Interesting that it says a lot of companies are currently using technologies that may be covered by these patents
http://chronicle.com/article/Video-Indexing-Patents/64638/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en "Video-Indexing Patents, Developed for Holocaust Archive, Head to Auction Block By Goldie Blumenstyk The organization founded by Steven Spielberg that has collected and archived video testimonies from nearly 52,000 Holocaust survivors and liberators is preparing to auction off commercial rights to the patented technology<http://chronicle.com/article/An-Index-of-Horror/31033/>it developed for indexing and searching vast libraries of video. The Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, which became part <http://chronicle.com/article/Holocaust-Stories-Move-to-A/33299/> of the University of Southern California in 2006, is using a company called Ocean Tomo to sell the commercial rights to its 11 key patents. The patents were issued at different times and the earliest ones will expire about six years from now. The institute will retain rights for noncommercial uses for the indexing and searching technology, and will continue to allow others to use the technology for education and research..." -- ~ Caleb Clark - Program Director, Marlboro College Graduate School: http://gradcenter.marlboro.edu/academics/mat/faculty - Portfolio: http://www.plocktau.com "The problem with communication is the assumption it has been accomplished." - G. B. Shaw. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
