Patent ID: 8250613
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing video news segments using a media asset management system comprising a single search engine, the method comprising: collecting the video news segments; associating corresponding geospatial data with each collected video news segment; creating, by the media asset management system, a search thesaurus comprising a plurality of search descriptors cross-referenced to one another, the search descriptors being linked together by a hierarchical relationship, an associative relationship and an equivalence relationship; the hierarchical relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising broader and narrower terms linked together, the associative relationship being defined by search descriptors comprising terms that are linked with similar or related terms where the relationship between the terms is non-hierarchical, and the equivalence relationship comprising synonyms; associating at least one respective search descriptor from the search thesaurus with each collected video news segment; storing the collected video news segments, associated geospatial data and associated search descriptors on the media asset management system; providing at least one user search query to the single search engine, with the at least one user search query including geospatial data; identifying by the single search engine, prior to searching the stored video news segments, at least one additional search query based on comparing the at least one generated user search query with the created search thesaurus; searching by the single search engine the stored video news segments based upon the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query, with the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query being used in the same search; and retrieving at least one stored video news segment and at least one map based on the searching, with the at least one retrieved video news segment corresponding to the at least one generated user search query and the at least one identified additional search query, and with the at least one retrieved map corresponding to the associated geospatial data of the at least one retrieved video news segment.