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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc, Culver City, CA (US);
Michael Kohut, La Quinta, CA (US);
Larry Goodman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mark Koffman, Encino, CA (US);
Jim Mercs, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC, Culvery City, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for managing a plurality content items employs an ingest station which may digitize the content items, generate metadata corresponding to each of the content items, and store the metadata and the content items in a storage medium or mediums. The content items may be audio content, video content, or audio/video content. The system and method may provide an association between the metadata and a corresponding content item to facilitate retrieval of the content item. The content items may be retrieved, at least in part, by searching the metadata and employing the association between the metadata and a corresponding content item to locate the desired content item.