Identification of multimedia content in paginated data using metadata

• US 9,547,630 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2014
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lam, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): BOWEN, RICHARD L
• Application Number:
  US14/247,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20150286675A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,015 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/114 Pagination

Abstract

One or more processors determine whether a metadata is included in a body of content. In response to a determination that the metadata is included in a body of content, one or more processors determine whether the metadata indicates that multimedia content is included in the body of content. In response a determination that the metadata indicates multimedia content is included in the body of content, one or more processors associate an indicator with a page of the body of content that includes that multimedia content, which indicates that the page includes that multimedia content.

Claims

1. A computer program product for indicating the presence of multimedia content, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions to perform a method, the method comprising;

determining, by one or more processors, whether metadata is included in a body of content;

responsive to a determination that metadata is included in the body of content, determining, by the one or more processors, whether the metadata indicates that multimedia content is included in the body of content;

responsive to a determination that the metadata indicates multimedia content is included in the body of content, flagging, by the one or more processors, each portion of the body of content that includes the multimedia content to denote that a portion of the body of content includes the multimedia content;

paginating, by the one or more processors, the body of content into one or more pages designated by one or more page numbers; and

indicating each flagged portion of the body of content with a corresponding one of the one or more page numbers.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the step of determining, by one or more processors, whether metadata is included in a body of content further comprises:

scanning, by one or more processors, the body of content, wherein the scanning only traverses content that is contributed by participants of the body of content.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the step of determining, by one or more processors, whether the metadata indicates multimedia content is included in the body of content comprises:

comparing, by one or more processors, a content included in the body of content with a set of references, wherein a match between the content and an entry in the set of references indicates the presence of multimedia content.

4. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein the set of references is updated on a predetermined schedule such that entries for a plurality of types of multimedia content are maintained such that a comparison between the content included in the body of content with such entries results in the identification of multimedia content included in the body of content.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the step of determining, by one or more processors, whether the metadata indicates multimedia content is included in the body of content further comprises:

determining, by one or more processors, whether one or both of a link or an embedded element that are included in the body of content include a multimedia element.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the body of content is unprocessed information stored in a database.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the one or more pages are presented as online content.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein paginating the body of content further comprises:

generating, by one or more processors, a table of contents, wherein the table of contents includes at least one of the at one or more page numbers and a character corresponding to each page of the one or more pages.

9. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising displaying a visible cue, such that an amount of time required to complete a search for multimedia content is reduced, and wherein the search is conducted by a user of the one or more pages.

10. A computer system for indicating the presence of multimedia content, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media; and

one or more processors in communication with the one or more computer readable storage media, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, said method comprising;

determining, by the one or more processors, whether metadata is included in a body of content;

responsive to a determination that metadata is included in the body of content, determining, by the one or more processors, whether the metadata indicates that multimedia content is included in the body of content;

responsive to a determination that the metadata indicates multimedia content is included in the body of content, flagging, by the one or more processors, each portion of the body of content that includes the multimedia content to denote that a portion of the body of content includes the multimedia content;

paginating, by the one or more processors, the body of content into one or more pages designated by one or more page numbers; and

indicating each flagged portion of the body of content with a corresponding one of the one or more page numbers.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the step of determining, by one or more processors, whether metadata is included in a body of content further comprises:

scanning, by one or more processors, the body of content, wherein the scanning only traverses content that is contributed by participants of the body of content.

12. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the step of determining, by one or more processors, whether the metadata indicates multimedia content is included in the body of content comprises:

comparing, by one or more processors, a content included in the body of content with a set of references, wherein a match between the content and an entry in the set of references indicates the presence of multimedia content.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the set of references is updated on a predetermined schedule such that entries for a plurality of types of multimedia content are maintained such that a comparison between the content included in the body of content with such entries results in the identification of multimedia content included in the body of content.

14. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the step of determining, by one or more processors, whether the metadata indicates multimedia content is included in the body of content further comprises:

determining, by one or more processors, whether one or both of a link or an embedded element that are included in the body of content include a multimedia element.

15. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the body of content is unprocessed information stored in a database.

16. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the one or more pages are presented as online content.

17. The computer system of claim 10, wherein paginating the body of content further comprises:

generating, by one or more processors, a table of contents, wherein the table of contents includes at least one of the one or more page numbers and a character corresponding to each page of the one or more pages.

18. The computer system of claim 10, further comprising displaying a visible cue, such that an amount of time required to complete a search for multimedia content is reduced, and wherein the search is conducted by a user of the one or more pages.