EP 1188310 A1 20020320 - METHOD AND SYSTEM UTILIZING TEXT SELECTED ON A WEB PAGE FOR SEARCHING IN A DATABASE OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Title (en)
METHOD AND SYSTEM UTILIZING TEXT SELECTED ON A WEB PAGE FOR SEARCHING IN A DATABASE OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM UM UNTER BENUTZUNG VON AUF EINER WEBSEITE MARKIERTEM TEXT IN EINER DATENBANK VON FERNSEHPROGRAMMEN ZU SUCHEN
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET SYSTEME UTILISANT UN TEXTE SELECTIONNE SUR UNE PAGE WEB POUR EFFECTUER UNE RECHERCHE DANS UNE BASE DE DONNEES D'EMISSIONS DE TELEVISION
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0014952 W 20000530
- US 13672099 P 19990528
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0074377A1] A method using a computer of selecting search text and conducting a database search by providing a user with a selection pointer to select text from a web page or other document, receiving the text selected by the user with the selection pointer (10), creating search strings from the text that the user selected (12), searching for information in a database that correlates to the created search strings (14), and communicating the correlating information in the database to the user (16). The database may contain television program information, and a television or video recording device may be timed to a selected program.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G06F 16/78 (2018.12 - EP US); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/47 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/4782 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/84 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/454 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/4753 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 0074377A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0074377 A1 20001207; AU 5174900 A 20001218; AU 769098 B2 20040115; BR 0011560 A 20020521; CA 2375833 A1 20001207; CN 1358389 A 20020710; EP 1188310 A1 20020320; JP 2003505756 A 20030212; KR 20020007423 A 20020126; MX PA01012341 A 20020812
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0014952 W 20000530; AU 5174900 A 20000530; BR 0011560 A 20000530; CA 2375833 A 20000530; CN 00809519 A 20000530; EP 00936434 A 20000530; JP 2001511328 A 20000530; KR 20017015292 A 20011128; MX PA01012341 A 20000530