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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Benjamin J. Weinberger, Beaufort, SC (US);
James A. Remsey, Beaufort, SC (US);
Benjamin J. Weinberger, Beaufort, SC (US);
James A. Remsey, Beaufort, SC (US);
Digitalsmiths Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for indexing video files, the method comprising selecting and loading a video into a video editing program, segmenting the video into short clips and creating an edit decision list (EDL) containing information corresponding to the short clips, importing the video and EDL, parsing the EDL, and automatically populating a database with names of the short clips and corresponding EDL information, and cataloging the video by establishing specific identifiers associated with the video, transcribing audio from each of the short clips and associating the transcribed audio with the respective short clip, associating visual identifiers with each short clip, extracting metadata from each short clip and associating the metadata with the respective short clip, storing the transcribed audio, visual identifiers, and metadata in the database, and indexing the database according to the specific identifiers.