System and method for audio signal collection and processing

A computer system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more programs modules stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more program modules including:
• an audio signal collection module configured to:
• receive audio data,
• process the audio data to generate audio metadata associated with the audio data, and
• transmit the audio data and the audio metadata;
• an audio signal collection agent module configured to:
• receive the audio data and the audio metadata, and
• generate a data queue of a fixed length using the audio data and the audio metadata by dropping data exceeding the fixed length;
• and
• a data processing module configured to process the data queue such that the audio metadata is stored in a database and the audio data is stored in files within a file system separate from the database, wherein, in response to a search query, audio metadata in the database is checked for matching the search query and if a match is found in the database, a file including audio data associated with the matched audio metadata is identified.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein one or more instructions, which, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• receive audio data using an audio signal collection module;
• process the audio data to generate audio metadata associated with the audio data;
• transmit the audio data and the audio metadata to an audio signal collection agent module, wherein the audio signal collection agent module is configured to generate a data queue of a fixed length using the audio data and the audio metadata by dropping data exceeding the fixed length;
• and
• process the data queue using a data processing module such that the audio metadata is stored in a database and the audio data is stored in files within a file system separate from the database, wherein, in response to a search query, audio metadata in the database is checked for matching the search query and if a match is found in the database, a file including audio data associated with the matched audio metadata is identified.