System and method for processing multimedia content, stored in a computer-accessible storage medium, based on various user-specified parameters related to the content
First Claim
1. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
- receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
retrieving said multimedia item based on said user-entered parameter that represents a tempo of the retrieved multimedia item, said tempo being defined by a user-specified time period that a predetermined number of beats lasts for.
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Abstract
System and method for processing multimedia content, stored in a computer-accessible storage medium, based on various user-specified parameters related to the content. A user enters one or more search parameters to find music track or other multimedia item suitable for an advertising commercial, corporate video, recreational purposes, home video, etc. The search engine receives the entered parameters and retrieves search results, if any. The obtained search results may be sorted, displayed, retrieved, played, downloaded, sorted, manipulated, sent to various locations, stored and/or recalled, as well as other operations, according to various user selections.
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99 Claims
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1. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
retrieving said multimedia item based on said user-entered parameter that represents a tempo of the retrieved multimedia item, said tempo being defined by a user-specified time period that a predetermined number of beats lasts for. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item;
retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter; and
displaying information related to the retrieved multimedia item, whereby the displayed information includes a tempo as defined by a user-specified time period that a predetermined number of beats lasts for.
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6. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising
receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item, and retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents tempo of the retrieved multimedia item, said tempo being defined by a user-specified range of a number of beats per minute.
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7. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents tempo of the retrieved multimedia item, said tempo being defined by a user-specified number of beats per minute within a predetermined percentage of error.
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8. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents a keyword of the retrieved multimedia item, such that said keyword is one selected from a word, a number, and a symbol contained in a profile of the retrieved multimedia item, the user-entered parameter being specified in such a way that content is omitted from a retrieved multimedia item list.
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9. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising
receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; - and
retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents a keyword of the retrieved multimedia item, said keyword being a synonym of a word contained in said profile. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
retrieving said multimedia item based on said user-entered parameter relating to data representing vocal content. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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receiving a user-selected parameter relating to a multimedia item, retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-selected parameter, wherein parameters for user selection are displayed in a predetermined geometric figure. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter, wherein parameters for user selection are selected from at least two search parameter displays, such that a parameter entered in a first search parameter display is retained when switching to a second search parameter display.
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22. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item;
retrieving first and second multimedia items based on the user-entered parameter; and
sorting said first and second multimedia items based on user-specified information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item;
retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter; and
deleting th e selected retrieved multimedia item from a display screen.
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30. A method for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising
receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; -
retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter; and
displaying information related to the retrieved multimedia item, the displayed information being selected from at least2 views such that each view offers different amounts or types of information. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
means for retrieving said multimedia item based on said user-entered parameter that represents a tempo of the retrieved multimedia item, said tempo being defined by a user-specified time period that a predetermined number of beats lasts for. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item;
means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter; and
means for displaying information related to the retrieved multimedia item, whereby the displayed information includes a tempo as defined by a user-specified time period that a predetermined number of beats lasts for.
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39. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item, and means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents tempo of the retrieved multimedia item, said tempo being defined by a user-specified range of a number of beats per minute.
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40. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents tempo of the retrieved multimedia item, said tempo being defined by a user-specified number of beats per minute within a predetermined percentage of error.
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41. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents a keyword of the retrieved multimedia item, such that said keyword is one selected from a word, a number, and a symbol contained in a profile of the retrieved multimedia item, the user-entered parameter being specified in such a way that content is omitted from a retrieved multimedia item list.
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42. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item, and means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents a keyword of the retrieved multimedia item, said keyword being a synonym of a word contained in said profile. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
means for retrieving said multimedia item based on said user-entered parameter relating to data representing vocal content. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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47. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-selected parameter relating to a multimedia item, means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-selected parameter, wherein parameters for user selection are displayed in a predetermined geometric Figure - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter, wherein parameters for user selection are selected from at least two search parameter displays, such that a parameter entered in a first search parameter display is retained when switching to a second search parameter display.
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55. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item;
means for retrieving first and second multimedia items based on the user-entered parameter; and
means for sorting said first and second multimedia items based on user-specified information. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item;
means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter; and
means for deleting the selected retrieved multimedia item from a display screen.
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63. A system for searching multimedia content stored in a microprocessor-based storage medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item;
means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter; and
means for displaying information related to the retrieved multimedia item, the displayed information being selected from at least 2 views such that each view offers different amounts or types of information. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66)
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67. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising:
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first code means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
second code means for retrieving said multimedia item based on said user-entered parameter that represents a tempo of the retrieved multimedia item, said tempo being defined by a user-specified time period that a predetermined number of beats lasts for. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70)
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71. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising:
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first code means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item;
second code means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter; and
third code means for displaying information related to the retrieved multimedia item, whereby the displayed information includes a tempo as defined by a user-specified time period that a predetermined number of beats lasts for.
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72. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising:
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first code means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
second code means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents tempo of the retrieved multimedia item, said tempo being defined by a user-specified range of a number of beats per minute.
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73. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising
first code means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; - and
second code means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents tempo of the retrieved multimedia item, said tempo being defined by a user-specified number of beats per minute within a predetermined percentage of error.
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74. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising:
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first code means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
second code means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents a keyword of the retrieved multimedia item, such that said keyword is one selected from a word, a number, and a symbol contained in a profile of the retrieved multimedia item, the user-entered parameter being specified in such a way that content is omitted from a retrieved multimedia item list.
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75. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising:
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first code means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
second code means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter that represents a keyword of the retrieved multimedia item, said keyword being a synonym of a word contained in said profile. - View Dependent Claims (76)
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77. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising:
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first code means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item, and second code means for retrieving said multimedia item based on said user-entered parameter relating to data representing vocal content. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79)
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80. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising:
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first code means for receiving a user-selected parameter relating to a multimedia item;
second code means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-selected parameter, wherein parameters for user selection are displayed in a predetermined geometric figure. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising:
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first code means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item; and
second code means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter, wherein parameters for user selection are selected from at least two search parameter displays, such that a parameter entered in a first search parameter display is retained when switching to a second search parameter display.
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88. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising:
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first code means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item;
second code means for retrieving first and second multimedia items based on the user-entered parameter and third code means for sorting said first and second multimedia items based on user-specified information. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
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95. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising:
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first code means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item;
second code means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter; and
third code means for deleting the selected retrieved multimedia item from a display screen.
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96. A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon code, executable by a programmable controller, for searching multimedia content, said storage medium comprising:
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first code means for receiving a user-entered parameter relating to a multimedia item;
second code means for retrieving said multimedia item based on the user-entered parameter; and
third code means for displaying information related to the retrieved multimedia item, the displayed information being selected from at least 2 views such that each view offers different amounts or types of information. - View Dependent Claims (97, 98, 99)
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