SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY GENERATING INDEX INFORMATION

• US 20100100551A1
• Filed: 12/18/2009
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thryv, Inc. (Mudrick Capital Management LP)
• Original Assignee: Supermedia LLC (Mudrick Capital Management LP)
• Inventors: Franklin, Martin, Knauft, Christopher L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,402,358 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/313 Selection or weighting of terms for indexing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A system and method of generating index information for electronic documents. The system includes a client, one or more information retrieval (IR) engines, such as a search engine, which are each in communication with each other via a network. In one embodiment of the invention, the server maintains a plurality or data objects that are protected by digital rights management (DRM) software. Upon receiving a network request from one of the IR systems, the server dynamically generates an electronic document that provides index information that is associated with one of the data objects. In one embodiment of the invention, the server dynamically generates the contents of the electronic document based upon the indexing characteristics of the IR system. Furthermore, upon receiving a network request from one of the client, the server determines whether the client is authorized to access the data object that is associated with the network request. If the client is authorized to access the data object, the server transmits the data object to the user. Alternatively, if the client is not authorized to access the data object, the server dynamically prepares instructions to the client, the instructions describing additional steps the user at the client may perform to get authorized to access the data object.

Claims

1-30. -30. (canceled)

31. A method, comprising:

reading, in a computer, index information associated with at least a portion of an audiovisual object, the index information being for use in an index database of a search engine system;

obfuscating at least a portion of the index information so that the intelligibility of the contents of the index information is reduced; and

transmitting at least some of the obfuscated index information to the search engine system.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the audiovisual object is a secure audiovisual object that is configured to prevent search engines systems from having full access to the audiovisual object.

33. The method of claim 31, further comprising generating an electronic document that includes at least a portion of the obfuscated index information.

34. The method of claim 33, further comprising customizing the electronic document based at least in part upon indexing characteristics of one or more search engine systems.

35. The method of claim 33, wherein transmitting at least some of the obfuscated index information to the search engine system includes transmitting the electronic document.

36. The method of claim 31, wherein the audiovisual object includes at least one of a bitmap image, music, a multimedia presentation, and a streaming media file.

37. The method of claim 31, further comprising converting at least a portion of the audiovisual object into the index information.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein converting at least a portion of the audiovisual object into index information includes at least one of identifying one or more words in the lyrics of music and reading closed-captioned information that is associated with the audiovisual object.

39. A computer server configured to:

read index information associated with at least a portion of an audiovisual object, the index information being for use in the index database of a search engine system;

obfuscate at least a portion of the index information so that the intelligibility of the contents of the index information is reduced; and

transmit at least some of the obfuscated index information to the search engine system.

40. The computer server of claim 39, wherein the audiovisual object is a secure audiovisual object that is configured to prevent search engines systems from having full access to the audiovisual object.

41. The computer server of claim 39, further configured to generate an electronic document that includes at least a portion of the obfuscated index information.

42. The computer server of claim 41, further configured to customize the electronic document based at least in part upon indexing characteristics of one or more search engine systems.

43. The computer server of claim 41, further configured to transmit at least some of the obfuscated index information to the search engine system by transmitting the electronic document.

44. The computer server of claim 39, wherein the audiovisual object includes at least one of a bitmap image, music, a multimedia presentation, and a streaming media file.

45. The computer server of claim 39, further configured to convert at least a portion of the audiovisual object into the index information.

46. A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions for:

reading, in a computer, index information associated with at least a portion of an audiovisual object, the index information being for use in the index database of a search engine system;

obfuscating at least a portion of the index information so that the intelligibility of the contents of the index information is reduced; and

transmitting at least some of the obfuscated index information to the search engine system.

47. The medium of claim 46, wherein the audiovisual object is a secure audiovisual object that is configured to prevent search engines systems from having full access to the audiovisual object.

48. The medium of claim 46, the instructions further comprising instructions for generating an electronic document that includes at least a portion of the obfuscated index information.

49. The medium of claim 48, the instructions further comprising instructions for customizing the electronic document based at least in part upon indexing characteristics of one or more search engine systems.

50. The medium of claim 48, wherein transmitting at least some of the obfuscated index information to the search engine system includes transmitting the electronic document.

51. The medium of claim 46, wherein the audiovisual object includes at least one of a bitmap image, music, a multimedia presentation, and a streaming media file.

52. The medium of claim 46, further comprising converting at least a portion of the audiovisual object into the index information.