Inventors:
Michael Reed - Chicago IL, US
Greg Bestick - San Mateo CA, US
Carol Greenhalgh - Austin TX, US
Norman J. Bastin - Chicago IL, US
Ron Carlton - San Marcos CA, US
Stanley D. Frank - Chicago IL, US
Dale Good - Evanston IL, US
Neil Holman - Buffalo Grove IL, US
Carl Holzman - Chicago IL, US
Ann Jensen - Austin TX, US
Harold Kester - San Diego CA, US
Dave Meatman - Solana Beach CA, US
Edwardo Munevar - San Diego CA, US
Derryl Rogers - Carlsbad CA, US
Gail B. Maatman - Hollidaysburg PA, US
Assignee:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. - Chicago IL
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
Abstract:
A database search system that retrieves multimedia information in a flexible, user friendly system. The search system uses a multimedia database consisting of text, picture, audio and animated data. That database is searched through multiple graphical and textual entry paths. Those entry paths include an idea search, a title finder search, a topic tree search, a picture explorer search, a history timeline search, a world atlas search, a researcher's assistant search, and a feature articles search.