is only presented with the segment of the at least one multimedia file defined by the segment information without having the user first experience the playback of the beginning of the multimedia file.

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