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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Takashi Fukuda, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Sato, Yamato, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Fukuda, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Sato, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30796 (2013.01); G06F 17/30265 (2013.01); G11B 27/10 (2013.01); Y10S 707/913 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus, method and computer program which synchronizes content data and metadata. The apparatus includes a storage device having metadata including a feature vector of the content data recorded therein; a calculation component which calculates the feature vector from the content data; a search component means which searches for corresponding metadata in the storage device on the basis of the calculated feature vector; and a reproducing component which reproduces the searched out metadata, in synchronization with the content data.