Method For Sending Multimedia Bookmarks Over A Network

Abstract

A method and system are provided for tagging, indexing, searching, retrieving, manipulating, and editing video images on a wide area network such as the Internet. A first set of methods is provided for enabling users to add bookmarks to multimedia files, such as movies, and audio files, such as music. The multimedia bookmark facilitates the searching of portions or segments of multimedia files, particularly when used in conjunction with a search engine. Additional methods are provided that reformat a video image for use on a variety of devices that have a wide range of resolutions by selecting some material (in the case of smaller resolutions) or more material (in the case of larger resolutions) from the same multimedia file. Still more methods are provided for interrogating images that contain textual information (in graphical form) so that the text may be copied to a tag or bookmark that can itself be indexed and searched to facilitate later retrieval via a search engine.

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         67 . A method for sending a multimedia bookmark between devices over a wireless network, the method comprising: 
 submitting a multimedia bookmark to a video bookmark message service center by a sending device;    acknowledging receipt of the multimedia bookmark by the video bookmark message service center to the sending device;    requesting routing information for a recipient device from a home location register by the video bookmark message service center;    receiving the routing information from the home location register by the video bookmark message service center;    invoking a send multimedia bookmark at a mobile switching center;    sending the multimedia bookmark to a recipient device by the mobile switching center;    acknowledging receipt of the multimedia bookmark by the recipient device; and    notifying the video bookmark message service center when the multimedia bookmark has been received by the recipient device.    
     
     
         68 . The method of  claim 67  further comprising the sending and recipient devices including wireless devices.  
     
     
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