System and method for automatically retrieving information for a portable information system
First Claim
1. A portable information system (100) comprising:
- an audio/video sensor (130) that is capable of obtaining audio/video signals; and
a wireless communication device (105) associated with said audio/video sensor (100) that is capable of communicating with a remotely located server (170) to obtain information that is accessible by said server (170);
wherein said wireless communication device (105) is capable of executing an automatic search procedure (114,118) to cause said server (170) to search for information that relates to a search parameter that a user inputs to said portable information system (100); and
wherein said server (170) searches for said information in a plurality of databases that are located in a plurality of networks (165).
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for automatically retrieving information for a portable information system. The portable information system comprises an audio/video sensor that is capable of obtaining audio/video signals and a wireless communication device that is capable of communicating with a remotely located server to obtain information that is accessible by the server. The wireless communication device executes an automatic search procedure to cause the server to search for information that matches a search parameter that a user inputs to the portable information system. The server searches for the requested information in a plurality of databases that are located in a plurality of networks. An “image retrieval by example” search procedure and a “Web information extraction” search procedure are utilized.
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1. A portable information system (100) comprising:
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an audio/video sensor (130) that is capable of obtaining audio/video signals; and
a wireless communication device (105) associated with said audio/video sensor (100) that is capable of communicating with a remotely located server (170) to obtain information that is accessible by said server (170);
wherein said wireless communication device (105) is capable of executing an automatic search procedure (114,118) to cause said server (170) to search for information that relates to a search parameter that a user inputs to said portable information system (100); and
wherein said server (170) searches for said information in a plurality of databases that are located in a plurality of networks (165). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of automatically retrieving information for a portable information system (100), said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining audio/video signals in an audio/video sensor (130);
utilizing a wireless communication device (105) associated with said audio/video sensor (130) to communicate with a remotely located server (170) to obtain information that is accessible by said server (170);
inputting a search parameter into said portable information system (100);
executing an automatic search procedure (114,118) in said wireless communication device (100) to cause said server (170) to search for information that relates to said search parameter in a plurality of databases (175) that are located in a plurality of networks (165); and
receiving in said wireless communication device (105) information located by said server (170) that relates to said search parameter. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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