Patent ID: 6034925
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G11B,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for identifying the information content of a prerecorded medium comprising the steps of:determining a characteristic profile of said information content of said prerecorded medium;accessing a data storage device having a plurality of stored characteristic profiles, each of said stored characteristic profiles being associated with an information content indicia;searching said plurality of stored characteristic profiles for one of said plurality of stored characteristic profiles having a first parameter substantially matching a second parameter associated with said determined characteristic profile;adjusting said second parameter associated with said determined characteristic profile for producing a modified parameter in response to the step of searching failing to find said one of said plurality of stored characteristic profiles having said first parameter substantially matching said second parameter;searching said plurality of stored characteristic profiles for one of said plurality of stored characteristic profiles having said first parameter substantially matching said modified parameter; andretrieving said information content indicia associated with said one of said plurality of stored characteristic profiles having said first parameter substantially matching said modified parameter.