Systems and methods for indexing, searching for, and retrieving digital media
AssigneeActivision Publishing, Inc.
InventorsDean Richard Wyatte, Christopher Anjos
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Abstract
Systems and methods for indexing and searching for digital media in a multi-player gaming network are disclosed. In a game module stored locally in each client device, a content editor application generates a user interface through which a player may create, or search for, a personal visual symbol. Search queries are processed to determine asset signatures and, based on the asset signatures, corresponding stored personal visual symbol data are identified.
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A method for indexing digital media and extracting one or more signatures of the digital media to enable a search of personal visual symbols in a multi-player gaming network, wherein the multi-player gaming network comprises at least one game server and a plurality of client devices in data communication and located remote from each other, the method comprising:
- generating, using a content search module stored locally in at least one of the plurality of client devices, a user interface through which a user may input search criteria for one or more digital media;
- receiving, in the at least one game server, the search criteria from the content search module;
- transforming, in the at least one game server and using a content classification module, the search criteria into a plurality of rendering instructions, wherein the plurality of rendering instructions comprise alphanumeric characters;
- processing, in the at least one game server and using the content classification module, the search criteria to determine a plurality of asset signatures, wherein at least some of the asset signatures comprise one or more vectors or matrices comprising data representative of pixel values;
- querying a database comprising a plurality of stored asset signatures, wherein the database is remote from the at least one of the plurality of client devices and wherein the query comprises the plurality of asset signatures;
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- retrieving one or more personal visual symbols based upon a comparison of the plurality of stored asset signatures and the determined plurality of asset signatures.
A system for indexing digital media and extracting one or more signatures of the digital media to enable a search of personal visual symbols in a multi-player gaming network, wherein the multi-player gaming network comprises at least one game server and a plurality of client devices in data communication and located remote from each other, the system comprising:
- one or more processors in a computing device, said one or more processors configured to execute a plurality of executable programmatic instructions to index digital media and extract one or more signatures of the digital media to enable a search of personal visual symbols in the multi-player gaming network;
- a content search module, stored locally in at least one of the plurality of client devices, configured to generate a user interface through which a user may input search criteria for one or more digital media;
- a content classification module in the at least one game server, configured to receive the search criteria, to augment the search criteria by transforming the search criteria into a plurality of rendering instructions, wherein the plurality of rendering instructions comprise alphanumeric characters, and to process the search criteria to determine a plurality of asset signatures, wherein at least some of the asset signatures comprise one or more vectors or matrices comprising data representative of pixel values;
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- a database remote from the at least one of the plurality of client devices and comprising a plurality of stored asset signatures, wherein the database is configured to be queried by a query comprising the plurality of asset signatures and wherein one or more personal visual symbols are retrieved based upon a comparison of the plurality of stored asset signatures and the determined plurality of asset signatures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.