Visual thesaurus as applied to media clip searching
First Claim
1. A method for providing a user interface for a visual thesaurus for a media clip database associated with a multimedia application program, wherein said media clip database contains information, including find similar clips indicia and keywords associated with media clips included in said media clip database, said find similar clips indicia including hidden criteria based on human judgment regarding the content of the media clip that identifies and/or groups media clips, said method comprising:
- directly in response to a user beginning a search by selecting a media clip from said media clip database, displaying to the user an option for finding similar media clips that have an associated find similar clips indicia and/or a keyword that matches the find similar clips indicia, human judgment and/or a keyword associated with the selected clip, said keywords displayed to the user in a list box, the list box including each of said keywords listed separately, each keyword being individually selectable, the list box also including an additional list entry that permits selection of all said keywords.
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Abstract
A Visual Thesaurus program is provided that allows a user to find media clips through successive queries by example. Clips similar to the example clip may be retrieved based on artistic style, color and shape, or keywords. Clips retrieved based on keywords may be found based on a single keyword, multiple keywords, or all keywords associated with the example clip. The keyword may be the clip format (e.g., “mpeg” or “gif”).
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a user interface for a visual thesaurus for a media clip database associated with a multimedia application program, wherein said media clip database contains information, including find similar clips indicia and keywords associated with media clips included in said media clip database, said find similar clips indicia including hidden criteria based on human judgment regarding the content of the media clip that identifies and/or groups media clips, said method comprising:
directly in response to a user beginning a search by selecting a media clip from said media clip database, displaying to the user an option for finding similar media clips that have an associated find similar clips indicia and/or a keyword that matches the find similar clips indicia, human judgment and/or a keyword associated with the selected clip, said keywords displayed to the user in a list box, the list box including each of said keywords listed separately, each keyword being individually selectable, the list box also including an additional list entry that permits selection of all said keywords. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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8. A method of searching a media clip database associated with a multimedia application program, wherein said media clip database contains information, including keywords and find similar clips indicia associated with media clips included in said media clip database, said find similar clips indicia including hidden criteria based on human judgment regarding the content of the media clip that identifies and/or groups media clips, said method comprising:
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(a) in response to a user beginning a search by selecting a media clip, retrieving information, including find similar clips indicia and keywords, associated with said selected media clip from said media clip database; (b) simultaneously presenting to the user for selection by the user; (i) a list box including said keywords associated with said selected media clip, the list box including each of said keywords listed separately, each keyword being individually selectable, the list box also including an additional list entry that permits selection of all said keywords; and (ii) said find similar clips indicia associated with said selected media clip; and (c) in response to the user creating search criteria by selecting one or more of said keywords and/or said find similar clips indicia associated with said selected media clip, retrieving all media clips in said media clip database that match the search criteria created by the user.
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20. An apparatus for searching a plurality of media clips, comprising:
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(a) a processing unit; and (b) a storage medium coupled to the processing unit, the storage medium storing program code implemented by the processing unit for; (i) providing an interface for a user to begin a search by selecting a media clip from a media clip database associated with a multimedia application program, wherein said media clip database contains information, including find similar clips indicia and keywords associated with media clips in said media clip database, said find similar clips indicia including hidden criteria based on human judgment regarding the content of the media clip that identifies and/or groups media clips, said apparatus; (ii) providing an interface for the user to select search criteria based on find similar clips indicia and/or a keyword associated with said selected media clip, said keywords displayed to the user in a list box, the list box including each of said keywords listed separately, each keyword being individually selectable, the list box also including an additional list entry that permits selection of all said keywords; and (iii) in response to the user selecting the media clip and the search criteria, retrieving all media clips in the media clip database that have associated find similar clips indicia and/or a keyword that matches the selected search criteria for the selected media clip.
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Specification