Retrieving information from the Web is becoming a common practice for internet users.
However, the size and heterogeneity of the Web challenge the effectiveness of classical …

An intelligent electronic appliance preferably includes a user interface, data input and/or
output port, and an intelligent processor. A preferred embodiment comprises a set top box …

An intelligent media device, comprising a packet data communications interface; a media
communication interface for receiving audio and/or video data; a digital memory for …

We describe a highly functional prototype system for searching by visual features in an
image database. The VisualSEEk system is novel in that the user forms the queries by …

An intelligent electronic appliance preferably includes a user interface, data input and/or
output port, and an intelligent processor. A preferred embodiment comprises a set top box …

An Internet appliance, comprising, within a single housing, packet data network interfaces,
adapted for communicating with the Internet and a local area network, at least one data …

An apparatus for processing digital media signals, comprising a digital processor for
controlling the apparatus; a graphic user interface, having a wireless remote control …

The problem of finding the closest point in high-dimensional spaces is common in pattern
recognition. Unfortunately, the complexity of most existing search algorithms, such as kd tree …

A system comprising a user-analysis component that examines at least one user action and
content associated with the action, and an advertisement delivery component that …

Storage and retrieval of multimedia has become a requirement for many contemporary
information systems. These systems need to provide browsing, querying, navigation, and …