Abstract: The responses of reviewers while reviewing a media composition are captured automatically using imagery and/or audio of the reviewers. The captured information is analyzed to extract response characteristics, such as emotions elicited in reviewers by the media composition. The results of the analysis are synchronized with the composition and fed back to the editor, who may use the emotion response results to influence further editing of the composition. Media composition tools integrate a synchronized representation of reviewers' response characteristics within a timeline display of the composition within the tool's user interface. Emotional responses of individual reviewers or aggregated responses of groups of reviewers may be displayed on reviewer response characteristics tracks within the timeline display.

Abstract: In the present embodiment, a system and a method for tagging a content based on individual cues, emotional score or emotional profile is provided, where the content is a video file, a webpage, a mobile application, a product review or product demo video. The method involves authorizing a user to access the content; capturing a user specific data, an application details and a content specific data in response to the content in real-time; analyzing the captured user specific data, the application detail and the content specific data to generate a user emotional profile; and tagging the user emotional profile with the content in a time granular manner.

Abstract: A system and method for media content evaluation based on combining multi-modal inputs from the audiences that may include reactions and emotions that are recorded in real-time on a frame-by-frame basis as the participants are watching the media content is provided. The real time reactions and emotions are recorded in two different campaigns with two different sets of people and which include different participants for each. For the first set of participants facial expression are captured and for the second set of participants reactions are captured. The facial expression analysis and reaction analysis of both set of participants are correlated to identify the segments which are engaging and interesting to all the participants.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a media server, a media stream that includes a group of segments of media content associated with a user-selected category. The group of segments includes a first segment corresponding to a portion of a first program and a second segment corresponding to a portion of a second program. The method includes, responsive to receipt of the media stream, sending a plurality of selectable icons to a display device responsive to receipt of the media stream. The method includes receiving user input corresponding to a particular selectable icon of the plurality of selectable icons and sending data, based on the user input, to the media server. The method also includes receiving from the media server, a modified stream based on the user input, where a particular segment corresponding to the particular selectable icon has been replaced by an entirety of a corresponding program in the modified stream.

Abstract: Technologies to detect persuasive multimedia content by using affective and semantic concepts extracted from the audio-visual content as well as the sentiment of associated comments are disclosed. The multimedia content is analyzed and compared with a persuasiveness model.

Abstract: An apparatus for tagging content with expression recognition information is disclosed herein. The apparatus can include an input collector to receive raw expression data at a data storage device, the raw expression data to correspond to a media event. The apparatus can include an expression recognition generator to create an expression tag by coding the received raw expression data to follow an expression action coding system. The apparatus can include a content modifier to modify a deliverable content instance for the media event to include the expression tag.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a method to mark and exploit at least one sequence record of a video presentation played on a multimedia unit, said method comprising the steps of: during the video presentation, receiving a command from a user to mark a currently displayed video sequence, said command initiating the step of: creating a sequence record comprising a time index or frame index, allowing to locate the proper part of the video presentation, and a reference of the video presentation. At a later stage, requesting the edition of the sequence record by: adding textual information which corresponds to the actual sequence, and storing the sequence record.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a method to mark and exploit at least one sequence record of a video presentation played on a multimedia unit, said method comprising the steps of: during the video presentation, receiving a command from a user to mark a currently displayed video sequence, said command initiating the step of: creating a sequence record comprising a time index or frame index, allowing to locate the proper part of the video presentation, and a reference of the video presentation. At a later stage, requesting the edition of the sequence record by: adding textual information which corresponds to the actual sequence, and storing the sequence record.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a method to mark and exploit at least one sequence record of a video presentation played on a multimedia unit, said method comprising the steps of: during the video presentation, receiving a command from a user to mark a currently displayed video sequence, said command initiating the step of: creating a sequence record comprising a time index or frame index, allowing to locate the proper part of the video presentation, and a reference of the video presentation. At a later stage, requesting the edition of the sequence record by: adding textual information which corresponds to the actual sequence, and storing the sequence record.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a method to mark and exploit at least one sequence record of a video presentation played on a multimedia unit, said method comprising the steps of:—during the video presentation, receiving a command from a user to mark a currently displayed video sequence, said command initiating the step of:—creating a sequence record comprising a time index or frame index, allowing to locate the proper part of the video presentation, and a reference of the video presentation, At a later stage, requesting the edition of the sequence record by:—adding textual information which corresponds to the actual sequence,—storing the sequence record.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of searching spoken audio data for one or more search terms comprising performing a phonetic search of the audio data to identify likely matches to a search term and producing textual data corresponding to a portion of the spoken audio data including a likely match. An embodiment of the method comprises the steps of taking phonetic index data corresponding to the spoken audio data, searching the phonetic index data for likely matches to the search term, wherein when a likely match is detected a portion of the spoken audio data or phonetic index data is selected which includes the likely match and said selected portion of the spoken audio data or phonetic index data is processed using a large vocabulary speech recognizer. The large vocabulary speech recognizer may derive textual data which can be used for further processing or may be used to present a transcript to a user.

Abstract: A method and system for determining the gender of a communicant in a communication is provided. According to the method, at least one aural segment corresponding to at least one word spoken by a communicant is identified. The aural segment is then analyzed by applying a gender detection model to the aural segment, and gender detection data is generated based on the application of the gender detection model.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical disk barcode forming method wherein, as information to be barcoded, position information for piracy prevention, which is a form of ID, is coded as a barcode and is recorded by laser trimming on a reflective film in a PCA area of an optical disk. When playing back the thus manufactured optical disk on a reproduction apparatus, the barcode data can be played back using the same optical pickup.

Abstract: Location information obtained from a positioning system 4 and environmental information such as time, temperature, air pressure and the like measured by an environmental information sensor 6 are associated with the reproduction history of music and are recorded in a history storage RAM 14, and music reproduced in the past at the same location as the present location is automatically selected and the music suitable for the location is automatically selected and reproduced based on the location information.

Abstract: Techniques for managing the storing of a digital asset by a first computer in a computer system that further comprises a second computer. The first computer receives a communication from the second computer including the digital asset, determines whether the digital asset has been stored by the first computer, and when it has not, stores a copy of the digital asset. The digital asset is identified by a first identifier based, at least in part, on its content. In one embodiment, the first identifier is the only identifier that can be used to identify the digital asset in communication between the first and second computers. In another embodiment, the computer system further stores a unit of data comprising the first identifier and metadata relating to the digital asset.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical disk barcode forming method wherein, as information to be barcoded, position information for piracy prevention, which is a form of ID, is coded as a barcode and is recorded by laser trimming on a reflective film in a PCA area of an optical disk. When playing back the thus manufactured optical disk on a reproduction apparatus, the barcode data can be played back using the same optical pickup.

Abstract: A desktop sound producing device for playing audio recordings from pre-recorded media having a plurality of individual selections recorded thereon. The device has a pyramid shaped housing having four side walls extending upward from a bottom wall to an apex forming a cavity therein. A playback mechanism is positioned within the cavity, and includes a means for storing pre-recorded media, and a processing means capable of providing an audio output signal from the pre-recorded median and amplifying the audio output signal for reproduction of the pre-recorded media through a speaker. The processing means can include an optical scanning system for reading pre-recorded media located on a compact disk. A control panel extends outwardly from one of the walls and includes a plurality of depressable keys electrically coupled to the processing means, wherein at least one of the keys is available for playing a single selection from the pre-recorded media.

Abstract: For mapping sampled digital audio information onto a linear physical mapping space that is partitioned in a string of uniform-sized blocks, in particular for variable-rate coded audio information that is distributed over successive audio units which are each composed from one or more audio packets, each block is supplemented with a block header for indicating an actual content of the block in question with respect to any constituent packet of the audio information.

Abstract: A network interface device includes a random access memory used as a transmit and receive buffer for transmission and reception of data between a host computer bus and a packet switched network. The network interface device includes a memory controller that determines whether a complete frame is stored in the random access memory and also determines an amount of data available to be read from the oldest received frame. A host CPU is able to access this information and determine whether to read the data or read the data at a later time.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical disk barcode forming method wherein, as information to be barcoded, position information for piracy prevention, which is a form of ID, is coded as a barcode and is recorded by laser trimming on a reflective film in a PCA area of an optical disk. When playing back the thus manufactured optical disk on a reproduction apparatus, the barcode data can be played back using the same optical pickup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel interactive information system which can be used to make a traditional print medium such as a magazine, “interactive”. When the traditional print medium is placed on a print media receiving unit in a predetermined position, a user can interact with the traditional print medium. Printed matter elements on the printed medium can be made “selectable” by the user.

Abstract: A method and a corresponding apparatus for video indexing based on viewers' behavior and emotion feedback to automatically index a multimedia sequence using viewers' casual feedback while watching the multimedia sequence. The method and apparatus use a system, such as an emotion detection system that includes one or more multimedia acquisition devices, such as video cameras, to detect viewers' behavior and emotion feedback, and to produce as video indices various categories of behavior and emotion segments. Each video camera may include one or more image sensors and/or audio sensors. The viewers or other users, i.e., user, may later selectively view the multimedia sequence by browsing through the video indices of various categories of emotion. The video indices are similar to chapters within digital video disc (DVD) movies that enable a user to jump directly to a particular chapter without having to fast forward.

Abstract: A cassette library (1) is provided with a driving apparatus (13), cassette housing shelves (14, 15) and a cassette carrier (16). A library controller (2) simulates as if driving apparatuses (13) having continuous address numbers were apparently used in the. host computer (3) even when physically discontinuous address numbers are allocated to the driving apparatus (13), thereby making it possible to set occupancy for a driving apparatus with an arbitrary address number. The library controller (2) has the cassette carrier (16) automatically carry, at a preset timing, a cleaning cassette from the cassette housing shelf (14, 15) to the driving apparatus (13) to clean a recording reproduction head of the driving apparatus (13) using the cleaning cassette which is then carried back to the housing section in the original cassette housing shelf (14, 15) after the cleaning work.