| 6715126 |
Efficient streaming of synchronized web content from multiple sources |
| Mar-30-2004 |
A method is described for efficiently delivering a presentation of web content comprised of a media, such as audio or video content, having defined time increments, together with one or more other content... |
| 6711714 |
Linearization of framesets for audibly rendering frames |
| Mar-23-2004 |
A method for linearizing framesets for audibly rendering structured document frames, in accordance with the present invention, includes accessing a document including a frameset. Frames of the frameset... |
| 6708148 |
Correction device to mark parts of a recognized text |
| Mar-16-2004 |
In a correction device (3, 4) for correcting a text (ET) recognized by a speech recognition device (2) from a spoken text (GT), marking means (12, 15, 17) are provided for storing marking information (WMI)... |
| 6694485 |
Enhanced viewing of hypertext markup language file |
| Feb-17-2004 |
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for correctly positioning the text of a hypertext markup language (html) file on a display screen linked to a computer such that there are no partial... |
| 6694482 |
System and methods for an architectural framework for design of an adaptive, personalized, interactive content delivery system |
| Feb-17-2004 |
System and methods for creating and delivering interactive multimedia content that can dynamically adapt to at least one user. At least one user model is created for at least one user. The at least one... |
| 6691140 |
Method and system for multidimensional storage model with interdimensional links |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A multidimensional storage model includes a set of non-sparse entries for each of a plurality of dimensions. The non-sparse entries each identify an associated data value. A set of interdimensional links... |
| 6687664 |
Audio-visual scrubbing system |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A method and apparatus for an audio scrubbing system for synchronizing audio to an asynchronous clock while preserving pitch utilizes a phase-vocoder to implement time-scaling without pitch-shifting. |
| 6683619 |
System and method for increasing performance when compositing images |
| Jan-27-2004 |
A system and method for increasing the performance of a compositing system when compositing images represented as a directed acyclic graph. The method comprises identifying at least one critical path,... |
| 6675353 |
Methods and systems for generating XML documents |
| Jan-6-2004 |
Methods and systems are described for generating an XML document that do not require a hierarchical tree structure to be built and stored in memory in order for the document to be built. In one embodiment,... |
| 6675352 |
Method of and apparatus for editing annotation command data |
| Jan-6-2004 |
An annotation command data for annotating a displayed image is in the form of an original data block having a first data area holding an initial state for the displayed image and a second data area holding... |
| 6675350 |
System for collecting and displaying summary information from disparate sources |
| Jan-6-2004 |
A system is described for collecting and displaying summary information from disparate sources. The system provides for user customization of data acquisition parameters for locating articles to be summarized,... |
| 6672212 |
Single print job emulation of multiple TIFF files |
| Jan-6-2004 |
Methods and apparatus for printing multiple TIFF files as a single print job are disclosed. Multiple-TIFF-file data is concatenated into a single stream, without completely merging the data into a single... |
| 6665835 |
Real time media journaler with a timing event coordinator |
| Dec-16-2003 |
A media journaling method and apparatus provides an ability for capturing an event, such as a seminar style presentation with visual aids, in real-time and coordinating other related events as they occur,... |
| 6665667 |
Method of and an apparatus for retrieving and delivering documents and a recording media on which a program for retrieving and delivering documents are stored |
| Dec-16-2003 |
Retrieval conditions inputted from a plurality of users are registered. According to the retrieval conditions, a retrieval is conducted for a text inputted. As a result of the retrieval, similarity of... |
| 6654931 |
Systems and methods for playing, browsing and interacting with MPEG-4 coded audio-visual objects |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A number of novel configurations for MPEG-4 playback, browsing and user interaction are disclosed. MPEG-4 playback systems are not simple extensions of MPEG-2 playback systems, but, due to object based... |
| 6654930 |
Video script editor |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A sequence of video frames is assembled from video clips. The frames have time codes associated therewith. It is desired to match sections of the text (T1, T2) to corresponding sections (V1, V2) of the... |
| 6654742 |
Method and system for document collection final search result by arithmetical operations between search results sorted by multiple ranking metrics |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A method and a system for sorting a specific collection of documents in various orderings, and defining a new ranking metrics by composing multiple ranking to provide a user with highly relevant search... |
| 6647535 |
Methods and systems for real-time storyboarding with a web page and graphical user interface for automatic video parsing and browsing |
| Nov-11-2003 |
Systems and methods to enable real-time and near real-time storyboarding on the World Wide Web in addition to a graphical user interface for video parsing and browsing the of the storyboard. Specifically,... |
| 6642940 |
Management of properties for hyperlinked video |
| Nov-4-2003 |
The process of identifying and associating information with objects in a hyperlinked video sequence is automated by creating an accessible list of object information, including semantic representations,... |
| 6638313 |
Document stream operating system |
| Oct-28-2003 |
A document stream operating system and method is disclosed in which: (1) documents are stored in one or more chronologically ordered streams; (2) the location and nature of file storage is transparent... |
| 6636237 |
Method for creating and synchronizing links to objects in a video |
| Oct-21-2003 |
The subject invention provides a method of providing information to a viewer of a video through a video player (14) on a display such as a computer screen or television screen. A program allows an operator... |
| 6626954 |
Information processing apparatus/method and presentation medium |
| Sep-30-2003 |
A browser generates a sound of track 0 recorded in a MIDI file named music.mid. A Sony_AudioClip node receives data of the music.mid file as an event, outputting the data from a musicData field thereof... |
| 6625620 |
Method and apparatus for the management of file attachments in a groupware oriented system |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A method and network for managing attachments in applications. The method comprises the steps of creating a plurality of attachment databases to contain said attachments; and embedding an attachment engine... |
| 6625503 |
Personal preference information communication method and apparatus |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A method of setting user control preferences where a personal communication device communicates user control preferences to a control device. The control device controls the controllable attributes of... |
| 6620205 |
System and method for distribution and navigation of internet content |
| Sep-16-2003 |
A system and method for navigating Internet content with a limited or non-existent return channel, limited bandwidth and/or a set-top box with limited processing power. |
| 6616700 |
Method and apparatus for converting video to multiple markup-language presentations |
| Sep-9-2003 |
A system is described for converting full motion video (102) into multiple markup language (HTML, WML, BHTML) presentations (140) targeted to different devices (144-152) and users. The markup language... |
| 6602297 |
Motional video browsing data structure and browsing method therefor |
| Aug-5-2003 |
A motional video browsing data structure based upon character relations is disclosed for a system and method of video browsing. In the present invention, the character relation information by which relations... |
| 6598059 |
System and method of identifying and resolving conflicts among versions of a database table |
| Jul-22-2003 |
A version control system is described for use in connection with a database management system to facilitate versioning of a database table, the system including a database table and a version control module.... |
| 6578056 |
Efficient data transfer mechanism for synchronization of multi-media databases |
| Jun-10-2003 |
Disclosed is a system for performing online data queries. The system for performing online data queries is a distributed computer system with a plurality of server nodes each fully redundant and capable... |
| 6578053 |
Document management system and document management method applied thereto |
| Jun-10-2003 |
A document management system records an operation history associated with an electronic document. When output of a document is instructed, it is determined whether an output history associated with the... |
| 6577324 |
Video and audio multimedia pop-up documentation by performing selected functions on selected topics |
| Jun-10-2003 |
An audiovisual help documentation system for applications running on a multimedia computer workstation or personal computer includes a graphical documentation interface which allows a user to easily access... |
| 6572660 |
Method and system for creating hyperlinks and hyperlinked documents from the direct manipulation of information ("Drag and link" operation) |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A method and system for creating hyperlinks and hyperlinked documents from the direct manipulation of information in a hypermedia processing system, or the like, in a fashion that requires little effort... |
| 6564263 |
Multimedia content description framework |
| May-13-2003 |
A framework is provided for describing multimedia content and a system in which a plurality of multimedia storage devices employing the content description methods of the present invention can interoperate.... |
| 6549902 |
Database managing device |
| Apr-15-2003 |
An information processing device creates a dirty bit indicative of an update state for each combination of sharing bags between parties. A database processing section updates the dirty bit of a tip by... |
| 6549898 |
Method of and an apparatus for retrieving and delivering documents and a recording media on which a program for retrieving and delivering documents are stored |
| Apr-15-2003 |
Retrieval conditions inputted from a plurality of users are registered. According to the retrieval conditions, a retrieval is conducted for a text inputted. As a result of the retrieval, similarity of... |
| 6549897 |
Method and system for calculating phrase-document importance |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A method and system for generating a weight for phrases within each document in a collection of documents. Each document has terms such as words and numbers. Each phrase comprises component terms. Each... |
| 6544294 |
Method and apparatus for creating, editing, and displaying works containing presentation metric components utilizing temporal relationships and structural tracks |
| Apr-8-2003 |
The invention comprises a computer-based system for creating, editing, and displaying works such as, for example, books, screenplays, speeches, or multimedia works, that include textual components that... |
| 6544293 |
Media editing system with improved effect management |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A media editing system and method stores a plurality of versions of a media object, associates the versions of the media object with the media object, and displays to a user a list of identifiers of the... |
| 6532479 |
Data replication for front office automation |
| Mar-11-2003 |
Replication for front office automation involves the use of snapshots that are instantiated on laptops, in which refreshing the snapshots is driven from a master site with a high-performance protocol.... |
| 6529921 |
Dynamic synchronization of tables |
| Mar-4-2003 |
Each node in a network accessing a common database caches a copy of the database tables it uses and updates those tables based on changes made by other nodes in a coherent cache, i.e., those node that... |
| 6529920 |
Multimedia linking device and method |
| Mar-4-2003 |
A multimedia linking device automatically links user notations (e.g., handwritten notes) made on a page to time-varying data (e.g., audio). Consequently, a user can take notes while observing a multimedia... |
| 6526398 |
Generating labels indicating gaps in retrieval of electronic documents |
| Feb-25-2003 |
A method and apparatus for document management including assigning labels to gaps in document production. The gaps may correspond to events that caused an individual to begin and/or cease production/modification... |
| 6523024 |
Methods for retrieving database with image information |
| Feb-18-2003 |
In a DB retrieval method, a two-step retrieval including quantitative and qualitative retrievals is interactively performed so that, through the operation of image information (e.g. map information) having... |
| 6513065 |
Enterprise management system and method which includes summarization having a plurality of levels of varying granularity |
| Jan-28-2003 |
A system and method for summarizing metric data with a plurality of levels of varying granularity. The system preferably comprises a distributed computing environment, i.e., an enterprise, which comprises... |
| 6505197 |
System and method for automatically and iteratively mining related terms in a document through relations and patterns of occurrences |
| Jan-7-2003 |
A computer program product is provided as an automatic mining system to identify a set of related terms on the World Wide Web that define a relationship, using the duality concept. Specifically, the mining... |
| 6487565 |
Updating animated images represented by scene graphs |
| Nov-26-2002 |
Each frame in an animated graphics sequence has a hierarchical scene graph. Graph elements have creation timestamps that mark them as dirty, requiring rendering, or constant, not requiring rendering anew... |
| 6487564 |
Multimedia playing apparatus utilizing synchronization of scenario-defined processing time points with playing of finite-time monomedia item |
| Nov-26-2002 |
A multimedia playing apparatus plays hypermedia titles each consisting of a plurality of monomedia objects including at least one finite time monomedia object such as a video object, which is formatted... |
| 6473096 |
Device and method for generating scenario suitable for use as presentation materials |
| Oct-29-2002 |
Described herein are a device and a method of generating a scenario used for presentation materials. A descriptive operation input part is used to perform descriptive operation while contents retained... |
| 6470235 |
Authoring system and method, and storage medium used therewith |
| Oct-22-2002 |
In an authoring system, a user creates and edits a scenario for a robot by using a GUI screen and a mouse. An authoring tool converts the scenario into a mnemonic code called "RCODE". When an RCODE action-control... |
| 6467078 |
Program development system, method for developing programs and storage medium storing programs for development of programs |
| Oct-15-2002 |
There is disclosed a program development system, a method for developing programs and a storage medium storing programs for development of programs by which the reduction in development periods of a program... |
