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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Michael Reed, Chicago, IL (US);
Greg Bestick, San Mateo, CA (US);
Carol Greenhalgh, Austin, TX (US);
Norman J. Bastin, Chicago, IL (US);
Ron Carlton, San Marcos, CA (US);
Stanley D. Frank, Chicago, IL (US);
Dale Good, Evanston, IL (US);
Neil Holman, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Carl Holzman, Chicago, IL (US);
Ann Jensen, Austin, TX (US);
Harold Kester, San Diego, CA (US);
Dave Meatman, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Edwardo Munevar, San Diego, CA (US);
Derryl Rogers, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Gail B. Maatman, Hollidaysburg, PA (US);
Michael Reed, Chicago, IL (US);
Greg Bestick, San Mateo, CA (US);
Carol Greenhalgh, Austin, TX (US);
Norman J. Bastin, Chicago, IL (US);
Ron Carlton, San Marcos, CA (US);
Stanley D. Frank, Chicago, IL (US);
Dale Good, Evanston, IL (US);
Neil Holman, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Carl Holzman, Chicago, IL (US);
Ann Jensen, Austin, TX (US);
Harold Kester, San Diego, CA (US);
Dave Meatman, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Edwardo Munevar, San Diego, CA (US);
Derryl Rogers, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Gail B. Maatman, Hollidaysburg, PA (US);
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A database search system that retrieves multimedia information in a flexible, user friendly system. The search system uses a multimedia database consisting of text, picture, audio and animated data. That database is searched through multiple graphical and textual entry paths. Those entry paths include an idea search, a title finder search, a topic tree search, a picture explorer search, a history timeline search, a world atlas search, a researcher's assistant search, and a feature articles search.