Internet crawl seeding
First Claim
1. A method for seeding a search system for searching for media on a communications network, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one of a search term to said search system;
receiving at least one search result from said search system, wherein said search result comprises metadata associated with said media;
parsing said at least one search result for providing parsed metadata; and
providing said parsed metadata to said search system as said at least one search term.
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Abstract
A method and system for seeding a search system for searching for multimedia and streaming media (m/s media) related data, includes providing m/s related metadata as a seed. An initial search term is provided to the search system (e.g., search engine) to search for m/s related data. The search results are parsed to identify m/s media related metadata. The parsed m/s related metadata is provided as a new search term to the search system. This process is repeated to expand the scope of the search. Results are available to search systems and end users.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for seeding a search system for searching for media on a communications network, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one of a search term to said search system;
receiving at least one search result from said search system, wherein said search result comprises metadata associated with said media;
parsing said at least one search result for providing parsed metadata; and
providing said parsed metadata to said search system as said at least one search term. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer system for seeding a search system for searching for media on a computer network, all computers in system being communicatively coupled to each other, wherein each of said at least one computer includes at least one program stored therein for allowing communication between each and every of said at least one computer, each of said at least one program operating in conjunction with one another to cause said at least one computer to perform the steps of:
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providing at least one search term to said search system;
receiving at least one search result from said search system, wherein said search result comprises metadata associated with said media;
parsing said at least one search result for providing parsed metadata; and
providing said parsed metadata to said search system as said at least search term.
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9. A program readable medium having embodied thereon a program for causing a processor to seed a search system for searching for media on a communications network, said program readable medium comprising:
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means for causing said processor to provide at least one search term to said search system;
means for causing said processor to receive at least one search result from said search system, wherein said search result comprises metadata associated with said media;
means for causing said processor to parse said at least one search result for providing parsed metadata; and
means for causing said processor to provide said parsed metadata to said search system as said at least one search term.
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10. A data signal embodied in a carrier wave comprising:
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a provide search term code segment for providing at least one search term to a search system for searching for media on a communications network;
a receive results code segment for receiving at least one search result from said search system, wherein said search result comprises metadata associated with said media;
a parse code segment for parsing said at least one search result for providing parsed metadata; and
a provide parsed search term code segment for providing said parsed metadata to said search system as said at least one search term. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for seeding a search system for searching for at least one of multimedia and streaming media on a communications network, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one search term to said search system;
receiving at least one search result from said search system, wherein said search result comprises metadata associated with said at least one of multimedia and streaming media;
parsing said at least one search result for providing parsed metadata; and
providing said parsed metadata to said search system as said at least one search term.
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