Striking up digital video search
CNET News.comReport that: "Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are quietly developing new search tools for digital video, foreshadowing a high-stakes technology arms race in the battle for control of consumers' living rooms. "
Concluding that "Video is in the spotlight as the Internet begins to mature into an entertainment platform and becomes a viable companion for television, convergence devices that combine PC and TV features, and the networked home....Search is the glue that will one day bind these services and help consumers navigate the increasing amount of available content..."
Google "is recording live TV shows and indexing the related closed-caption text of the programming. It uses the text to identify themes, concepts and relevant keywords for video so they can be triggers for searching" and holding meetings with broadcasters to discuss " 'Don't sue us for nicking your closed captioning,' and then it's the commercial possibilities"
Google have also "filed patents related to video search and the display of relevant advertising"...Cnet give the example of a patent for a "method to search media." Its system relies on stored data sets, or text "metatags" that represent published content or media, to retrieve and match multimedia to query terms."
posted by Jen @ 12:25 PM
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