Patent ID: 7664738
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A search system configured to search for multimedia contents on the basis of a search instruction input from a user terminal, the system comprising: a plurality of storage servers configured to store the multimedia contents having one or more attribute information including at least one of a text attribute, an image attribute and a layout attribute; a keyword search server configured to store a first management table and perform a text search based on the text attribute registered in the first management table; an image search server configured to store a second management table and perform an image search based on the image attribute registered in the second management table; a layout search server configured to store a third management table and perform a layout search based on the layout attribute registered in the third management table; a communication network to which the user terminal and said plurality of storage servers, said keyword search server, said image search server and said layout search server connect; a metadata search server configured to extract attribute information from a multimedia content to be registered to the system, and register the attribute information to one of the first management table stored in the keyword search server, the second management table stored in the image search server, and the third management table stored in the layout search server to search the attribute information extracted by the metadata search server; reception means for receiving the search instruction from the user terminal, wherein the search instruction includes one or more attribute information; requesting means for requesting the keyword search server, the image search server and the layout search server to search for each of the attribute information included in the search instruction; integration means for collecting and integrating search results based on the search instruction, from the keyword search server and the image search server requested by the requesting means; and transmission means for transmitting the search results integrated by said integration means to the user terminal.