Information linking method, information viewer, information register, and information search equipment
First Claim
1. An information linking method for linking content of interest rendered by media to information related to the content of interest (this information is hereinafter referred to as reference information), using an information registering equipment, an information viewing equipment, an information search equipment, and a computer network, said information linking method comprising the steps wherein:
- said information registering equipment transmits a set of first content-identifying information to identify said content of interest and the reference information across the computer network to the information search equipment;
said information search equipment registers the received set of the first content-identifying information and the reference information into a database;
said information viewing equipment transmits second content-identifying information to identify said content of interest across the computer network to the information search equipment; and
said information search equipment matches the received second content-identifying information with the first content-identifying information registered in the database and, if there is a match, transmits the reference information from the set in which the reference information joined with the first content-identifying information across the computer network to the information viewing equipment.
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Abstract
On an information registering equipment, content of interest rendered by media, such as a video image of interest distributed by TV broadcasting is captured and displayed. Position/area on the image are defined with a mouse or the like to obtain the target position/area. Information to identify the content is obtained from the TV tuner. Reference information is obtained by inputting through input means or by retrieval from the server for reference information. The thus obtained information specifics are transmitted to an information search equipment that in turn stores then into its database. An information viewing equipment obtains the target position/area and information to identify the content of interest and transmits the thus obtained data to the information search equipment. The information search equipment matches that data with each data record in the database and transmits reference information to the information viewing equipment on which the reference information is displayed.
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1. An information linking method for linking content of interest rendered by media to information related to the content of interest (this information is hereinafter referred to as reference information), using an information registering equipment, an information viewing equipment, an information search equipment, and a computer network, said information linking method comprising the steps wherein:
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said information registering equipment transmits a set of first content-identifying information to identify said content of interest and the reference information across the computer network to the information search equipment;
said information search equipment registers the received set of the first content-identifying information and the reference information into a database;
said information viewing equipment transmits second content-identifying information to identify said content of interest across the computer network to the information search equipment; and
said information search equipment matches the received second content-identifying information with the first content-identifying information registered in the database and, if there is a match, transmits the reference information from the set in which the reference information joined with the first content-identifying information across the computer network to the information viewing equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An information search equipment which searches for reference information linked with content of interest rendered by media, comprising:
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means for inputting a set of first content-identifying information and reference information received over a computer network;
recording means for storing the set of the first content-identifying information and the reference information into a database;
means for inputting second content-identifying information received over the computer network;
an information matching apparatus for comparing the first and second content-identifying information specifics for matching; and
means for transmitting the reference information from the set in which the reference information joined with the first content-identifying information across the computer network to the sender of the second content-identifying information (the sender is hereinafter referred to as a viewer) if there is a match as the result of the matching. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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