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Computer program product and a method for using natural language for the description, search and retrieval of multi-media objects

  • US 5,895,464 A
  • Filed: 04/30/1997
  • Issued: 04/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer program product for retrieving a multi-media object, comprising:

  • a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for performing the steps of;

    (a) receiving a query composed in natural language for searching a database;

    (b) recognizing syntactic and semantic structure of the query;

    (c) based on step (b), assigning a role representation to the query, which said role representation further comprises assigning agent role that indicates an actor role who is performing an action, an action role that identifies an activity that is being performed, and a patient role that identifies an object affected in some way by the action, for permitting the search of the multimedia object database to generate a query response.

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