Method and apparatus for cataloguing multimedia data
AssigneeSurvivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
InventorSamuel Gustman
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Abstract
The mechanism 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.
Claims34
A method of cataloguing multimedia data comprising the steps of:
- specifying a description for a portion of said multimedia data;
- creating a catalogue element for said portion of said multimedia data;
- creating a plurality of attributes and attribute elements;
- and
- creating a plurality of relationships between said catalogue element and said plurality of attributes and attribute elements.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for cataloguing multimedia data using a general indexing structure, the computer readable program code in said article of manufacture comprising;
- computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to specify a description for a portion of said multimedia data;
- computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to create a catalogue element for said portion of said multimedia data;
- computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to create a plurality of attributes and attribute elements;
- and
- computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to create a plurality of relationships between said catalogue element and said plurality of attributes and attribute elements.
A method of managing the quality of data collection of multimedia data comprising the steps of:
- reviewing said multimedia data;
- creating an event, said event containing information regarding the quality of data collection;
- associating said event with a portion of said multimedia data.
A system for cataloguing multimedia data comprising:
- a processing unit;
- a cataloguing facility coupled to said processing unit;
- a relationship management facility coupled to said processing unit;
- a plurality of index elements coupled to cataloguing facility and said relationship management facility.
A method of creating an alternate catalogue for multimedia data comprising the steps of:
- creating a first catalogue for said multimedia data, said catalogue containing one or more catalogue elements;
- creating a first set of keywords associated with said one or more catalogue elements;
- creating a second set of keywords associated with said one or more catalogue elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.