US 6,574,638 B1
Method and apparatus for cataloguing multimedia data using surveying dataGeneral
US 6,574,638 B1
Method and apparatus for cataloguing multimedia data using surveying data
Tech Center:
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Examiner:
Diane D. Mizrahi
Art Unit:
2175 Graphical User Interface and Document Processing
Agent:
Inventors:
Samuel Gustman; Barbara DeLury
Assignee:
Priority:
09/12/00
Filed:
09/12/00
Granted:
06/03/03
Expiration:
04/25/21
Abstract
A method and apparatus is described wherein survey data collected from different survey versions may be retained in a cohesive data, or knowledge, base that may be used to catalogue multimedia data. A survey schema is defined that comprises survey elements that may be used to define surveys and capture survey data. In one or more embodiments of the invention, survey data may be linked to a multimedia cataloguing system. The linked survey data may be used alone or in combination with the cataloguing system to retrieve multimedia data.