Multimedia search system using a plurality of entry path means which indicate interrelatedness of information
US5241671A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S715/978
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
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 data. That database is searched through multiple graphical and textual entry paths. Those entry paths include an idea search, a title finder search, a topic tree search, a picture explorer search, a history timeline search, a world atlas search, a researcher's assistant search, and a feature articles search.
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