Methods and systems for processing media files

• US 9,311,408 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2013
• Issued: 04/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Auerbach, David Benjamin, Lawrence, Stephen R., Marmaros, David
• Primary Examiner(s): ROBINSON, GRETA LEE
• Application Number:
  US14/103,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20140101166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• Field of Search: 707/708, 707/709, 707/715, 707/739, 707/740, 707/758, 707/771, 707/953, 707/609, 707/741, 707/755, 707/802, 707/812, 707/830, 707/913, 707/914, 707/915, 707/916, 707/E17.002, 707/E17.004, 709/224
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• 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 16/907 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

Abstract

Systems and methods for processing media files are described. In one embodiment, one or more events are captured having associated event data and associated with a client device, wherein each event is associated with an article and at least one of the articles is a media file, wherein at least one of the events is captured in real time upon the occurrence of the event, at least some of the event data and articles associated with the events are indexed and stored, a search query is received, and the at least one media file is determined as relevant to the search query.

Claims

1. A system for processing media files comprising:

a processor for executing computer program code; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program code for;

monitoring at least one application for occurrences of events wherein at least one event is associated with a media file;

capturing the at least one event upon the occurrence of the event by queuing event data associated with the at least one event at a position in the queue; and

indexing and storing at least some of the event data and the media file associated with the at least one event at a time after the occurrence of the at least one event, wherein the time is based on performance data indicating a readiness to process the at least one event and the position in the queue.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises monitoring a media application to determine event data associated with the at least one event and compiling the at least one event from at least some of the event data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises determining event data external to the media file.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises determining text that identifies the media file and including the text as event data associated with the at least one event.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein indexing at least some of the event data associated with the media file comprises associating the at least one event with a different version of the at least one event.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises identifying the at least one event based at least in part on one or more of network activity, system activity, and media application activity.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises identifying the at least one event based at least in part on a display area associated with a media application and identifying at least some of the event data by analyzing the display area.

8. A computer-implemented method for processing media files, the method comprising:

monitoring, at one or more processors, at least one application for occurrences of events wherein at least one event is associated with a media file;

capturing the at least one event upon the occurrence of the event by queuing event data associated with the at least one event at a position in the queue; and

indexing and storing at least some of the event data and the media file associated with the at least one event at a time after the occurrence of the at least one event, wherein the time is based on performance data indicating a readiness to process the at least one event and the position in the queue.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises monitoring a media application to determine event data associated with the at least one event and compiling the at least one event from at least some of the event data.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises determining event data external to the media file.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises determining text that identifies the media file and including the text as event data associated with the at least one event.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein indexing at least some of the event data associated with the media file comprises associating the at least one event with a different version of the at least one event.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises identifying the at least one event based at least in part on one or more of network activity, system activity, and media application activity.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises identifying the at least one event based at least in part on a display area associated with a media application and identifying at least some of the event data by analyzing the display area.

15. A computer readable medium configured to store instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

monitor at least one application for occurrences of events wherein at least one event is associated with a media file;

capture the at least one event upon the occurrence of the event by queuing event data associated with the at least one event at a position in the queue; and

index and store at least some of the event data and the media file associated with the at least one event at a time after the occurrence of the at least one event, wherein the time is based on performance data indicating a readiness to process the at least one event and the position in the queue.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises monitoring a media application to determine event data associated with the at least one event and compiling the at least one event from at least some of the event data.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises determining event data external to the media file.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises determining text that identifies the media file and including the text as event data associated with the at least one event.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein indexing at least some of the event data associated with the media file comprises associating the at least one event with a different version of the at least one event.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein capturing the at least one event associated with the media file comprises identifying the at least one event based at least in part on a display area associated with a media application and identifying at least some of the event data by analyzing the display area.