Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database and file access – Record – file – and data search and comparisons
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-31
2011-05-31
Lewis, Cheryl (Department: 2167)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database and file access
Record, file, and data search and comparisons
C707S913000, C707SE17009
Reexamination Certificate
active
07953751
ABSTRACT:
Audio hot spotting is accomplished by specifying query criterion to include a non-lexical audio cue. The non-lexical audio cue can be, e.g., speech rate, laughter, applause, vocal effort, speaker change or any combination thereof. The query criterion is retrieved from an audio portion of a file. A segment of the file containing the query criterion can be provided to a user. The duration of the provided segment can be specified by the user along with the files to be searched. A list of detections of the query criterion within the file can also be provided to the user. Searches can be refined by the query criterion additionally including a lexical audio-cue. A keyword index of topic terms contained in the file can also be provided to the user.
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Boykin Stanley M.
Fish Randall K.
Goodman Fred J.
Greiff Warren R.
Hu Qian
Lewis Cheryl
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC
The Mitre Corporation
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