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Grouping multimedia and streaming media search results

  • US 7,752,186 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2004
  • Issued: 07/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method in a computer system having a processor for consolidating a plurality of uniform resource locators (URLs) associated with media, each URL comprising at least one character, the method comprising:

  • receiving a plurality of masks, each mask comprising a string of characters, the string of characters comprising at least one character;

    accessing a list of URLs;

    for each URL in the list,for each mask, with a processor,comparing the URL with the mask, andidentifying any portions of the URL that fully match the mask, andremoving from the URL the identified portions to create a resultant URL; and

    collapsing all identical resultant URLs into one URL.

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