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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2004
Matthijs A. Gates, Wellesley, MA (US);
John Bradstreet, Sammamish, WA (US);
Glenn F. Evans, Kirkland, WA (US);
Luke Wabaunsee Mccullough, Seattle, WA (US);
Rebecca C. Weiss, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Matthijs A. Gates, Wellesley, MA (US);
John Bradstreet, Sammamish, WA (US);
Glenn F. Evans, Kirkland, WA (US);
Luke Wabaunsee McCullough, Seattle, WA (US);
Rebecca C. Weiss, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for arbitrarily indexing multimedia content. In accordance with example embodiments, a multimedia content stream that comprises one or more samples is received. At least one of the samples is passed to one or more multimedia filters for analysis based on criteria that define an index type for the multimedia filter. Once it is determined that the sample meets the criteria for an arbitrary filter and index type, an index entry that identifies both the sample and the index type of the arbitrary filter is created. The index entry is adapted in accordance with a common, extensible indexing scheme to coexist with other index entries of other or the same index type for the sample. The created index entry is stored for subsequent access.