Gateway content storage system having database indexing, and method thereof
First Claim
1. A gateway system comprising:
- a gateway, a content storage medium, and a database, said gateway receiving multimedia content, said gateway annotating said received multimedia content to create metadata, said metadata being information that describes said received multimedia content, said content storage medium storing said annotated multimedia content, and said database storing said metadata.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a gateway, a content storage medium, and a database. The gateway receives multimedia content from a content provider or from at least one media device. The media device may be co-located with the gateway or remotely-located from the gateway. The gateway annotates the received multimedia content, using alphanumeric annotation or voice annotation, to create metadata. This metadata are information that describes the received multimedia content. The content storage medium stores the annotated multimedia content, and the database stores the metadata. The gateway is linked through a wired network or a wireless network to the media device, a television, the content storage medium, and/or the multimedia content provider.
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26 Claims
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1. A gateway system comprising:
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a gateway, a content storage medium, and a database, said gateway receiving multimedia content, said gateway annotating said received multimedia content to create metadata, said metadata being information that describes said received multimedia content, said content storage medium storing said annotated multimedia content, and said database storing said metadata. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 25, 26)
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14. A gateway method comprising:
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receiving multimedia content, a gateway receiving said multimedia content, annotating said received multimedia content to create metadata, said gateway annotating said received multimedia content, said metadata being information that describes said received multimedia content, storing said annotated multimedia content, said content storage medium storing said annotated multimedia content, and storing said metadata, said database storing said metadata. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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