Comcast Interactive Media, LLC

Vladimir Kronrod

Oliver Jojic

David F Houghton

Bageshree Shevade

Evelyne Tzoukermann

Geetu Ambwani

Anthony R Davis

Leslie Eugene Chipman

Hongzhong Zhou

Ryan M Farrell

Hongzhon Zhou

Aspects described herein relate to identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter including, for example, determining the subject matter of a first media item, which may comprise at least one of audio content or video content; determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item; analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item; and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.

Searching for segments based on an ontology

The invention pertains to methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter, the method comprising determining the subject matter of a first media item, the first media item comprising at least one of audio content and video content, determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item, analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item, and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.

The invention pertains to methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying segments within a media item, the media segment including at least one of audio content and video content, comprising segmenting the media item into a plurality of segments as a function of subject matter, storing data identifying each segment and its subject matter, and organizing each segment within an ontology based on its subject matter.

Identification of segments within audio, video, and multimedia items

Method and apparatus for organizing segments of media assets and determining relevance of segments to a query

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Vladimir Kronrod