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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7055168 |
Method for interpreting and executing user preferences of audiovisual information
An agent for audiovisual materials is disclosed.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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