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Visual thesaurus as applied to media clip searching

US7730426B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Dean A. Slawson · Sammamish, US
Tjeerd Hoek · Kirkland, US
Eric L. Brechner · Woodinville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 7, 2006
Grant date	Jun 1, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 1, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/44
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A Visual Thesaurus program is provided that allows a user to find media clips through successive queries by example. Clips similar to the example clip may be retrieved based on artistic style, color and shape, or keywords. Clips retrieved based on keywords may be found based on a single keyword, multiple keywords, or all keywords associated with the example clip. The keyword may be the clip format (e.g., “mpeg” or “gif”).

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