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US 8,769,576 B2Granted
System and method for real-time processing, storage, indexing, and delivery of segmented video
AssigneeMixaroo, Inc.
InventorsKevin J. Burkitt, Eoin G. Dowling, Trevor R. Branon
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiment providing for the capture of video content. The video content is segmented in real-time into clips by topic, and those clips are delivered as customized queues of video items relevant to the consumer according to their interests as aggregated from their social graph data and manual entry.
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A video capture and search system operable to capture live video content and make the video accessible through a user search interface, the system comprising:
- a video capture server connected to a video source, the video capture server operable to receive video signals from the video source and convert the video signals into a standardized format prior to processing;
- an initial processing server in communication with the video capture server, the initial processing server operable to receive the captured video signals from the video capture server and separate and sort the incoming data to provide at least video files for further processing and storage and associated text files for further processing;
- a topic extraction server in communication with both the initial processing server and a source of secondary data, operable to receive the associated text files and perform contextual topic extracting and processing to provide additional searchable contextual information and to store the searchable contextual information and place this information, along with the original text files in a searchable database archive, the stored information being associated with the stored video files;
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- a search platform operable to access the searchable database archive and, either in response to user taste graphs or user inputted search information, to provide a listing of relevant video files,
- wherein the secondary data comprises Nielsen data, other TV audience data, and/or EPG data and enables the providing of additional searchable contextual information,
- wherein the contextual topic extracting involves at least resolving potential ambiguities within the original text files, and
- wherein the topic extraction server is operable, at least in part through use of the secondary data, to detect topics that are trending on the video source.
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A video capture and search method for capturing video content and make the video accessible through a user search interface, the method comprising:
- capturing in a video capture server video signals from a video source and converting the video signals into a standardized format for processing;
- receiving the captured video signals in an initial processing server, where the signals are sorted by format and directed to at least one of a video server, an image server, or a text decoding server for further processing;
- processing the captured video signals in the initial processing server to generate video files and associated meta text data to be stored in text files associated with the generated video files;
- storing the video files and associated meta text data in respective databases for later searchable access thereto;
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- processing the meta text data in a topic extraction server, whereby the topic extraction server is operable to perform contextual topic extracting and processing, using data obtained from the initial processing server and secondary data to provide additional searchable contextual information and to store additional contextual information along with the existing meta text data in the searchable contextual information and place this information, along with the original text files in the searchable text database,
- wherein the secondary data comprises Nielsen data, other TV audience data, and/or EPG data and enables the providing of additional searchable contextual information,
- wherein the contextual topic extracting involves at least resolving potential ambiguities within the meta text data, and
- wherein the topic extraction server is operable at least in part through use of the secondary data to detect topics that are trending on the video source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.