Random access editing of media
First Claim
1. A media generation computer comprising:
- a component that receives a plurality of media objects;
a component that clusters the plurality of media objects into subset groups;
a component that annotates en masse the plurality of media objects in a subset group with at least a subset of metadata, the subset of metadata includes at least one of intrinsic metadata inferred from inherent properties of the plurality media objects or extrinsic metadata supplied by a user;
a component that generates at least one new media object via combining media objects in a subset group based at least in part upon the metadata associated therewith; and
a component that embeds a first media object into a second media object to generate at least one new media object.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a unique system and method for facilitating browsing, sorting, clustering, and filtering any number of media objects grouped together in a quick and easy manner. In particular, the invention involves annotating the media objects, which have been clustered, sorted, and/or filtered en masse rather than individually, with metadata. The media objects may be selected by a user and annotated with a plurality of metadata as desired by a user in order to optimize utilization of the media objects. The media objects may also be combined and/or mixed in any number of ways to create new media objects. Media objects may include an audio component, a visual component, a portion thereof, and/or any combination thereof.
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32 Claims
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1. A media generation computer comprising:
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a component that receives a plurality of media objects; a component that clusters the plurality of media objects into subset groups; a component that annotates en masse the plurality of media objects in a subset group with at least a subset of metadata, the subset of metadata includes at least one of intrinsic metadata inferred from inherent properties of the plurality media objects or extrinsic metadata supplied by a user; a component that generates at least one new media object via combining media objects in a subset group based at least in part upon the metadata associated therewith; and a component that embeds a first media object into a second media object to generate at least one new media object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-implemented method of editing media to generate new media comprising:
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receiving a plurality of media objects, at least a portion of which are annotated with metadata, the metadata is at least one of extrinsic metadata and intrinsic metadata; identifying the metadata; grouping the plurality of media objects into one or more clusters comprising a subset of the media objects inferred to be related based upon the identified metadata; combining the subset of the media objects in a cluster to generate a new media object, the combining being based at least in part upon the identified metadata and the cluster; and embedding a first media object into a second media object to facilitate combining media objects. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer-implemented method of mixing media to generate new media comprising:
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selecting one or more portions of a visual object based at least upon metadata thereof; selecting one or more portions of an audio object based at least upon metadata thereof; adding the selected visual object portions and the selected audio object portions to a bin component; annotating with metadata the visual object portions and audio object portions in the bin component en masse; and generating a new media object via embedding the selected audio object portions in the bin component into the selected visual object portions in the bin component, the new media object is annotated with metadata from visual object portions and the audio object portions. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A computer that facilitates generating media comprising:
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means for grouping one or more media objects based at least in part upon respective metadata thereof; means for annotating a group of media objects en masse with at least one of additional intrinsic or extrinsic metadata; means for combining a group of media objects to generate a new media object, the new media object is annotated with metadata from the group of media objects; and means for embedding a first media object into a second media object to facilitate combination of media objects.
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