Patent ID: 7739255
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for reviewing media files within a media file review application, the method comprising: accessing a media file that includes an audio track; analyzing the media file with automated analysis software on one or more computers, wherein the automated analysis software creates one or more automatically-generated annotations related to content in the media file; storing the one or more automatically-generated annotations in a database; presenting the media file for manual review within a media file review application, wherein presenting the media file includes: selecting a temporal position within the media file using one of the navigation controls to provide a selected temporal position; determining the one or more comment marks in temporal proximity with the selected temporal position; synchronizing annotations displayed within a comment control window to correspond with the comment marks determined to be in temporal proximity with the selected temporal position; editing an annotation associated with the media file at the selected temporal position to provide an annotation edit; and saving the annotation edit in the database.