Systems, methods and computer program products for indexing, searching and visualizing media content

A system for searching a metadata repository and visualizing the results of the search, wherein the metadata in the metadata repository is associated with a plurality of media content, and wherein each media content including at least one audio track, the system comprising:

• a processor configured to perform a method, comprising:
• retrieving the media contents used to generate the metadata terms satisfying a search criteria;
• generating a ranked list of search results;
• visualizing the ranked list of media contents and metadata;
• displaying relevant metadata and corresponding associative information parameters for the media contents to enable navigation of the at least one audio track included in the media contents;
• and
• visually displaying the associative information parameters of the media contents enabling visual navigation of the media contents,
• where the visualization of media contents enables handling of selected segments in the at least one audio track included in the media contents, wherein the handling further comprises playback, edit, and copy operations on selected segments of audio track and associated media content.

A computer program product for searching a metadata repository and visualizing the results of the search, wherein the metadata in the metadata repository is associated with a plurality of media content, and wherein each media content including at least one audio track, the computer program product comprising:

• a tangible storage medium readable by a computer system and storing instructions or execution by the computer system for performing a method comprising:
• retrieving the media contents used to generate the metadata terms satisfying a search criteria;
• generating a ranked list of search results;
• visualizing the ranked list of media contents;
• displaying relevant metadata and corresponding associative information parameters for the media contents to enable navigation of the at least one audio track included in the media contents;
• and
• visually displaying the associative information parameters of the media contents enabling visual navigation of the media contents,
• where the visualization of media contents enables handling of selected segments in the at least one audio track included in the media contents, wherein the handling further comprises playback, edit, and copy operations on selected segments of audio track and associated media content.