Technique for processing data in a network

• US 9,122,682 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2011
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eureka Database Solutions, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: deVries, Arjen P., Kontothanassis, Leonidas, Eberman, Brian, Sokolov, Michael, Kovalcin, David E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Saeed, Usmaan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Paul
• Application Number:
  US13/089,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20120207447A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,596 Days
• Field of Search: 707/748, 707/913, 707/723, 707/999.107
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24568 Data stream processing; Continuous queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A technique for processing data in a network is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for processing data in a network having a plurality of network stations. The method comprises receiving a first representation of data at a first of the plurality of network stations, processing the first representation so as to generate a second representation of the data, and transmitting the second representation from the first network station to a second of the plurality of network stations for storage therein, wherein the second representation is stored at an address within the second network station. The method also comprises receiving the address at the first network station, and transmitting the address from the first network station to a third of the plurality of network stations for storage therein.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for at least a portion of a media stream from a user of a client device;

presenting the media stream to the client device in response to the request, wherein

the media stream is associated with a plurality of annotation sequences, and

each annotation sequence comprises a plurality of annotations of a same type, a plurality of time marks corresponding to the annotations, and a plurality of arcs each of which defining a period between two adjacent time marks and having an associated probability of the accuracy of at least some annotation of the plurality of the annotations;

identifying at least one annotation within the annotation sequences associated with the media stream, the at least one annotation being identified based at least in part on the associated probability of the accuracy of the at least some annotation;

retrieving media data associated with the identified at least one annotation; and

presenting the media data at a location of the at least one annotation in the media stream to the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media stream comprises at least one of a video and audio.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the media stream comprises a plurality of video scenes, the at least one annotation corresponds to at least one of the plurality of scenes, and the at least one annotation comprises information about the at least one scene.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the information about the at least one scene comprises words that occur in the scene.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the information about the at least one scene comprises an indication of a person in the at least one scene.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the media data comprises at least one of video, audio, and text.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the media data comprises at least one of a plurality of video scenes within the media stream and the at least one annotation comprises information about the at least one video scene.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein media data comprises at least one of an image and a video and the at least one annotation has a URL associated therewith that references the at least one of an image and a video.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the two adjacent time marks indicate a start time corresponding to a location in the media stream where the corresponding annotation begins and an end time corresponding to a location in the media stream where the corresponding annotation ends.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the media data associated with the at least one annotation is presented to the client in response to a query from a user of the client device.

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining quality of the at least one of the plurality of the annotations based on the associated probability of the accuracy of the annotation.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein at least two of the plurality of annotation sequences have a same start time and a same end time.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein each annotation sequence represents a different type of annotation.

11. A system comprising at least one processing device having software associated therewith that when executed causes the at least one processing device to perform a method comprising:

receiving a request for at least a portion of a media stream from a user of a client device;

presenting the media stream to the client device in response to the request, wherein

the media stream is associated with a plurality of annotation sequences, and

each annotation sequence comprises a plurality of annotations of a same type, a plurality of time marks corresponding to the annotations, and a plurality of arcs each of which defining a period between two adjacent time marks and, having an associated probability of the accuracy of at least some annotation of the plurality of the annotations;

identifying at least one annotation within the annotation sequences associated with the media stream, the at least one annotation identified based at least in part on the associated probability of the accuracy of the at least some annotation;

retrieving media data associated with the identified at least one annotation; and

presenting the media data at a location of the at least one annotation in the media stream to the client device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the media stream comprises at least one of a video and audio.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the media stream comprises a plurality of video scenes, the at least one annotation corresponds to at least one of the plurality of scenes, and the at least one annotation comprises information about the at least one scene.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the information about the at least one scene comprises words that occur in the scene.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the information about the at least one scene comprises an indication of a person in the at least one scene.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the media data comprises at least one of video, audio, and text.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the media data comprises at least one of a plurality of video scenes within the media stream and the at least one annotation comprises information about the at least one video scene.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein media data comprises at least one of an image and a video and the at least one annotation has a URL associated therewith that references the at least one of an image and a video.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the two adjacent time marks indicate a start time corresponding to a location in the media stream where the corresponding annotation begins and an end time corresponding to a location in the media stream where the corresponding annotation ends.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the media data associated with the at least one annotation is presented to the client in response to a query from a user of the client device.