Systems, methods and computer program products for generating metadata and visualizing media content

• US 7,996,431 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2008
• Issued: 08/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Narayanaswami, Chandrasekhar, Coffman, Daniel M., Rosu, Marcel C., Leiba, Barry
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin; Jean B.
• Application Number:
  US12/037,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20090216719A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,261 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-831, 715/201, 715/205, 715/255, 715/738, 715/744, 709/248
• US Class Current: 707/796
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method for generating metadata for media content that includes a digital media file and includes retrieving a media content subset from a media content source, saving the received media content subset at a computing system, and generating metadata by processing the media content using the computing system. The method further includes associating generated metadata with media content to facilitate the visualization and navigation of the media content, and adding the metadata to at least one metadata repository designed for efficient retrieval of metadata elements.

Claims

1. A method for generating metadata for media content that includes a digital media file, the method comprising:

retrieving a media content subset from a media content source;

saving the received media content subset at a computing system;

generating metadata by processing the media content using the computing system;

associating generated metadata with media content to facilitate the visualization and navigation of the media content, thereby visually presenting associative information parameters of the media content enabling visual navigation of the media content; and

adding the metadata to at least one metadata database for retrieval of metadata elements,

wherein the metadata generated is a synchronized textual transcript of the audio recording,

wherein the synchronized textual transcript includes time offsets of recorded words.

2. The method in claim 1, wherein the processing of the media content received by the computing system involves at least one remote computing system accessible to the computing system.

3. The method in claim 1, wherein the at least one metadata repository is stored on the computing system.

4. The method in claim 1, wherein the at least one metadata repository is stored on at least one remote computing system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital media file is an audio recording.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata is generated from components other than the digital file included in the media content.

7. A system for generating metadata for media content that includes a digital media file, comprising:

a device for sending a request to generate metadata; and

a processor for receiving the request, wherein the processor performs a method comprising;

retrieving a media content subset from a media content source;

saving the received media content subset on a computing system;

generating metadata by processing the media content;

associating the generated metadata with the media content to facilitate visualization of the media content, thereby visually presenting associative information parameters of the media content enabling visual navigation of the media content, and

adding the metadata to at least one metadata database for retrieval of metadata elements,

wherein the metadata generated is a synchronized textual transcript of the audio recording,

wherein the synchronized textual transcript includes time offsets of recorded words.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the media content from at least one remote computing system accessible to the processor.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one metadata repository is stored on the processor.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one metadata repository is stored on at least one remote computing system.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the digital media file is an audio recording.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the metadata is generated from components other than the digital file included in the media content.

13. A computer program product for generating metadata for media content that includes a digital media file, the computer program product comprising:

a tangible storage medium readable by a computer system and storing instructions or execution by the computer system for performing a method comprising;

retrieving a media content subset from a media content source;

saving the received media content subset at a computing system;

generating metadata by processing the media content using the computing system;

associating generated metadata with media content to facilitate the visualization and navigation of the media content, thereby visually presenting associative information parameters of the media content enabling visual navigation of the media content; and

adding the metadata to at least one metadata database for retrieval of metadata elements,

wherein the metadata generated is a synchronized textual transcript of the audio recording, and the synchronized textual transcript includes time offsets of recorded words.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the digital media file is an audio recording.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the metadata is generated from components other than the digital file included in the media content.