System and method for indexing, searching, identifying, and editing multimedia files
First Claim
1. A method of searching for multimedia content, comprising:
- receiving a first piece of information identifying the multimedia content;
using said first piece of information to locate a second piece of information identifying the multimedia content; and
performing a search for multimedia content based on said second piece of information.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for tagging, indexing, searching, retrieving, manipulating, and editing video images on a wide area network such as the Internet. A first set of methods is provided for enabling users to add bookmarks to multimedia files, such as movies, and audio files, such as music. The multimedia bookmark facilitates the searching of portions or segments of multimedia files, particularly when used in conjunction with a search engine. Additional methods are provided that reformat a video image for use on a variety of devices that have a wide range of resolutions by selecting some material (in the case of smaller resolutions) or more material (in the case of larger resolutions) from the same multimedia file. Still more methods are provided for interrogating images that contain textual information (in graphical form) so that the text may be copied to a tag or bookmark that can itself be indexed and searched to facilitate later retrieval via a search engine.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of searching for multimedia content, comprising:
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receiving a first piece of information identifying the multimedia content;
using said first piece of information to locate a second piece of information identifying the multimedia content; and
performing a search for multimedia content based on said second piece of information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of searching for multimedia content, comprising:
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receiving a first piece of information identifying the multimedia content;
using said first piece of information to locate a second piece of information identifying the multimedia content;
performing a search for multimedia content based on said second piece of information; and
collecting relevance information based on prior user searches, said relevance information being used to perform said search. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for searching for multimedia content based on a first piece of information saved in a multimedia bookmark, comprising:
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transmitting said first piece of information saved in a multimedia bookmark from a client system to a server system in response to user selection of the multimedia bookmark;
using the first piece of information to locate a second piece of information;
generating a query based on said second piece of information;
searching one or more storage devices with said query; and
presenting results from said searching. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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