Systems and methods for providing online event tracking

Abstract

A system notifies a user of the detection of data that is relevant to an event of interest. The system obtains a user profile that includes one or more example documents that define the event. The system receives data that corresponds to multimedia information and determines the relevance of the data to the event based on the one or more example documents. The system notifies the user when the data is determined to be relevant.

Description

[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.119 based on U.S. Provisional Application Nos. 60 / 394,064 and 60 / 394,082, filed Jul. 3, 2002, and Provisional Application No. 60 / 419,214, filed Oct. 17, 2002, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.[0002] This application is related to U.S. patent application, Ser. No. ______ (Docket No. 02-4039), entitled, "Systems and Methods for Providing Real-Time Alerting," filed concurrently herewith and incorporated herein by reference.[0004] 1. Field of the Invention[0005] The present invention relates generally to multimedia environments and, more particularly, to systems and methods for tracking events and providing notification to users when events of interest are detected.[0006] 2. Description of Related Art[0007] With the ever-increasing number of data producers throughout the word, such as audio broadcasters, video broadcasters, news stream sources, etc., it is getting harder to determine when informat...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

"The present invention is a system and method for automatically monitoring and alerting users when events of interest are detected in multimedia environments. The invention uses a model-based approach to determine the relevance of data to an event and can capture and transcribe different types of media data, such as audio, video, and text. The system can also use speech recognition and story segmentation logic to identify relevant information. The invention aims to provide a more efficient and effective way of tracking events and alerting users in real-time, as compared to traditional methods that require time-consuming searches and large workforces."

Problems solved by technology

With the ever-increasing number of data producers throughout the word, such as audio broadcasters, video broadcasters, news stream sources, etc., it is getting harder to determine when information relating to events of interest are created.

There are several problems with this approach.

For example, it is a time consuming process to search out and peruse different types of media to find information relevant to an event of interest.

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