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Multimedia search system

US7664775B2 · kind B2 · utility

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99References

29Claims

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Assignee

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael Reed · Chicago, US
Greg Bestick · Rosamond, US
Carol Greenhalgh · Austin, US
Norman J. Bastin · Chicago, US
Ron Carlton · San Marcos, US
Stanley D. Frank · Chicago, US
Dale Good · Evanston, US
Neil Holman · Buffalo Grove, US
Carl Holzman · Chicago, US
Ann Jensen · Austin, US
Harold Kester · Irvine, US
Dave Meatman · Solana Beach, US
Edwardo Munevar · San Diego, US
Derryl Rogers · Carlsbad, US
Gail B. Maatman · Hollidaysburg, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2006
Grant date	Feb 16, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 9, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99948
WIPO fieldComputer 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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