Search engine for video and graphics
AssigneeGemstar Development Corporation
InventorHenry C. Yuen
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Abstract
A method of selecting graphic or video files having corresponding locators used to locate such graphic or video files using a computer. Identifiers are created by searching an area within a web page near a graphic or video file for searchable identification terms and searching an area within a web page near links to a graphic or video for searchable identification terms. The identifiers are stored in a database. User requests for graphic or video file content are received and the database of identifiers is searched to find graphic and video files corresponding criteria of the user. Graphic or video file content is then provided to the user.
Claims1
A method of searching for graphic or video files having corresponding locators used to locate such graphic or video files using a computer, comprising:
- creating an identifier of searchable file information from identifier information related to a video file, the identifier information comprising a video segment identifier;
- storing the identifier and the locator for the video file in a database;
- receiving search criteria;
- searching the identifiers in the database;
- and
- sending or displaying the results of the search.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.