METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION QUERYING

• US 20150052119A1
• Filed: 10/31/2014
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Begeja, Lee, Liu, Zhu, Renger, Bernard S., Shahraray, Behzad, Gibbon, David Crawford
• Granted Patent: US 10,114,893 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7844 using original textual content or text extracted from visual content or transcript of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7847 using low-level visual features of the video content
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/174 Facial expression recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

Methods and systems for information querying are described. At least one recent image of a video signal may be accessed. Recent text associated with the at least one recent image may be accessed. A presentation image may be provided from the at least one recent image for presentation on a display. An original portion of the recent text may be identified within the presentation image. A selection of a user portion of the recent text may be received. An information source may be queried with the selection of the user portion of the recent text. The information source may be capable of using the selection to provide a result.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a query command;

accessing, by the system, a media image associated with a media presentation in accordance with the receiving of the query command;

accessing, by the system, recent text associated with the media presentation; and

querying, by the system, an information source with a portion of the recent text, the information source being capable of using the portion to provide a result.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying keywords from the recent text as the portion of the recent text.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing feedback regarding the querying of the information source.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the result from the information source in response to the query; and

providing the result for presentation on a display.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the media presentation comprises one of an audio signal, a video signal, embedded images, accessed images, or combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the result comprises one of text data, image data, audio data, video data, or combinations thereof.

7. A method, comprising:

accessing, by a system comprising a processor, a plurality of candidate terms associated with a media presentation;

receiving, by the system, a predictive text entry for the media presentation;

identifying, by the system, an identified term associated with the media presentation based on the plurality of candidate terms and the predictive text entry; and

querying, by the system, an information source with the identified term.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising providing feedback regarding the querying of the information source.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a result from the information source in response to the query; and

providing the result for presentation on a display.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising accessing a prior image of the media presentation based on a stop command.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising performing facial recognition on the prior image to receive facial recognition data,

wherein the querying of the information source is performed with the predictive text entry and the facial recognition data.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising selecting a presentation image from a plurality of images of the media presentation, wherein the selecting comprises one of fast-forwarding, slow-forwarding, or rewinding the media presentation from a prior image to the presentation image.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising accessing a second text associated with the presentation image using speech recognition of a second audio portion associated with the presentation image of the media presentation.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a portion of the second text to produce presented text; and

presenting the presentation image and the presented text.

15. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising instructions, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, a processor performs operations comprising:

receiving a query command;

accessing a media image associated with a media presentation in accordance with the receiving of the query command;

accessing recent text associated with the media presentation; and

querying an information source with a portion of the recent text, the information source being capable of using the portion to provide a result.

16. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise identifying keywords from the recent text as the portion of the recent text.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise providing feedback regarding the querying of the information source.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving the result from the information source in response to the query; and

providing the result for presentation on a display.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the media presentation comprises one of an audio signal, a video signal, embedded images, accessed images, or combinations thereof.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the result comprises one of text data, image data, audio data, video data, or combinations thereof.