Graphic Search Initiation
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorMichael Grizzard
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Abstract
A system for retrieving information. The system comprises a storage unit for storing an image that includes first and second selectable objects. The first selectable object is associated with a first metadata and the second selectable object is associated with a second metadata. The system also includes a visual output device and a processor that communicates with the visual output device and the storage unit to read the first and second metadata. The system also includes a user input device that communicates with the processor and instructs the processor to read the first and second metadata and display the first and second metadata on the visual output device.
Claims12
1-14. (canceled)
An electronic computer system for retrieving information, comprising:
- means for storing at least one image, wherein an image comprises at least one selectable object having associated metadata according to a metadata model formed with extensible Markup Language and Document Type Definitions;
- a visual output device;
- electronic means, in communication with the visual output device and the storing means, for processing information, wherein the processing means is configured to read the metadata;
- user input means, in communication with the processing means, for instructing the processing means to read the metadata and to display the metadata on the visual output device;
- wherein the processing means initiates an information search based on the metadata upon reading the metadata.
A method in an electronic computer system for retrieving information, comprising:
- selecting a selectable image object displayed on a viewing device, the selectable image object having associated metadata according to a metadata model formed with extensible Markup Language and Document Type Definitions;
- reading the metadata;
- initiating an information search based on the read metadata upon reading the metadata;
- and
- displaying, on the viewing device, information in connection with the information search.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by an electronic processor, cause the processor to perform:
- selecting a selectable image object displayed on a viewing device, the selectable image object having associated metadata according to a metadata model formed with extensible Markup Language and Document Type Definitions;
- reading the metadata;
- initiating an information search based on the read metadata upon reading the metadata;
- and
- displaying, on the viewing device, information in connection with the information search.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.