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Display of media previews

a technology of media previews and previews, applied in the field of network search and retrieval of information on a network, can solve problems such as the problem that text based search algorithms cannot answer such queries, and it is difficult to download files without having a degree of assuran

Inactive Publication Date: 2001-08-16
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
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Unfortunately, text based search algorithms cannot answer such queries.
However, when downloading relatively large multimedia files, it may be problematic to download the files without having a degree of assurance that the correct file has been found.

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[0028] What is described herein is a method and apparatus for searching for, indexing and retrieving information in a large, distributed network.

[0029] 1.0 Overview

[0030] FIG. 1 provides an overview of a system implementing various aspects of the present invention. As was stated above, it is desirable to be provide a system which will allow searching of media files on a distributed network such as the internet or, alternatively, on intranets. It would be desirable if such a system were capable of crawling the network, indexing media files, examining and analyzing the media file's content, and presenting summaries to users of the system of the content of the media files to assist the user in selection of a desired media file.

[0031] The embodiment described herein may be broken down into 3 key components: (1) crawling and indexing of the network to discover multimedia files and to index them 100; (2) examining the media files for content (101- 105); and (3) building previews which all...

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for searching for multimedia files in a distributed database and for displaying results of the search based on the context and content of the multimedia files.

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[0001] This application claims benefit of the following co-pending U.S. Provisional Applications:[0002] 1) Method and Apparatus for Processing Context and Content of Multimedia Files When Creating Searchable Indices of Multimedia Content on Large, Distributed Networks; Serial No.: 60 / 018,312; Filed: May 24, 1996;[0003] 2) Method and Apparatus for Display of Results of a Search Queries for Multimedia Files; Serial No.: 60 / 018,311; Filed: May 24, 1996;[0004] 3) Method for Increasing Overall Performance of Obtaining Search Results When Searching on a Large, Distributed Database By Prioritizing Database Segments to be Searched; Serial No.: 60 / 018,238; Filed: May 24, 1996;[0005] 4) Method for Processing Audio Files to Compute Estimates of Music-Speech Content and Volume Levels to Enable Enhanced Searching of Multimedia Databases; Serial No.: 60 / 021,452; Filed: Jul. 10, 1996;[0006] 5) Method for Searching for Copyrighted Works on Large, Distributed Networks; Serial No.: 60 / 021,515; Filed:...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCG06F17/30017G06F17/30787G06F17/30796G06F17/30802G06F17/30811G06F17/30817G06F17/30864Y10S707/99945Y10S707/916Y10S707/915Y10S707/914Y10S707/943G06F16/7844G06F16/78G06F16/7834G06F16/786G06F16/951G06F16/785G06F16/40G06F16/48G06F16/953
Inventor HOFFERT, ERIC M.SMOOT, STEPHEN R.CREMIN, KARLALI, ADNANMILLS, MICHAEL
Owner THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
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