Patent ID: 7793212

Claim:
An apparatus for managing multimedia content, said apparatus comprising: a processor; an arrangement for supplying multimedia content; an input interface for permitting a selection, for observation, of at least one of the following modes associated with the multimedia content: an audio portion that includes video; and a video portion that includes audio; and an arrangement for labeling observations of a selected mode; wherein said arrangement for labeling observations of a selected mode comprises: an arrangement for assigning semantic, multimedia content-based labels to segments of said observations of a selected mode; wherein said arrangement for assigning semantic, multimedia content-based labels is configured to: provide a label from a predefined set of multimedia content descriptors; and assign a new label not present in said predefined set of multimedia content descriptors; and an arrangement permitting a user to label audio while viewing video having: a check box for labeling foreground sounds; a check box for labeling background sounds; and a keyword text box arrangement; and an arrangement for storing said semantic, multimedia content-based labels with the multimedia content.