Method for multi-media recognition, data conversion, creation of metatags, storage and search retrieval
This invention relates to the storage and search retrieval of all types of digital media files, whether allowing the user to create index keys, metatags within each media file(s), provides search and indexing capability. The search terms and index keys are based on contextual elements within the media, including meta data such as time, date and location, but including as well elements within the media itself, such as people or elements (car, animals, street, events, historical location and other) within a picture or a video, audio, voice, spoke word, instruments used in a musical work, or scenes in a movie. An authorized client can then retrieve the media from the remote location. Specific works can then be referenced by means of the generated search terms and index keys. When the user transmits these media files via e-mail, FTP, public server, or copies to a digital media or other distribution method, these index keys are contained within the media files, therefore allowing the third party to search and retrieve the media files based on metatags.
1. A method for storing and indexing information, said information consisting of a primary part and a secondary part, comprising the steps of:
receiving a received set of information that is comprised of a first set of information in a first format and a second set of information in a second format to provide the received set of information in a combination format;
extracting the first set of information and the second set of information in their respective first and second formats from the received set of information;
converting said second set of information to an intermediate set of information in an intermediate format; and
combining the first set of information and the intermediate set of information into a combination data set; and
indexing and storing the combination data set such that the combination data set can be subsequently searched.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of combining the intermediate set of information with the first set of information in the first format embeds the intermediate set of information within the first set of information.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information in the first set of information comprises information from one of video information or image information.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second set of information includes audio information.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sets of information comprise first and second digitally formatted data having a file number associated therewith.
6. The method of claim 5 , in which the digitally formatted data further includes time stamps associated with the first and second sets of information.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of information is embedded within the first set of information.
8. A method for storing and indexing information, comprising the steps of:
receiving a combined set of information in a combination format comprised of the combination of captured image information in a digitized image format and captured audio information in a digitized audio format;
extracting the digitized image and audio information in the respective digital image and audio formats from the combined set of information in the combination format;
converting the digitized audio information to an intermediate set of information that represents at least a portion of the information in the extracted audio information;
combining the intermediate set of information with the digitized image information in a digital combination format supporting the combination of digitized image information and the intermediate set of information to provide a modified digitized image with embedded information as a combination data set that represents substantially all of the extracted audio information; and
indexing and storing the combination data set such that the combination data set can be subsequently indexed and searched.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the intermediate set of information comprises metatags.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the digitized audio and video information each have a file naming structure.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of indexing and storing the combination data set provides an index to such combination data set as part of a stored set of indices.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the step of indexing is such that the intermediate set of information represents substantially all of the information in the extracted audio information.