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Network for describing multimedia information

  • US 7,146,349 B2
  • Filed: 11/01/2001
  • Issued: 12/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method implemented by at least one computer for encoding knowledge, comprising the steps of:

  • forming a network having nodes that represent semantic concepts;

    associating one or more words with one or more of the nodes;

    associating multimedia content with one or more of the nodes;

    representing relationships between the nodes as arcs between associated words and arcs between associated multimedia content;

    receiving a user query for at least one semantic concept;

    recursively searching the network for matching multimedia content within the network related to the user query; and

    creating a new multimedia presentation from the matching multimedia content within the network.

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