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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Stacie L. Hibino, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark D. Wood, Penfield, NY (US);
Stacie L. Hibino, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark D. Wood, Penfield, NY (US);
Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A method for searching a database of digital media assets that has been indexed according to a set of general indexers. The method includes receiving a search query and defining specialized search conditions by identifying one or more elements of the search query corresponding to one or more specialized indexers. General search conditions are defined by identifying elements of the search query corresponding to the general indexers. A subset of the digital media assets are identified by applying the general search conditions, and the subset of the digital media assets is indexed using the identified specialized indexers. The subset of the digital media assets are ranked by applying the specialized search conditions.