Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-22
2005-02-22
Robinson, Greta (Department: 2177)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06859803
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for conducting exclusive and inclusive metadata searches to identify and select multimedia programs. The apparatus of the invention including a metadata search controller that compares user specified search words with metadata words to find programs that meet user specified search criteria. The metadata search controller executes an inclusive metadata search to search for matches between a user specified search word and a metadata word that is related to the user specified search word in a word pair contained within a word pair database. The metadata search controller calculates a rank value for each program that is found by a metadata search and creates a ranked list of such programs.
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Dagtas Serhan
Dimitrova Nevenka
Jasinschi Radu S.
Black Linh
Gathman Laurie
Koninklijke Philips Electronics , N.V.
Robinson Greta
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