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Distributed video data base with remote searching for image data features

  • US 5,917,958 A
  • Filed: 10/31/1996
  • Issued: 06/29/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of storing and retrieving video data, comprising the steps of:

  • storing, in a data storage device located at a first location, data representing plural images of a dynamic video image stream;

    storing, in a host processor located at a second location remote from the first location, a program file representing a search algorithm for searching for a desired image among the images represented by the data stored at the first location;

    downloading said program file representing said search algorithm from said host processor to said data storage device; and

    using said downloaded program file to search for said desired image in said video data stored in said data storage device.

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