US 7,519,237 B2
Method for characterizing stored information
Joachim Gloger, Bibertal (Germany); and Stefan Hahn, Ulm (Germany)
Assigned to Daimler AG, Stuttgart (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/469,611
PCT Filed Feb. 28, 2002, PCT No. PCT/EP02/02171
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jan. 12, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO02/086806, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 101 10 275 (DE), filed on Mar. 02, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2004/0111434 A1, Jun. 10, 2004
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 382—305  [382/115; 382/209; 707/1] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for characterizing a pattern present as stored information, the method comprising:
generating a characterizing proposal for the pattern automatically based upon the pattern using a server computer system, the pattern being on the server computer in electronic form;
presenting the pattern in electronic form and the characterizing proposal to a client computer using a computer program via the Internet so as to enable a user to perform an evaluation of the characterizing proposal; and
receiving an evaluation input from the user at the server computer system, the evaluation input being one of an acceptance input of the characterizing proposal and a rejection input of the characterizing proposal, wherein the rejection input includes an alternative characterizing proposal for the pattern.