Apparatus and methods for semantic representation and retrieval of multimedia content

A computer program product in a computer readable medium for representing multimedia content, comprising:

• first instructions for performing feature extraction on one or more modalities of the multimedia content to extract one or more features of the multimedia content;
• second instructions for identifying one or more generic cues based on the one or more extracted features;
• third instructions for identifying a semantic based on a combination of the one or more generic cues;
• and
• fourth instructions for generating a model for the multimedia content based on the identified semantic.

An apparatus for representing multimedia content, comprising:

• means for performing feature extraction on one or more modalities of the multimedia content to extract one or more features of the multimedia content;
• means for identifying one or more generic cues based on the one or more extracted features;
• means for identifying a semantic based on a combination of the one or more generic cues;
• and
• means for generating a model for the multimedia content based on the identified semantic.

A method of searching for multimedia content, comprising:

• providing an interface for entering a search request, wherein the interface includes a field for entering a search term and a field for designating a modality corresponding to the search term;
• receiving a search request from a client device via the interface, wherein the search request includes a search term and a corresponding modality;
• searching a data structure of multimedia content models based on the identified search term and corresponding modality;
• and
• returning results of searching the data structure to the client device.

A computer program product in a computer readable medium for searching for multimedia content, comprising:

• first instructions for providing an interface for entering a search request, wherein the interface includes a field for entering a search term and a field for designating a modality corresponding to the search term;
• second instructions for receiving a search request from a client device via the interface, wherein the search request includes a search term and a corresponding modality;
• third instructions for searching a data structure of multimedia content models based on the identified search term and corresponding modality;
• and
• fourth instructions for returning results of searching the data structure to the client device.