Metadata tagging of moving and still image content
A method and apparatus for tagging image content with rich metadata is provided. The metadata is generated from keyword descriptions of image content spoken by human taggers while viewing the content. Voice recognition software is employed to identify the key keywords in an audio stream and the resultant metadata is associated in a synchronous manner with the relevant image content. A control console allows the human tagger to rapidly navigate onscreen menus and select different taglines for providing multilevel metadata tagging of the image content. An integrated system provides for the storage of tagged digital image content, with near immediate access to tagged raw footage for viewing and editing, and for easy searching and accessing of finalized footage. A method of serving the tagged content is also provide, which allows the content to be streamed over the web at an acceptable image resolution while maintaining the associated metatags.
1. A method of serving data comprising:
receiving image data comprising digital image content having a first image resolution;
storing the received image data having the first image resolution;
tagging the stored image data with metadata descriptive of the image content; and,
serving, from a server, the tagged image data comprising the digital image content having a second image resolution lower than the first image resolution, wherein the lower resolution image content of the served image data is editable while retaining the descriptive metadata tagging associated with the higher resolution image content.
2. A method according to 1 , further comprising:
receiving, at the server, modification data relating to the served image data; and
automatically linking it to the stored tagged image data comprising the image content having the first resolution.
3. A method according to claim 2 , wherein the modification data received back at the server relates to edits of the served image data.
4. A method according to claim 3 , wherein the modification data received back at the server includes new image content.
5. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the tagged image data is served to a portable device in a format compatible with the portable device and comprising the image content having a resolution compatible with the portable device.
6. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the image date is raw image data.
7. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the digital image content is video content.
8. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the tagged image data comprising the lower resolution image content is served over a web browser.
9. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the lower resolution image content is searchable by reference to the associated metadata.
10. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the lower resolution image content is searchable semantically.
11. A computer program product comprising one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer, causes the one or more processors of the computer to perform a method for serving data, the method comprising:
receiving image data comprising digital image content having a first image resolution;
storing the received image data having the first image resolution;
tagging the stored image data with metadata descriptive of the image content; and,
serving the tagged image data comprising the digital image content having a second image resolution lower than the first image resolution, wherein the lower resolution image content of the served image data is editable while retaining the descriptive metadata tagging associated with the higher resolution image content.