Formerly, the rich quality of data had to be reduced before computers could attempt to process it, for example, distilling a feature length video into a short, searchable text summary or metatags. Such assets often include sentiment and meaning that cannot be captured within the textual form and as a consequence are frequently lost in translation.
Autonomy turns that on its head, allowing computers to handle the full richness of human-friendly information, whether they are text, audio or video. This meaning based approach represents a fundamental change in the IT industry and it is changing the way computers deal with information, liberating us from the restrictive and limited approach of a database. Its impact is particularly profound for improving Situational Awareness as it allows information from a myriad of sources to be automatically aggregated, processed, and filtered for improved perception, risk assessment, and pro-active response. It makes operations more productive and more effective as a consequence.
Built upon the seminal mathematical works of Thomas Bayes and Claude Shannon and on a range of innovations that are covered by 130 patents, Autonomy Virage's technology identifies the patterns that naturally occur in text, voice or video files based on the usage and frequency of terms that correspond to specific concepts. By studying the preponderance of one pattern over another, Autonomy’s technology understands that there is X% probability that the content in question deals with a specific subject.
Autonomy is the acknowledged leader in the rapidly growing area of Meaning Based Computing (MBC). MBC refers to the ability to form an understanding of all information, whether structured, semi-structured or unstructured, and recognize the relationships that exist within it. Through sophisticated functionality and analytics, MBC automates manual operations in real-time to offer true value. This creates unique capabilities when working with video as the computer is able to process information much in the same way as humans do - by understanding its meaning.
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