Patent ID: 6970859

Claim:
A method for enabling media clips having a common desired characteristic quality to be identified from among a plurality of different media clips, each of the plurality of different media clips having been previously associated with a style identifier that is indicative of and corresponds to a characteristic quality of the media clip, said method comprising the steps of: (a) enabling a desired style identifier to be provided as a search criterion, association of the style identifier with each media clip being based upon an evaluation of a characteristic quality of the media clip, an identical style identifier being associated with different media clips that have been determined to have a common characteristic quality, but which do not necessarily relate to a common subject or share a single quantifiable attribute; (b) initiating an automated search of the plurality of different media clips, based upon the search criterion; and (c) as a result of the automated search of the plurality of different media clips, identifying media clips that have been associated with the desired style identifier and thus have a common desired characteristic quality.