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METHOD, SYSTEM AND CONTROLLER FOR SEARCHING A DATABASE

  • US 20120143857A1
  • Filed: 08/10/2010
  • Published: 06/07/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of searching, with a user via a user interface, a database containing data items in a descriptor space, the method comprising the steps of:

  • selecting a reference set of two or more reference data items;

    obtaining descriptor coordinates for each of the reference data items;

    identifying a search results set of data items in the database which are close to or between one or more members of the reference set in the descriptor space; and

    displaying the search results set of data items on the display so that closeness on the display between particular data items is indicative of closeness in the descriptor space.

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