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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Systems, methods and computer program products for generating metadata and visualizing media content
Daniel M. Coffman, Bethel, CT (US);
Barry Leiba, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami, Wilton, CT (US);
Marcel C. Rosu, Ossining, NY (US);
Daniel M. Coffman, Bethel, CT (US);
Barry Leiba, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami, Wilton, CT (US);
Marcel C. Rosu, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method for generating metadata for media content that includes a digital media file and includes retrieving a media content subset from a media content source, saving the received media content subset at a computing system, and generating metadata by processing the media content using the computing system. The method further includes associating generated metadata with media content to facilitate the visualization and navigation of the media content, and adding the metadata to at least one metadata repository designed for efficient retrieval of metadata elements.