System and method for content retrieval
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsCurtis G. Wong, Steven M. Drucker
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Abstract
A content retrieval system is provided. The system includes a communications signal analyzing system for receiving a communications signal and decoding the signal to generate key search terms associated with the communications signal. A search engine system performs a content based search using the key search terms. A display system displays search results from the search engine system concurrently with displaying an output corresponding to the communications signal.
Claims27
A content retrieval system comprising:
- a communications signal analyzing system which receives a communications signal and acts on the signal to generate key search terms associated with the communications signal;
- a search engine system that performs dynamic content-based Internet searches in response to the generation of key search terms;
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- a displays system which displays search results from the search engine system concurrently with displaying an output corresponding to the communications signal.
A content retrieval system comprising:
- means for analyzing for receiving a communications signal and analyzing the signal to generate key search terms associated with the communications signal;
- means for performing dynamic content based searches using the key search terms;
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- means for displaying search results from the search engine system concurrently with displaying an output corresponding to the communications signal.
A method for obtaining content associated with a communication comprising:
- receiving the communication;
- analyzing the communication and generating one or more key search terms corresponding to the communication;
- performing an Internet based search using the key search terms for content relating to the communication, wherein the search is initiated upon generation of one or more search terms;
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- displaying results of the search to the user concurrently with outputting the communication to the user.
A content retrieval system comprising:
- a closed captioned information decoding system which receives closed captioned information associated with a communications signal and decoding the closed captioned information;
- a keyword generating system which receives decoded closed captioned information from the closed captioned information decoding system to generate key search terms associated with the communications signal;
- a search engine system which performs one or more content based searches using the key search terms in response to the generation thereof;
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- a display system which displays search results from the search engine system concurrently with displaying an output corresponding to the communications signal.
A content retrieval system comprising:
- an audio decoding system which receives audio information associated with a communications signal and decoding the audio information;
- a keyword generating system which receives decoded audio information from the audio decoding system to generate key search teams associated with the communications signal;
- a search engine system which performs one or more content based searches using the key search terms in response to the generation thereof;
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- a display system which displays search results from the search engine system concurrently with displaying an output corresponding to the communications signal.
A content retrieval system comprising:
- an image decoding system which receives image information associated with a communications signal and decoding the image information;
- a keyword generating system which receives decoded image information from the image decoding system to generate key search terms associated with the communications signal;
- a search engine system which performs one or more content based searches using the key search terms in response to the generation thereof;
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- a display system which displays search results from the search engine system concurrently with displaying an output corresponding to the communications signal.
A content retrieval system comprising:
- a communications signal analyzing system which receives a communications signal and acting on the signal to generate key search terms associated with the communications signal;
- a search engine system which performs a content based search over the Internet using and in response to the generation of key search terms;
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- a display system which displays search results from the search engine system concurrently with displaying an output corresponding to the communications signal, the display system comprising at least a first computer system and a second computer system.
A portable computing system operative to be employed in connection with a content retrieval system, the content retrieval system including a communications signal analyzing system which receives a communications signal and acting on the signal to generate key search terms associated with the communications signal;
- and a search engine system which performs a dynamic content based search over the Internet using one or more generated key search terms, the portable computing system comprising:
- a first component for receiving search results from the content retrieval system;
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- a second component for concurrently displaying and/or storing at least a portion of the search results with the received communications signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.