System and method for providing index data of multimedia contents
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1. A system for providing index data of multimedia contents comprising:
- a data server system for providing multimedia data to subscribers;
an index server system for receiving multimedia streams transferred from the data server system to subscribers, extracting index data from the received multimedia streams, and providing the extracted index data to the subscribers; and
a subscriber equipment for real time recording and playing the multimedia data from the data server system and providing a user interface to perform an indexed search and browsing using the index data provided from the index server system,wherein the index data extracted from the index server system are structural semantic or summary data of the multimedia streams described based on temporal data, andwherein the data server system provides the multimedia streams to the index server system before providing the multimedia streams to the subscriber equipment, and the index server system extracts the index data for the multimedia streams provided in advance and first provides only the extracted index data to the subscriber equipment before providing any multimedia contents corresponding to the extracted index data.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing index data service of multimedia contents are disclosed, wherein the system comprises: a data server system for providing multimedia data services through a wire or wireless line; an index server system for receiving streams from the data server system, extracting index data of the streams, and providing the extracted index data to a subscriber equipment; and the subscriber equipment for recording and playing the multimedia data from the data server system in real time and providing a user interface that can perform nonlinear search and browsing using the index data provided from the index server system.
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1. A system for providing index data of multimedia contents comprising:
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a data server system for providing multimedia data to subscribers; an index server system for receiving multimedia streams transferred from the data server system to subscribers, extracting index data from the received multimedia streams, and providing the extracted index data to the subscribers; and a subscriber equipment for real time recording and playing the multimedia data from the data server system and providing a user interface to perform an indexed search and browsing using the index data provided from the index server system, wherein the index data extracted from the index server system are structural semantic or summary data of the multimedia streams described based on temporal data, and wherein the data server system provides the multimedia streams to the index server system before providing the multimedia streams to the subscriber equipment, and the index server system extracts the index data for the multimedia streams provided in advance and first provides only the extracted index data to the subscriber equipment before providing any multimedia contents corresponding to the extracted index data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing index data of multimedia contents to subscribers, comprising:
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receiving multimedia streams from a data server system of a multimedia contents provider; extracting the index data of the multimedia streams provided from the data server system of the multimedia contents provider; and providing the index data extracted from an index server system to subscriber equipments, wherein the index data extracted from the index server system are structural, semantic or summary data of the multimedia streams described based on temporal data, and wherein the data server system of the multimedia contents provider provides the multimedia streams to the index server system before providing the multimedia streams to the subscriber equipment, and the index server system extracts the index data for the multimedia streams provided in advance and first provides only the extracted index data to the subscriber equipment before providing any multimedia contents corresponding to the extracted index data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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