(i9) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication oo) Pub. No.: US 2006/0218126 Al
De Ruijter et al. (43) Pub. Date: Sep. 28,2006
(54) DATA RETRIEVAL METHOD AND SYSTEM
(76) Inventors: Hendrikus Albertus Adrianus Maria De Ruijter, Eindhoven (NL); Jaap Andre Haitsma, Eindhoven (NL); Arnoldus Johannes Lucas Maria Maandonks, Eindhoven (NL)
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A method of obtaining data associated with a content item, comprising the steps of obtaining (32) an identifier for the content item, performing (33) a database lookup to obtain the data using the identifier and submitting (37) the content item to an output (210) for processing by a human (200) if the database lookup fails to obtain the data, characterized by a step (35) of automatically classifying the content item into one of a number of classes, and by performing at least one of the other steps conditionally based upon the classification of the content item. In an embodiment the content item is submitted to the output only if (36) the database lookup fails to obtain the data and the content item was classified into one of a number of predetermined classes. Also a server (300) and a computer program product arranged to carry out the method.
