Automatic identification of digital content related to a block of text, such as a blog entry
First Claim
1. A method of automatically identifying digital content related to a portion of a block of text, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication of one or more words included in the block of text for which related digital content is to be identified, wherein;
the one or more words are not manually provided as search queries for digital content;
the block of text is accessible via a web interface; and
the digital content comprises still or moving digital images;
segmenting the one or more words included in the block of text into one or more segments comprising phrases or individual words,wherein the segmenting includes automatically removing one or more phrases or individual words that are less likely to result in finding images;
automatically searching a database of digital content based on the one or more segmented phrases or individual words;
automatically retrieving from the database one or more digital content items or identifiers associated with the one or more digital content items,wherein the digital content items are related to the one or more segmented phrases or individual words;
determining whether a valid license has been obtained for the one or more retrieved digital content items or identifiers associated with the one or more digital content items;
providing the retrieved digital content items or identifiers to the user only if a valid license has been obtained for the retrieved digital content items or identifiers;
receiving a selection of one or more of the provided digital content items or identifiers from the user; and
associating for display or replay the one or more selected digital content items or the one or more digital content items associated with the one or more selected identifiers with the one or more words in the block of text, wherein the block of text and the one or more selected digital content items are accessible via the web interface.
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Abstract
A system for identifying digital content related to a portion of a block of text receives, automatically or via input by a user, an indication of one or more words included in the block of text. The system searches a database of digital content based on the one or more words and retrieves from the database one or more digital content items or identifiers of digital content items that are related to the one or more words. The system provides the retrieved digital content items or identifiers to the user, and receives a selection of one or more of the provided items or identifiers from the user. The system associates for display or replay the one or more selected digital content items with the one or more words in the block of text. Other embodiments of the system are also disclosed.
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1. A method of automatically identifying digital content related to a portion of a block of text, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of one or more words included in the block of text for which related digital content is to be identified, wherein; the one or more words are not manually provided as search queries for digital content; the block of text is accessible via a web interface; and the digital content comprises still or moving digital images; segmenting the one or more words included in the block of text into one or more segments comprising phrases or individual words, wherein the segmenting includes automatically removing one or more phrases or individual words that are less likely to result in finding images; automatically searching a database of digital content based on the one or more segmented phrases or individual words; automatically retrieving from the database one or more digital content items or identifiers associated with the one or more digital content items, wherein the digital content items are related to the one or more segmented phrases or individual words; determining whether a valid license has been obtained for the one or more retrieved digital content items or identifiers associated with the one or more digital content items; providing the retrieved digital content items or identifiers to the user only if a valid license has been obtained for the retrieved digital content items or identifiers; receiving a selection of one or more of the provided digital content items or identifiers from the user; and associating for display or replay the one or more selected digital content items or the one or more digital content items associated with the one or more selected identifiers with the one or more words in the block of text, wherein the block of text and the one or more selected digital content items are accessible via the web interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21)
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10. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium encoded with processing instructions for implementing a method, performed by a computer, for selecting digital content related to a portion of a block of text, the method comprising:
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submitting the block of text to a computer-implemented service for identifying digital content, wherein; the block of text is accessible via a web interface; and the digital content comprises still or moving digital images; receiving from the computer-implemented service a visual indication of one or more words in the block of text for which related digital content is available, wherein the one or more words for which related digital content is available is determined in part by; segmenting the submitted block of text into one or more segments comprising phrases or individual words; removing one or more of the segmented phrases or individual words that are less likely to result in finding images; and searching a database of digital content based on the one or more segmented phrases or individual words; selecting one or more of the words for which the visual indication is received, wherein the one or more words are not manually provided as search queries for digital content; for each of the one or more selected words, receiving from the computer-implemented service one or more digital content items or identifiers associated with the one or more digital content items, wherein information is received from a licensing service to obtain or verify a license to the one or more received digital content items or identifiers, and further wherein the digital content items are related to the one or more selected words; and selecting one or more of the received digital content items to be associated with the one or more selected words, wherein the received digital content items are associated with the one or more selected words only if a valid license has been obtained or verified for the received digital content items or identifiers, and further wherein the one or more received digital content items are accessible via the web interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22)
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16. A system for selecting digital content related to a portion of a block of text, the system comprising:
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means for receiving an indication of one or more words included in the block of text for which related digital content is to be identified, wherein; the one or more words are not manually provided as search queries for digital content; the block of text is accessible via a web interface; and the digital content comprises still or moving digital images; means for segmenting the one or more words included in the block of text into one or more segments comprising phrases or individual words, wherein the segmenting includes automatically removing one or more phrases or individual words that are less likely to result in finding images; means for searching a database of digital content based on the one or more segmented phrases or individual words, wherein; the means for searching is coupled to the means for receiving; means for retrieving from the database one or more digital content items or identifiers associated with the one or more digital content items, wherein; the digital content items are related to the one or more segmented phrases or individual words; and the means for retrieving is coupled to the means for searching; means for determining whether a licensing agreement is active with respect to the one or more retrieved digital content items or identifiers associated with the one or more digital content items; means for providing the retrieved digital content items or identifiers to the user only if a licensing agreement is active with respect to the retrieved digital content items or identifiers, wherein the means for providing is coupled to the means for retrieving; means for receiving a selection of one or more of the provided digital content items or identifiers from the user, wherein the means for receiving is coupled to the means for providing; and means for associating for display or replay the one or more selected digital content items or the one or more digital content items associated with the one or more selected identifiers with the one or more words in the block of text, wherein; the means for associating is coupled to the means for receiving; and the block of text and the one or more selected digital content items are accessible via the web interface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 23)
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