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INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREFOR

  • US 20020059162A1
  • Filed: 02/08/1999
  • Published: 05/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information search processing method for registering information related to multimedia data having code information associated therewith in a database, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) in response to a request from the outside, embedding perceptually unrecognizable code information in perceptually recognizable fixed-pattern data mounted in multimedia data including at least one of character data, still image data, moving image data and audio data, and sending the multimedia data embedded with the code information to a requester;

    (b) registering information related to said multimedia data mounted with said code information in the database, in correspondence to said code information; and

    (c) in response to a search request from the outside, searching said database based on specified code information to extract information on said multimedia data corresponding to the specified code information, and sending the extracted information to a requester.

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