METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING PREFERRED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT

摘要

A method and system for searching multimedia content stored in an index store are disclosed. The disclosed method and system enable a caller to access a particular multimedia object in the multimedia content through a search query. The search query is in the form of utterance of few words related to metadata of the multimedia object. The system converts the voice search query into a text search query. Further, the system converts the text search query into a phonetic equivalent query and an n-tuple equivalent query. The system then searches for the multimedia object in the index store based on the phonetic equivalent query, n-tuple equivalent query and text search query.