Automatic identification of digital content related to a block of text, such as a blog entry
First Claim
1. A method of 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; and
the digital content comprises still or moving digital images;
dividing the one or more words included in the block of text into one or more segments comprising phrases or individual words;
automatically searching a dataset of digital content based on the one or more segmented phrases or individual words;
automatically retrieving from the dataset 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, the dataset of digital content containing an indication of whether the one or more digital content items are licensed or unlicensed;
determining, for each of the one or more retrieved digital content items or identifiers, whether a license has been indicated;
presenting each retrieved digital content item or identifier to the user if a license has been indicated for the associated retrieved digital content item or identifier;
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.
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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 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; and the digital content comprises still or moving digital images; dividing the one or more words included in the block of text into one or more segments comprising phrases or individual words; automatically searching a dataset of digital content based on the one or more segmented phrases or individual words; automatically retrieving from the dataset 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, the dataset of digital content containing an indication of whether the one or more digital content items are licensed or unlicensed; determining, for each of the one or more retrieved digital content items or identifiers, whether a license has been indicated; presenting each retrieved digital content item or identifier to the user if a license has been indicated for the associated retrieved digital content item or identifier; 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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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 comprised of 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; dividing the submitted block of text into one or more segments comprising phrases or individual words; and searching a dataset of digital content based on the one or more segmented phrases or individual words, the dataset of digital content containing an indication of whether the one or more digital content items are licensed or unlicensed; 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 the one or more received digital content items or identifiers are received if the dataset of digital content contains an indication that the received one or more digital content items are licensed, and further wherein the received digital content items or identifiers are related to the one or more selected words; and selecting one or more of the received digital content items or identifiers to be associated with the one or more selected words, wherein the one or more selected digital content items or identifiers are subsequently associated with the one or more selected words. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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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; and the digital content comprises still or moving digital images; means for dividing the one or more words included in the block of text into one or more segments comprising phrases or individual words, wherein the means for dividing is coupled to the means for receiving; means for searching a dataset 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 segmenting; means for retrieving from the dataset 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; the dataset of digital content contains an indication of whether the one or more digital content items are licensed or unlicensed; and the means for retrieving is coupled to the means for searching; means for determining, for each of the one or more retrieved digital content items, whether a licensing agreement is indicated, wherein the means for determining is coupled to the means for retrieving; means for providing the retrieved digital content items or identifiers to the user if a licensing agreement is indicated with respect to the retrieved digital content items or identifiers, wherein the means for providing is coupled to the means for determining; 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. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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