Patent · US Expired

System and method for searching text-based media content

US7912827B2 · kind B2 · utility

12Cited by
18References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 26, 2005
Grant dateMar 22, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 29, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/68
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a system, method and computer-readable medium related to searching at least one text-based media presentation. Examples of such media include, but are not limited to, print media such as books, magazines, and newspapers. The method comprises receiving a query associated with words in a text-based media presentation and in response to the query, searching within a database organized as a plurality of content-based indexed segments associated with at least one text-based media presentation, each indexed segment further comprising text and a still image corresponding to an associated portion of the text-based media presentation. The method retrieves a plurality of indexed segments as a result of the search wherein the user may navigate forward to at least one following indexed segment and backward to at least one previous indexed segment from an indexed segment associated with the query. Media presentations organized, searched and navigated by this approach may also include movies, video and audio presentations.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.