Media asset management system for managing video news segments and associated methods
First Claim
1. A method for managing video news segments using a media asset management system comprising a single search engine, the method comprising:
- collecting the video news segments;
associating corresponding geospatial data with each collected video news segment;
creating, by the media asset management system, a search thesaurus comprising a plurality of search descriptors cross-referenced to one another, the search descriptors being linked together by a hierarchical relationship, an associative relationship and an equivalence relationship;
the hierarchical relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising broader and narrower terms linked together, the associative relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising terms that are linked with similar or related terms where the relationship between the terms is non-hierarchical, and the equivalence relationship comprising synonyms;
associating at least one respective search descriptor from the search thesaurus with each collected video news segment;
storing the collected video news segments, associated geospatial data and associated search descriptors on the media asset management system;
providing at least one user search query to the single search engine, with the at least one user search query including geospatial data;
identifying by the single search engine, prior to searching the stored video news segments, at least one additional search query based on comparing the at least one generated user search query with the created search thesaurus;
searching by the single search engine the stored video news segments based upon the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query, with the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query being used in the same search; and
retrieving at least one stored video news segment and at least one map based on the searching, with the at least one retrieved video news segment corresponding to the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query, and with the at least one retrieved map corresponding to the associated geospatial data of the at least one retrieved video news segment.
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Abstract
A method for managing video news segments using a media asset management system includes collecting the video news segments, associating corresponding geospatial data with each video news segment, and creating a search thesaurus including search descriptors with cross-references therebetween. At least one respective search descriptor from the search thesaurus is associated with each video news segment. The method further includes storing each video news segment, its geospatial data and its at least one search descriptor on the media asset management system for later search and retrieval, such as by a news broadcasting organization. The search descriptors may be geospatial search descriptors that are cross-referenced in a hierarchical relationship.
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50 Claims
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1. A method for managing video news segments using a media asset management system comprising a single search engine, the method comprising:
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collecting the video news segments; associating corresponding geospatial data with each collected video news segment; creating, by the media asset management system, a search thesaurus comprising a plurality of search descriptors cross-referenced to one another, the search descriptors being linked together by a hierarchical relationship, an associative relationship and an equivalence relationship; the hierarchical relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising broader and narrower terms linked together, the associative relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising terms that are linked with similar or related terms where the relationship between the terms is non-hierarchical, and the equivalence relationship comprising synonyms; associating at least one respective search descriptor from the search thesaurus with each collected video news segment; storing the collected video news segments, associated geospatial data and associated search descriptors on the media asset management system; providing at least one user search query to the single search engine, with the at least one user search query including geospatial data; identifying by the single search engine, prior to searching the stored video news segments, at least one additional search query based on comparing the at least one generated user search query with the created search thesaurus; searching by the single search engine the stored video news segments based upon the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query, with the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query being used in the same search; and retrieving at least one stored video news segment and at least one map based on the searching, with the at least one retrieved video news segment corresponding to the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query, and with the at least one retrieved map corresponding to the associated geospatial data of the at least one retrieved video news segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for searching and retrieving video news segments stored on a media asset management system comprising a single search engine, the media asset management system also having stored thereon a geospatial search thesaurus comprising a plurality of geospatial search descriptors cross-referenced to one another, and each video news segment having corresponding geospatial data associated therewith and also having at least one respective geospatial search descriptor from the geospatial search thesaurus associated therewith, the method comprising:
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generating at least one user search query, the at least one user search query including geospatial data; identifying, by the single search engine and prior to searching the stored video news segments, at least one additional search query based on comparing the at least one user search query with the geospatial search thesaurus, the comparing being based on the plurality of search descriptors, with a hierarchical relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising broader and narrower terms linked together, an associative relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising terms that are linked with similar or related terms where the relationship between the terms is non-hierarchical, and with an equivalence relationship comprising synonyms; searching by the single search engine the stored video news segments based upon the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query, with the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query being used in the same search; and retrieving, by the single search engine, at least one video news segment and at least one map based on the searching, with the at least one retrieved video news segment corresponding to the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query, and with the at least one retrieved map corresponding to the associated geospatial data of the at least one retrieved video news segment. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A media asset management system for video news segments comprising:
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a media interface for collecting video news segments, each video news segment having corresponding geospatial data associated therewith; a memory for storing a search thesaurus comprising a plurality of search descriptors cross-referenced to one another, the search descriptors being linked together by a hierarchical relationship, an associative relationship and an equivalence relationship, with the hierarchical relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising broader and narrower terms linked together, with the associative relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising terms that are linked with similar or related terms where the relationship between the terms is non-hierarchical, and with the equivalence relationship comprising synonyms; a processor configured as a single search engine for associating each video news segment with at least one respective search descriptor from the search thesaurus; and a database for storing the collected video news segments, geospatial data and associated search descriptors; said processor further configured for receiving at least one user search query, the at least one user search query including geospatial data, identifying, prior to searching the stored video news segments, at least one additional search query based on comparing the at least one generated user search query with the created search thesaurus, searching the stored video news segments based upon the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query, with the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query being used in the same search, and retrieving at least one stored video news segment and at least one map based on the searching, with the at least one retrieved video news segment corresponding to the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query, and with the at least one retrieved map corresponding to the associated geospatial data of the at least one retrieved video news segment. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A media asset management system for video news segments comprising:
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a memory for storing a geospatial search thesaurus comprising a plurality of search descriptors cross-referenced to one another, the search descriptors being linked together by a hierarchical relationship, an associative relationship and an equivalence relationship; a database for storing video news segments, each video news segment having corresponding geospatial data associated therewith and also having at least one geospatial search descriptor from the geospatial search thesaurus associated therewith; a user input interface for permitting a user to generate at least one user search query, the at least one user search query including geospatial data; a processor configured as a single search engine for comparing the at least one generated user search query with the geospatial search thesaurus for identifying, prior to searching the stored video news segments, at least one additional search query based on comparing the at least one user search query with the geospatial search thesaurus, the comparing being based on the search descriptors being linked together by the hierarchical relationship, the associative relationship and the equivalence relationship, with the hierarchical relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising broader and narrower terms linked together, with the associative relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising terms that are linked with similar or related terms where the relationship between the terms is non-hierarchical, and with the equivalence relationship comprising synonyms, searching the video news segments based upon the at least one user search query and the at least one additional search query, with the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query being used in the same search, and retrieving at least one stored video news segment and at least one map based on the searching, with the at least one retrieved video news segment corresponding to the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query, and with the at least one retrieved map corresponding to the associated geospatial data of the at least one retrieved video news segment; and
a display for displaying the at least one retrieved video news segment and the at least one retrieved map. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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