Patent ID: 6377995
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G06F,G10L,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A method for indexing a multimedia communication, comprising:receiving the multimedia communication, the multimedia communication including a plurality of multimedia data packets; processing the plurality of multimedia data packets to identify distinguishing features and associating each of the plurality of multimedia data packets with one of a plurality of objects within the multimedia communication; comparing the distinguishing features with representations of the plurality of objects stored within a database to create verified distinguishing features; associating the verified distinguishing features with each one of a plurality of objects; indexing the plurality of multimedia data packets based on the verified distinguishing features; and rebroadcasting in near real-time, during the multimedia communication, the processed plurality of multimedia data packets, wherein when the object is a speaker participating in the multimedia communication, combination of the speaker's audio speech patterns and video statistical sampling of a face of the speaker is a portion of the distinguishing features.