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7082437 Multimedia search system  
A database search system that retrieves multimedia information in a flexible, user friendly system. The search system uses a multimedia database consisting of text, picture, audio and animated...
7082573 Method and system for managing digital assets  
The digital asset management system is responsive to user interactions with digital assets. Based on user interaction, the system generates a ranking of digital assets to reflect the value of the...
7082431 Content retrieval apparatus and method  
In the present invention, when a request query is different in expression from a viewpoint of a target content description, using a term exchange description in which a term contained in the...
7079518 System and method for providing multimedia service using a mobile communication terminal  
A system and method for providing multimedia service using a mobile communication terminal comprising the steps of accessing a web server of an IP address in response to a request for multimedia...
7079176 Digital interactive system for providing full interactivity with live programming events  
The present invention relates to an interactive digital system enabling viewers full and active participation in experiencing a live broadcast event. Particularly, the presentation of the live...
7077325 Portable instrument for electro-optically reading indicia and for projecting a bit-mapped image  
A portable instrument incorporates an electro-optical assembly for reading indicia during a reading mode, and for projecting a bit-mapped image during a display mode. A manually operable switch on...
7076478 Wrapper playlists on streaming media services  
The following subject matter associates new or different media content with a particular playlist while maintaining the playlist's corresponding reference(s) to content such as streaming media...
7076535 Multi-level skimming of multimedia content using playlists  
A skimmed or preview version of multimedia content is provided to a client computer by a server computer using playlists. The skimmed version of multimedia content can be presented to a user of a...
7076737 Thematic response to a computer user's context, such as by a wearable personal computer  
Techniques are disclosed for creating, modifying, categorizing, modeling, distributing, purchasing, selling, and otherwise using themes and theme-related information. Themes can represent various...
7073193 Media content descriptions  
A media content description system receives media content descriptions from one or more metadata providers. The media content description system associates each media content description with the...
7072983 Scheme for systemically registering meta-data with respect to various types of data  
A scheme for systematically registering meta-data with respect to various types of individual data so as to enable sophisticated retrieval or application program construction assistance utilizing...
7068301 System and method for obtaining and utilizing maintenance information  
A system for obtaining, recording, displaying, storing, transmitting and receiving maintenance and other information is provided. The system, which may include an electronic maintenance apparatus...
7069311 Multi-level skimming of multimedia content using playlists  
A skimmed or preview version of multimedia content is provided to a client computer by a server computer using playlists. The skimmed version of multimedia content can be presented to a user of a...
7068723 Method for automatically producing optimal summaries of linear media  
Optimal summaries of a linear media source are automatically produced by parameterizing a linear media source. The parameterized linear media source is used to create a similarity array in which...
7065544 System and method for detecting repetitions in a multimedia stream  
Large amounts of multimedia data are transmitted over information networks in the form of a digital stream, analog video, or text captioning. Often, repetitions such as paid advertisements, theme...
7065416 System and methods for providing automatic classification of media entities according to melodic movement properties  
In connection with a classification system for classifying media entities that merges perceptual classification techniques and digital signal processing classification techniques for improved...
7065530 Data structure for efficient access to variable-size data objects  
A data structure includes variable-size data objects [“VSDOs”] and enables selective and efficient retrieval of data in particular VSDOs. The data structure includes multiple packets. Each...
7065521 Method for fuzzy logic rule based multimedia information retrival with text and perceptual features  
A search system ( 200 ) for a database ( 224 ) including records having a multiple disparate types of media is provided. The search system supports queries, that include different types of search...
7058223 Identifying works for initiating a work-based action, such as an action on the internet  
A system is described for linking traditional media works, such as print and broadcast media for example, to a more interactive media conduit, such as the Internet. The system avoids the need to...
7058894 Managing interactions between computer users' context models  
Techniques are described for providing information about a current state that is represented with multiple attributes. In some situations, the providing includes a first computer receiving...
7058893 Managing interactions between computer users' context models  
Techniques are described for providing information about a current state that is represented with multiple attributes. In some situations, the providing includes a first computer receiving...
7055168 Method for interpreting and executing user preferences of audiovisual information  
An agent for audiovisual materials is disclosed.
7054914 Streaming data from multiple sources according to storage location information  
In a data processing system, device, and method and a program storage medium, provided are data storage devices that store data and a data processing device that receives a list describing...
7054861 Information search apparatus and method, and computer readable memory  
A search request input processing unit holds an input query word in a query word holding unit. An associative word unfolding processing unit acquires associative words in association with the query...
7050988 Method and apparatus for recommending selections based on preferences in a multi-user system  
A system for determining selections that a user is likely to be interested in. The determination is made based on the user's prior indicated preferences. The user designates his or her preferred...
7051018 Multimedia search system  
A database search system that retrieves multimedia information in a flexible, user friendly system. The search system uses a multimedia database consisting of text, picture, audio and animated...
7051275 Annotations for multiple versions of media content  
Multiple different versions of the same multimedia content are available to a multimedia server. An annotation server maintains annotations corresponding to the multimedia content, each such...
7046263 Requesting computer user's context data  
Techniques are described for providing information about a current state that is modeled with multiple state attributes. In some situations, the providing includes receiving from first and second...
7043488 Method and system for storing hierarchical content objects in a data repository  
A web-based system, method and program product are provided for storing content objects (e.g., a custom compilation or prepublished work) in a data repository as a group of hierarchically related...
7043490 Method, system, and program product to support multiple content-management data models  
Methods, systems, and program products for managing multimedia content. These are built upon a combination of a high level content model for specific multimedia content types and a low level...
7039655 System and method for providing a digital media supply chain operation system and suite of applications  
The present invention is directed to an intelligent media router (IMR) for processing media that has been either natively created as data or has been digitized from another source. The IMR...
7035874 Media streaming in a database  
Methods and apparatus for streaming data from a database system to a client system. In one implementation, a database management system includes: one or more data storage facilities for use in...
7035875 Method of using multi-media information, system and program recording medium therefor  
Multi-media (MM) information are flexibly reproduced, edited, processed and re-transmitted in conformity with users' needs. A plurality of elements of MM information are distributed, stored and...
7032819 Method and system for purchasing personal recording media  
A system for purchasing a personal recording media includes a first station for converting at least one data composition and a data information corresponding thereto to predetermined signals and...
7031965 Image retrieving and delivering system and image retrieving and delivering method  
In an image retrieving and delivering system and an image retrieving and delivering method, a feature descriptor is retrieved from a data base, in which each of a plurality of images including a...
7032178 Tagging content for different activities  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for classification of media content based upon user-defined classifications. A compilation of media content in conformity with the...
7032182 Graphical user interface adapted to allow scene content annotation of groups of pictures in a picture database to promote efficient database browsing  
A graphical user interface (GUI) allows a picture database user to enter metadata serving to annotate digital pictures to promote efficient picture database browsing. The annotation is permitted,...
7032001 Site-hosting, mobile terminal for wireless connection to computer network  
A data terminal includes a digital camera for capturing an image and data processing/storage/encoding means for processing the image information, together with an internal server for creating a web...
7024619 Dynamic multimedia document  
The invention relates to a method of dynamically representing a multimedia document described in a description language. The invention also relates to the multimedia document itself. The invention...
7024020 Apparatus and method for generating object-labeled image in video sequence  
An apparatus and method for generating object-labeled images based on query images in a video sequence are provided. A video sequence is divided into a plurality of shots, each of which consists of...
7020194 Apparatus and method for vector descriptor representation and multimedia data retrieval  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for vector descriptor representation and multimedia data retrieval, which can quantize a plurality of feature values described by a vector...
7017120 Methods for creating a customized program from a variety of sources  
The invention provides a method and system for defining a personalized sequence of discrete media content segments to be played at particular times. The media content segments are selected from...
7017125 Portable terminal system, portable terminal, method of controlling portable terminal, and storage medium storing program for controlling portable terminal  
A portable terminal provided with a text browser for perusing text contents which are supposed to be displayed on a display of the portable terminal, and a help browser for perusing help contents...
7013478 Method and apparatus for interactive program suggestion  
A method and an apparatus suggests programs for viewing by a subscriber. Terminals installed at a subscriber's home and at central locations, such as bookstores, video rental stores and libraries,...
7007231 Document management system employing multi-zone parsing process  
A document management system that converts documents from different sources such as scanners, Fax machines, and workstations into electronic documents and provides file management to manage the...
7007012 Process for searching for files when drive configurations of processing apparatuses are changed  
A music piece managing unit judges whether or not a music piece file name corresponding to a music piece ID received from a playing processing unit exists in a corresponding music piece file...
7007034 File structure for storing content objects in a data repository  
A data structure and method are provided for storing a content object stored (e.g., a custom compilation or prepublished work) as a group of hierarchically related content entities Each content...
7007073 Method and apparatus providing electronic concurrent delivery of multimedia content to general purpose computers over a computer network  
A method and apparatus for providing electronic concurrent delivery of multimedia content to general purpose computers over a computer network. A host computer having web server capabilities is...
7003583 Apparatus and method for processing status information  
An apparatus and a method for processing status information are disclosed. At least one information of video data, audio data, and text data on an area and a theme is collected, the video data is...
7003530 Algorithm for selecting audio content  
An algorithm for selecting audio content including an audio database, a user preference learning routine, and an audio selection routine. The user preference learning routine is capable of...