Method and apparatus for organizing data pertaining to audiovisual content
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsHawley K. Rising, III, Ali Tabatabai
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for organizing data pertaining to audiovisual content are described. According to one embodiment, an exemplary method for organizing data pertaining to audiovisual content includes defining at least one descriptive list for a descriptive portion of the data pertaining to audiovisual content, defining at least one accessing list for an accessing portion of the data pertaining to audiovisual content, and generating a matrix that connects the accessing list to the descriptive list.
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A method for organizing data pertaining to audiovisual content, the method comprising:
- defining at least one descriptive list for a descriptive portion of the data pertaining to audiovisual content, the descriptive portion describing a plurality of features of the audiovisual content;
- defining at least one accessing list for an accessing portion of the data pertaining to audiovisual content, the accessing portion identifying occurrences of the plurality of features within the audiovisual content;
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- generating a matrix that connects the at least one accessing list corresponding to a first dimension of the matrix to the at least one descriptive list corresponding to a second dimension of the matrix.
A system for organizing data pertaining to audiovisual content, the system comprising:
- means for defining at least one descriptive list for a descriptive portion of the data pertaining to audiovisual content, the descriptive portion describing a plurality of features of the audiovisual content;
- means for defining at least one accessing list for an accessing portion of the data pertaining to audiovisual content, the accessing portion identifying occurrences of the plurality of features within the audiovisual content;
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- means for generating a matrix that connects the at least one accessing list corresponding to a first dimension of the matrix to the at least one descriptive list corresponding to a second dimension of the matrix.
A computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed on a processor, perform a method for organizing data pertaining to audiovisual content, the method comprising:
- defining at least one descriptive list for a descriptive portion of the data pertaining to audiovisual content, the descriptive portion describing a plurality of features of the audiovisual content;
- defining at least one accessing list for an accessing portion of the data pertaining to audiovisual content, the accessing portion identifying occurrences of the plurality of features within the audiovisual content;
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- generating a matrix that connects the at least one accessing list corresponding to a first dimension of the matrix to the at least one descriptive list corresponding to a second dimension of the matrix.
An apparatus for organizing data pertaining to audiovisual content, the apparatus comprising:
- a data repository to store the data pertaining to audiovisual content, the data pertaining to audiovisual content including a descriptive portion describing a plurality of features of the audiovisual content and an accessing portion identifying occurrences of the plurality of features within the audiovisual content;
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- an organizing module to generate a matrix that connects the accessing portion corresponding to a first dimension of the matrix to the descriptive portion corresponding to a second dimension of the matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.