Multimedia object retrieval from natural language queries
First Claim
1. A method for identifying multi-media assets from a multi-media collection, the method implemented at least in part by a data processing system and comprising the steps of:
- receiving a search query, the search query, or a derivative thereof, including an indication of a possessive phrase;
processing the search query to derive the possessive phrase, wherein the possessive phrase includes a possessor and a possession category, the possessor being a person and the possession category denoting a family relationship between two persons;
identifying a denoted object referred to by the possessive phrase using a predefined relationship database that establishes social relationships between objects;
identifying one or more additional possessors of the denoted object using the predefined relationship database;
generating one or more additional possessive phrases for the denoted objects relating the identified additional possessors to the denoted object; and
identifying one or more multi-media assets from the multi-media collection containing the denoted object responsive to the one or more additional possessive phrases.
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Abstract
A method for identifying multi-media assets from a multi-media collection, and the method implemented at least in part by a data processing system and comprising the steps of: receiving a search query, the search query, or a derivative thereof, including a possessive phrase, wherein the possessive phrase includes a possessor and a possession category; identifying a denoted object referred to by the possessive phrase using a predefined relationship database that establishes social relationships between objects; identifying one or more additional possessors of the denoted object using the predefined relationship database; generating one or more additional possessive phrases for the denoted objects relating the identified additional possessors to the denoted object; and identifying one or more multi-media assets from the multi-media collection containing the denoted object responsive to the one or more additional possessive phrases.
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1. A method for identifying multi-media assets from a multi-media collection, the method implemented at least in part by a data processing system and comprising the steps of:
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receiving a search query, the search query, or a derivative thereof, including an indication of a possessive phrase; processing the search query to derive the possessive phrase, wherein the possessive phrase includes a possessor and a possession category, the possessor being a person and the possession category denoting a family relationship between two persons; identifying a denoted object referred to by the possessive phrase using a predefined relationship database that establishes social relationships between objects; identifying one or more additional possessors of the denoted object using the predefined relationship database; generating one or more additional possessive phrases for the denoted objects relating the identified additional possessors to the denoted object; and identifying one or more multi-media assets from the multi-media collection containing the denoted object responsive to the one or more additional possessive phrases.
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