Method and apparatus for cataloguing multimedia data
AssigneeSurvivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
InventorSamuel Gustman
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Abstract
The invention catalogues data such as multimedia data. A catalogue is a collection of one or more catalogue elements. An index is used to access a catalogue. An element of a catalogue has one or more attributes. An attribute provides information that can be used to search for, answer questions about, and navigate through a catalogue. An attribute of a catalogue element can be an element that has attributes. A catalogue element attribute that is an element is referred to as an attribute element. Attribute elements and attributes are used to build an index that can be used to facilitate catalogue access. Within a catalogue, smaller catalogues can be created by, for example, querying and user designation.
Claims18
A method of managing the quality of a data collection of multimedia data comprising:
- reviewing multimedia data;
- creating a quality event in a catalogue of said multimedia data, said quality event containing information regarding the quality of data collection;
- associating said quality event with an input data portion of said multimedia data.
A method of creating a hierarchal catalogue for multimedia data comprising:
- creating a type for elements of a hierarchal catalogue for said multimedia data, said catalogue comprising one or more catalogue elements;
- creating a first set of keywords associated with said type of said one or more catalogue elements;
- creating a second set of keywords associated with said type of said one or more catalogue elements, wherein said type provides common attribute information for said sets of keywords.
The method of 11 wherein said associating alternate expressions of content of said multimedia data utilizing a thesaural keyword further comprises:
- utilizing a thesaural keyword data structure comprising an identifier, a keyword identifier, a label, a language choice identifier, and a preferred flag.
A method of creating alternate expressions of content of a multimedia data catalogue comprising:
- creating a catalogue for said multimedia data, said catalogue containing one or more catalogue elements;
- creating a first catalogue element, wherein said element is a phrase associating said multimedia data with a plurality of attributes;
- creating a second catalogue element associated with said first catalogue element, wherein said second catalogue element provides an alternative definition of said first catalogue element;
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- associating said first and said second catalogue elements in a hierarchy of alternate catalogue elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.