Patent ID: 7313571
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system having processor and memory associated therewith for generating one or more lists, the system comprising: means for learning, the means for learning employing descriptive metadata from a training set of media objects to learn; means for generating a fingerprint of a media object from a plurality of descriptive metadata attributes, at least one of the plurality of descriptive metadata attributes being a subjective attribute; means for comparing the fingerprint to a reference fingerprint to produce an output indicative of the similarity between the fingerprints; means for translating the output into a similarity value, wherein the means for translating is generated at least in part by the means for learning; and means for generating a list of similar media objects based on the similarity value, wherein the similarity value is a difference vector, where the difference is taken between two different feature vectors, each of which describes an item in the media library data store and a training item.