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Digital library system
Assignee: University of Southern California
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Filing: 1998-11-02
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Granted: 2000-07-18
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Expires: 2018-11-02
Abstract
Abstract The invention is a digital library system that includes: 1) a data capture mechanism that includes data transfer and cataloguing mechanisms, 2) an asset management system for access and storage management of data, and 3) a distribution system for distributing the data and system functionality. A data capture system includes a transfer system and a cataloguing system. The transfer system converts multimedia material that exists in analog form to a digital format. The cataloguing system catalogues data. The cataloguing system creates a catalogue that can be used to perform content-based searches. A content-based search retrieves data based on the ideas or concepts contained in the data. An asset management system is used to access the data using the catalogue created by the cataloguing system. A distribution facility can be used to transmit the data thus giving a user access to all of the data contained in the digital library system despite the user's location.
Inventors
- 👤 Samuel Gustman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 12:36
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/40; G06F16/48; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/912; Y10S707/913; Y10S707/917; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99936; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99943; Y10S707/99944
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
49 words
A digital library system comprising: a catalouging system having a catalogue of multimedia data comprising at least one catalogue element associated with a plurality of keywords identifying said multimedia data; an access management system coupled to said cataloguing system; and a distribution system coupled to said access management system.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
49 words
A digital library system comprising: a catalouging system having a catalogue of multimedia data comprising at least one catalogue element associated with a plurality of keywords identifying said multimedia data; an access management system coupled to said cataloguing system; and a distribution system coupled to said access management system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
The digital library system of claim 1 wherein said access management system further comprises: a browser; a text interface coupled to said browser; an indexing server coupled to said text interface; a first media interface coupled to said browser; an archive server coupled to said media interface; a second media interface coupled to said browser; and a method player coupled to said second media interface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The system of claim 2 wherein said indexing server comprises: a database management system (DBMS); a plurality of catalogue elements coupled to said DBMS; and a plurality of attributes and attribute elements coupled to said plurality of catalogue elements.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system of claim 3 wherein said text interface contains operations for querying said plurality of catalogue elements and said plurality af attributes and attribute elements.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of claim 2 further comprising a tertiary storage manager coupled to said archive server.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 5 wherein said tertiary storage manager is a cache manager.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
61 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said distribution system further comprises: a main site wherein said main site comprises permanent storage for the multimedia data in said digital library system; and a plurality of remote sites coupled to said main site wherein said remote sites comprise temporary storage for some or all of said multimedia data in said digital library system.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 7 wherein said plurality of remote sites further comprise an instance of said asset management system.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 7 wherein said main site further comprises an instance of said asset management system.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The system of claim 7 wherein said temporary storage is a cache.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 7 wherein said temporary storage is a named cache.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The digital library of claim 7 wherein said plurality of remote sites are connected over a wide area network.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The digital library of claim 12 wherein said wide area network is the internet.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
65 words
A digital library system comprising: a catalouging system having a catalogue of multimedia data comprising at least one catalogue element associated with a plurality of keywords identifying said multimedia data, said plurality of keywords being interrelated by one or more of associative, whole-part, and inheritance relationships; an access management system coupled to said cataloguing system; and a distribution system coupled to said access management system.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
65 words
A digital library system comprising: a catalouging system having a catalogue of multimedia data comprising at least one catalogue element associated with a plurality of keywords identifying said multimedia data, said plurality of keywords being interrelated by one or more of associative, whole-part, and inheritance relationships; an access management system coupled to said cataloguing system; and a distribution system coupled to said access management system.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
The digital library system of claim 14 wherein said catalouging system is configured to perform the step of: receiving textual information as input.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
The digital library of claim 14 further comprising a transfer system configured to convert said multimedia data from analog format to digital format.
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