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Content indexing and searching using content identifiers and associated metadata

  • US 7,372,976 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2006
  • Issued: 05/13/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for processing media content on a distributed network, the method comprising:

  • identifying media content signals stored at sites distributed over the distributed computer network;

    extracting content identifiers from the content signals;

    using the content identifiers to obtain metadata used to classify the media content signals; and

    creating a searchable index of the media content signals based on the metadata, wherein users access the searchable index on the distributed computer network to submit a search query for the searchable index to retrieve links to the media content signals.

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