Patent ID: 8655878
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a distributed reference multimedia database, the method comprising: splitting a reference multimedia database into a first identifiable portion and a second identifiable portion; storing the first identifiable portion at a first search server and the second identifiable portion at a second search server; assigning a first query to the first search server based on the first identifiable portion stored therein and a second query to the second search server based on the second identifiable portion stored therein; and searching for the first query at the first search server in parallel with the second query at the second search server to find a first content stored in the first identifiable portion and a second content stored in the second identifiable portion that have a close match to the associated first query and to the associated second query; generating a hash key array from fingerprint signatures and metadata of multimedia content stored in the reference multimedia database; splitting the hash key array into a first hash key array for the first identifiable portion and a second hash key array for the second identifiable portion; storing the first hash key array in the first server to provide link reference addresses to multimedia content stored in the first server; and storing the second hash key array in the second server to provide link reference addresses to multimedia content stored in the second server.