Method and apparatus for digital media management,...

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2007-02-13

2007-02-13

Gaffin, Jeffrey (Department: 2161)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C382S126000, C715S252000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10063410

ABSTRACT:
The software according to the invention incorporates a glossary management tool that makes it easy for each client to customize terminology to the needs of a particular business. With this tool, termed a glossary manager, a company can customize a number of feature names in the system to provide a more familiar context for their users. A system administrator can also customize the manner in which “thumbnail” or “preview” images are presented. The system performs clustering on search queries, and searches media records multi-modally, using two or more approaches such as image searching and text searching. An administrator can tune search parameters. Two or more streams of metadata may be aligned and correlated with a media file, facilitating later searching. The system evaluates itself. It folds popularity information into rankings of search results.

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