Real-time search engine for searching video and image data
First Claim
1. A method of updating a search-engine index of a search engine serving a plurality of servers, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. establishing a communication link between the search engine and a first server;
b. logging onto the search engine from the first server, wherein the step of logging onto the search engine comprises the steps;
i. uploading a first video data object description of a first video data object from the first server to the search-engine index;
ii. uploading a first server description from the first server to a server-description table within the search-engine index; and
iii. relating the first server description to the first video data object description within the search-engine index.
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Abstract
The embodiments satisfy the need for a real-time search engine that significantly reduces the cost of constructing a search engine index by providing a method for creating a real-time search engine over the Internet that provides a search response containing data object descriptions and server descriptions of data objects that are currently available for transfer from a provider server directly to a recipient client in response to a recipient client search request. An exemplary method of updating a search-engine index of a search engine serving a plurality of servers is provided. The method comprising the steps of: a. establishing a communication link between the search engine and a first server, b. logging onto the search engine from the first server. The step of logging onto the search engine comprises the steps of: i. uploading a first video data object description of a first video data object from the first server to the search-engine index, ii. uploading a first server description from the first server to a server-description table within the search-engine index, and iii. relating the first server description to the first video data object description within the search-engine index.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of updating a search-engine index of a search engine serving a plurality of servers, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. establishing a communication link between the search engine and a first server; b. logging onto the search engine from the first server, wherein the step of logging onto the search engine comprises the steps; i. uploading a first video data object description of a first video data object from the first server to the search-engine index; ii. uploading a first server description from the first server to a server-description table within the search-engine index; and iii. relating the first server description to the first video data object description within the search-engine index. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of updating a search-engine index of a search engine serving a plurality of servers, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. establishing a communication link between the search engine and a first server; b. uploading a first server description from the first server to the search-engine index; c. communicating a request from the first server to the search engine for an image data object defined according to a first image data object description; and d. downloading the first image data object from a second server to the first server. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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