Digital content searching tool
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsVittorio Carullo, Roberto Guarda
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention may include a method for searching digital content in a data processing system. The method may include providing a set of sample digital resources. Each sample digital resource may be associated with metadata describing its content, including fields having associated metadata values. A user may select at least one sample digital resource from the set. One or more metadata values of the sample digital resource may be displayed to the user. The user may then select at least a portion of the metadata values. A digital resource having one or more metadata values substantially matching the selected metadata value of the sample digital resource may then be retrieved.
Claims13
A method for searching digital content in a data processing system, the method comprising:
- providing a set of sample digital resources, each sample digital resource being associated with metadata describing its content, the metadata including metadata fields having associated metadata values;
- enabling a user to select at least one sample digital resource from the set;
- displaying to the user at least one metadata value of the at least one sample digital resource;
- enabling the user to select at least a portion of the at least one metadata value;
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- retrieving a digital resource having at least one metadata value substantially matching the selected at least one metadata value of the sample digital resource.
A computer program product for searching digital content in a data processing system, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer-usable medium having computer-usable program code embodied therein, the computer-usable program code comprising:
- computer-usable program code for providing a set of sample digital resources, each sample digital resource being associated with metadata describing its content, the metadata including fields having associated metadata values;
- computer-usable program code for enabling a user to select at least one sample digital resource from the set;
- computer-usable program code for displaying to the user at least one metadata value of the at least one sample digital resource;
- computer-usable program code for enabling the user to select at least a portion of the at least one metadata value;
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- computer-usable program code for retrieving a digital resource having at least one metadata value substantially matching the selected at least one metadata value of the sample digital resource.
A system for searching digital content in a data processing system, the system comprising:
- a workpad to provide a set of sample digital resources and enable a user to select at least one sample digital resource from the set, each sample digital resource being associated with metadata describing its content, the metadata including fields having associated metadata values;
- a viewer to display to the user at least one metadata value of the at least one sample digital resource and enable the user to select at least a portion of the at least one metadata value;
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- an explorer to retrieve a digital resource having at least one metadata value substantially matching the selected at least one metadata value of the sample digital resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.