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Content indexing and searching using content identifiers and associated metadata

  • US 8,041,074 B2
  • Filed: 05/13/2008
  • Issued: 10/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for processing media content, the method comprising:

  • obtaining media content signals from a computer network;

    deriving, at a computing device, content identifiers from perceptible visual or audio content of the content signals;

    using, at the computing device, the content identifiers to obtain metadata used to classify the media content signals; and

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

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