Media indexing beacon and capture device
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1. A method for media indexing comprising:
- recording a subject that is proximate to a media indexing beacon in a media file with a media recording device, wherein the media indexing beacon is external relative to the media recording device;
automatically receiving, by the media recording device separate from the media file and from the media indexing beacon, index information descriptive of the subject; and
associating, by the media recording device, the index information with the media file.
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Abstract
A system and method for indexing media files includes capturing a subject in a media file with a media capture device. The media capture device also receives index information from a media indexing beacon, wherein the index information is related to the subject in the media file. The system and method associates the index information with the media file. The media file may then be provided to a media storage device containing other media files having index information associated therewith, whereupon the media files are searchable based on the index information and pertinent media files may be retrieved.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for media indexing comprising:
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recording a subject that is proximate to a media indexing beacon in a media file with a media recording device, wherein the media indexing beacon is external relative to the media recording device; automatically receiving, by the media recording device separate from the media file and from the media indexing beacon, index information descriptive of the subject; and associating, by the media recording device, the index information with the media file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for media indexing comprising:
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storing, in a media indexing beacon external to a media recording device, index information descriptive of a subject that is proximate to the media indexing beacon; receiving, by the media indexing beacon, an index information request that is generated by the media recording device; and transmitting the index information descriptive of the subject separately to the media recording device in response to receiving the index information request. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for media indexing comprising:
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recording a subject that is proximate to a media indexing beacon in a media file with a media recording device, wherein the media indexing beacon is external relative to the media recording device; providing index information separate from the media file from the media indexing beacon to the media recording device, wherein the index information is descriptive of the subject in the media file; and associating, by the media recording device, the index information with the media file. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A media recording and indexing system comprising:
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a media indexing beacon which generates a beacon signal comprising index information descriptive of a subject proximate to the media indexing beacon; and a media recording device, separate from the media indexing beacon, that captures the subject in a media file and separately receives the beacon signal from the media indexing beacon and associates the index information with the media file. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for media indexing comprising:
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means for storing index information descriptive of a subject; means for transmitting a beacon signal wherein the beacon signal comprises the index information, and wherein the subject is proximate to the means for storing and the means for transmitting; and a media recording device, separate from the means for transmitting the beacon signal, that captures the subject in a media file, wherein the media capture device separately receives the index information from the beacon signal and associates the index information with the media file.
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24. An apparatus for media indexing comprising:
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means for recording a subject in a media file, wherein the subject is proximate to a media indexing beacon external to the apparatus; means for receiving, from the media indexing beacon, index information separate from the media file descriptive of the subject; and means for associating the index information with the media file. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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25. A non-transitory, computer readable medium having stored thereon:
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a media file of a subject; and
index information, associated with the media file, wherein the media file and index information are stored on the medium at substantially the same time; andwherein the media file is recorded by a media recording device and the index information, descriptive of the subject, is transmitted separately to the media recording device by a media indexing beacon external to the media recording device, wherein the subject is proximate to the media indexing beacon.
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