AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF DIGITAL CONTENT RELATED TO A BLOCK OF TEXT, SUCH AS A BLOG ENTRY
First Claim
1. A method of identifying digital content related to a portion of a block of text, the method comprising:
- receiving, automatically or via input by a user, an indication of one or more words included in the block of text for which related digital content is to be identified;
searching a database of digital content based on the one or more words for which the indication is received;
retrieving from the database one or more digital content items or identifiers associated with the one or more digital content items, wherein the digital content items are related to the one or more words for which the indication is received;
providing the retrieved digital content items or identifiers to the user;
receiving a selection of one or more of the provided digital content items or identifiers from the user; and
associating for display or replay the one or more selected digital content items or the one or more digital content items associated with the one or more selected identifiers with the one or more words in the block of text.
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Abstract
A system for identifying digital content related to a portion of a block of text receives, automatically or via input by a user, an indication of one or more words included in the block of text. The system searches a database of digital content based on the one or more words and retrieves from the database one or more digital content items or identifiers of digital content items that are related to the one or more words. The system provides the retrieved digital content items or identifiers to the user, and receives a selection of one or more of the provided items or identifiers from the user. The system associates for display or replay the one or more selected digital content items with the one or more words in the block of text. Other embodiments of the system are also disclosed.
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1. A method of identifying digital content related to a portion of a block of text, the method comprising:
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receiving, automatically or via input by a user, an indication of one or more words included in the block of text for which related digital content is to be identified; searching a database of digital content based on the one or more words for which the indication is received; retrieving from the database one or more digital content items or identifiers associated with the one or more digital content items, wherein the digital content items are related to the one or more words for which the indication is received; providing the retrieved digital content items or identifiers to the user; receiving a selection of one or more of the provided digital content items or identifiers from the user; and associating for display or replay the one or more selected digital content items or the one or more digital content items associated with the one or more selected identifiers with the one or more words in the block of text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable medium encoded with processing instructions for implementing a method, performed by a computer, for selecting digital content related to a portion of a block of text, the method comprising:
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submitting the block of text to a computer-implemented service for identifying digital content; receiving from the computer-implemented service a visual indication of one or more words in the block of text for which related digital content is available; selecting one or more of the words for which the visual indication is received; for each of the one or more selected words, receiving from the computer-implemented service one or more digital content items or identifiers associated with the one or more digital content items, wherein the digital content items are related to the one or more selected words; and selecting one or more of the received digital content items to be associated with the one or more selected words. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for selecting digital content related to a portion of a block of text, the system comprising:
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means for receiving, automatically or via input by a user, an indication of one or more words included in the block of text for which related digital content is to be identified; means for searching a database of digital content based on the one or more words for which the indication is received, wherein the means for searching is coupled to the means for receiving; means for retrieving from the database one or more digital content items or identifiers associated with the one or more digital content items, wherein the digital content items are related to the one or more words for which the indication is received, wherein the means for retrieving is coupled to the means for searching; means for providing the retrieved digital content items or identifiers to the user, wherein the means for providing is coupled to the means for retrieving; means for receiving a selection of one or more of the provided digital content items or identifiers from the user, wherein the means for receiving is coupled to the means for providing; and means for associating for display or replay the one or more selected digital content items or the one or more digital content items associated with the one or more selected identifiers with the one or more words in the block of text, wherein the means for associating is coupled to the means for receiving. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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