CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM ENABLED WITH MEDIA CONTENT INDEXED FOR TEXT-BASED SEARCHES AND/OR METADATA EXTRACTION

• US 20140082091A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Box Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Box Incorporated
• Inventors: Rexer, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 10,915,492 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/17306 Intercommunication techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for enabling collaborative work on a media content among collaborators through a cloud-based environment. An example method comprises receiving the media content; extracting a plurality of text-based data based on the media content; and indexing the plurality of text-based data so as to enable one or more actions to be performed on the media content using the plurality of text-based data. In some embodiments, the media content comprises an audio component, and the method further comprises transcribing the audio component of the media content so that the plurality of text-based data comprises a transcript of the media content. In some embodiments, the actions include a text-based search or a semantics-based search. Among other benefits, some embodiments provided herein enable indexing media content for text-based searches and/or metadata extraction to effectively manage multimedia files in a cloud-based storage/service environment.

Claims

1. A method for enabling collaboration on a media content via a cloud-based environment, the method comprising:

extracting text-based data from the media content,

wherein the text-based data enables one or more actions to be performed in the cloud-based environment on the media content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the text-based data enables the collaboration on the media content among collaborators via the cloud-based environment from various different locations or using different devices.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the media content comprises an audio component, and wherein the extracting comprises:

transcribing, using a transcription engine, the audio component of the media content so that the text-based data comprises a transcript of the media content.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

translating, using a translation engine, the transcript into a different language.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

notifying a group of the collaborators after the extracting; and

enabling editing or other collaborative actions to be performed on the text-based data among the group of the collaborators.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

detecting the collaborative actions performed on the media file based on the actions performed on the text-based data.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

notifying the group of collaborators in real time or in near real time of the collaborative actions performed on the media file, wherein the notifying includes an identification of a collaborator who made the change.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the text-based data further comprises metadata containing information about the media content.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the metadata comprises one or more of:

(i) date;

(ii) time;

(iii) author;

(iv) file type;

or (v) genre.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the media content comprises one or more of:

(i) imagery or pictorial content;

(ii) audiovisual content;

(iii) audio content;

(iv) musical content;

(v) graphic content;

or (vi) literary content.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracting is performed on the server which hosts the cloud-based environment, on another server that is remote from the server, or on a third-party server.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the actions include text-based search.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the actions include semantics-based search.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the actions include a search on one or more of the collaborators associated with the media content.

15. A method for enabling, by a cloud-based service, collaboration on media content, the method comprising:

extracting, on a user device, metadata from the media content to enable actions to be performed on the media content by collaborators of the user via the cloud-based service,

wherein the collaboration on the media content by the collaborators of the user is provided through the cloud-based service.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

synchronizing the metadata in response to a respective action performed on the media content.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a message regarding the respective action, wherein the message includes an identification of who performed the respective action.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the respective action includes one or more of:

(i) commenting, (ii) editing, (iii) highlighting, or (iv) accepting or rejecting previously made changes.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the cloud-based service is provided by a server remote from the user device, and the method further comprising:

uploading the metadata to be indexed at the server that provides the cloud-based service.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein, the metadata includes text-based data;

wherein the media content comprises an audio component, and wherein the extracting comprises;

transcribing the audio component of the media content so that the text-based data comprises a transcript of the media content.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

translating, a translation engine, the transcript into a different language.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein the actions include text-based search.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein the actions include semantics-based search.

24. The method of claim 15, wherein the actions include a search on one or more of the collaborators associated with the media content.

25. A system for enabling collaborative work on media content among collaborators through a cloud-based environment, the system comprising:

a processor;

a memory having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the system to;

extract text-based data from the media content; and

index the text-based data to enable actions to be performed on the media content using the plurality of text-based data.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the media content comprises an audio component, and the system further comprising a transcription engine to transcribe the audio component of the media content so that the text-based data comprises a transcript of the media content.

27. The system of claim 26, further comprising a translation engine to translate the transcript of the media content into a different language.

28. The system of claim 25, wherein the group of the collaborators is notified responsive to extraction of the text-based data.

29. The system of claim 25, wherein the system is further caused to:

enable editing or other collaborative actions to be performed on the text-based data among the group of the collaborators.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the system is further caused to:

detect the collaborative actions performed on the media file based on the actions performed on the text-based data.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the system is further caused to:

notify the group of collaborators in real time or in near real time of the collaborative actions performed on the media file, wherein the notification includes an identification of a collaborator who made the change.

32. The system of claim 25, wherein the text-based data further comprises information including one or more of:

(i) date;

(ii) time;

(iii) author;

(iv) file type;

or (v) genre.

33. The system of claim 25, wherein the media content comprises one or more of:

(i) imagery or pictorial content;

(ii) audiovisual content;

(iii) audio content;

(iv) musical content;

(v) graphic content;

or (vi) literary content.

34. The system of claim 25, wherein the actions include text-based search or semantics-based search.

35. The system of claim 25, wherein the actions include a search on one or more of the collaborators associated with the media content.

36. A machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

extract text-based data from a media content for collaborative work on the media content, wherein the media content is provided through a cloud-based service to enable one or more actions to be performed on the media content by a user of the user device, and by collaborators of the user via the cloud-based service.

37. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 36, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

automatically synchronize the text-based data in response to a respective action performed on the media content.

38. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 37, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:

automatically receive a message regarding the respective action, wherein the message includes an identification of who performed the respective action.

39. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 37, wherein the respective action includes one or more of:

(i) commenting, (ii) editing, (iii) highlighting, or (iv) accepting or rejecting previously made changes.

40. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 36, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:

upload the text-based data to be indexed at the server that provides the cloud-based service.

41. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 36, wherein the media content comprises an audio component, and wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

transcribe the audio component of the media content so that the text-based data comprises a transcript of the media content.

42. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 36, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:

translate the transcript into a different language.

43. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 36, wherein the actions include a text-based search or a semantics-based search.

44. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 36, wherein the actions include a search on one or more of the collaborators associated with the media content.

45. A system for enabling collaborative work on a media content among collaborators through a cloud-based environment, the system comprising:

means for extracting a plurality of text-based data based on the media content; and

means for indexing the plurality of text-based data so as to enable one or more actions to be performed on the media content for collaboration in the cloud-based environment.

46. The system of claim 45, further comprising:

means for transcribing audio in the media content so that the plurality of text-based data to generate a transcript of the media content.

47. The system of claim 45, further comprising:

notifying a group of the collaborators after the extracting; and

enabling editing or other collaborative actions to be performed on the text-based data among the group of the collaborators.

48. The system of claim 47, further comprising:

detecting the collaborative actions performed on the media file based on the actions performed on the text-based data.

49. The system of claim 48, further comprising:

notifying the group of collaborators in real time or in near real time of the collaborative actions performed on the media file, wherein the notifying includes an identification of a collaborator who made the change.