Patent ID: 8204955

Claim:
A method for analyzing multimedia data comprising: a server device receiving a multimedia file generated by a remotely located multimedia client device operated for another entity, said server device comprising configuration capabilities specifying how the received multimedia file can be analyzed; said server device providing details of said configuration capabilities to said other entity using an interface; said server device receiving from said other entity, a request to analyze said multimedia file; said server device receiving from said other entity, at least one input specifying at least one of said configuration capabilities and, if necessary, additional configuration capabilities required to analyze said multimedia file in accordance with said request; said server device using said at least one input to generate configuration settings which are specific to said multimedia file, said configuration settings reflecting said at least one input and being indicative of how to analyze objects captured by said multimedia file in order to extract desired information about particular ones of said objects for said other entity; said server device having at least a portion of said multimedia file loaded and said particular ones of said objects analyzed according to said configuration settings to extract said desired information therefrom on behalf of said other entity; said server device obtaining extracted information resulting from analysis of said particular objects using said configuration settings; and said server device making said extracted information available to said other entity to complete said request.