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Improvements in and relating to multi-media management systems

CA 2437792 A1 · Owner: Accenture Global Services Gmbh · Inventors: Cotton, Mark David; Holmes, Christopher David; Brown, Dave

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The present invention concerns a multi-media management system comprising an electronic processor for controlling access to stored multi-media assets utilising a database, the database containing a plurality of individual media objects the instantiations of which include video images still images and , text; a server for enabling the stored assets to be accessed via the database by an outside user via a communications network and an electronic processor , controlled taxonomy system allowing a user to access the stored assets via the server, the taxonomy system linking categories of media objects in the database in a hierarchical tree system formed of nodes with each node representing …

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  • Filed February 8, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 8, 2022.
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FiledFebruary 8, 2002
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedFebruary 8, 2022
Patent numberCA 2437792 A1
Classification (IPC)G06F17/30

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