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Information modeling method and database searching method using the information modeling method

  • US 7,325,010 B1
  • Filed: 05/20/2000
  • Issued: 01/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for enabling a user to search for a selected portion of a moving image from a database, the method comprisingselecting a multimedia file including a moving image;

  • analyzing the multimedia file so that the multimedia file is divided into a plurality of actions, the action being a minimum semantic unit that is meaningful for the user and each action being associated with at least one keyword;

    establishing a hierarchical database comprising a plurality of actions and at least one module, each module including at least two actions;

    accepting an input from the user including a search keyword and designating granularity to search for at least one of action and module; and

    generating a search result using the search keyword at an action level or at a module level based on the designated granularity, whereby a data size of the search result is controlled by the user.

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