| 6460057 |
Data object management system |
| Oct-1-2002 |
An interactive voice response (IVR) system comprises many different application objects which combine to deliver a voice application. These objects typically include IVR programs or scripts, prompts or... |
| 6460056 |
Method and apparatus for displaying sign language images corresponding to input information |
| Oct-1-2002 |
In order to provide an image display method and apparatus capable of displaying images corresponding to document data or speech data, image data (such as sign language images) are stored in an image dictionary... |
| 6448979 |
Printed medium activated interactive communication of multimedia information, including advertising |
| Sep-10-2002 |
The present invention describes a revolutionary new device bridging the gap between the virtual multimedia-based Internet world and the real world, best exemplified by print media. More particularly, the... |
| 6442573 |
Method and apparatus for distributing picture mail to a frame device community |
| Aug-27-2002 |
A method and apparatus for distributing picture mail to a frame device community is described. The present invention comprises one or more interconnected frame devices. Each frame device has a display... |
| 6433784 |
System and method for automatic animation generation |
| Aug-13-2002 |
A system an method providing an easy to use tool for preparing animated characters for use on the Internet or in other environments. Requiring only limited user input and selection, the system and method... |
| 6430582 |
Goal seeking engine and method for generating custom media presentations |
| Aug-6-2002 |
A method of formatting at least one media file allows a user to build a custom media presentation according to parameters specified by the user. According to the method, a plurality of media clips are... |
| 6421692 |
Object-oriented multimedia [data routing system] presentation control system |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A technique for providing routing of various multimedia events throughout the course of a multimedia presentation using a computer with a storage and a display. A variety of multimedia objects are defined... |
| 6421470 |
Image processing apparatus and audio-coded recording media |
| Jul-16-2002 |
An image processing apparatus capable of simply and reliably handling two different forms of information, audio and image, as linked together in order to record the information on the same recording medium.... |
| 6415304 |
Waiting prior to engaging in action for enhancement of automated service |
| Jul-2-2002 |
Waiting prior to engaging an automated service, for enhancement thereof, is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method first determines an automated service to be performed. The method... |
| 6415303 |
Method and system for describing functionality of an interactive multimedia application for use on an interactive network |
| Jul-2-2002 |
A method is disclosed for describing functionality of an interactive multimedia application for use on an interactive network. The method includes the step of storing at least one composite description... |
| 6411971 |
Method and system for developing interactive multimedia applications for use on an interactive network |
| Jun-25-2002 |
A method and system for developing a multimedia application for use on an interactive network. The system implements the method steps of receiving a set of signals representing a multimedia asset, defining... |
| 6411289 |
Music visualization system utilizing three dimensional graphical representations of musical characteristics |
| Jun-25-2002 |
A computer system for producing a three dimensional illustration of a musical work includes determining for each sound of the musical work its tone, harmony and tonality. Each of these characteristics... |
| 6408315 |
Computer-based training system using digitally compressed and streamed multimedia presentations |
| Jun-18-2002 |
The present invention provides a system by which customized quality computer-based training ("CBT") can be presented over a global network such as the Internet with low development costs, low hosting costs,... |
| 6404978 |
Apparatus for creating a visual edit decision list wherein audio and video displays are synchronized with corresponding textual data |
| Jun-11-2002 |
An editing apparatus for creating an edit decision list by combining a plurality of video materials and/or audio materials in a sequence desired by an operator. Indicator marks are displayed with lengths... |
| 6404928 |
System for producing a quantized signal |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A system for producing a quantitized scaleable signal during a particular period of time in which the signal is digitized and is represented by a polynomial expression. The number of terms in the expression... |
| 6401102 |
Virtual geographic spatial object generating system |
| Jun-4-2002 |
A virtual geographic spatial object generating system which is capable of meeting various retrieval conditions requested from a client, wherein a profile ID for each user is read in response to a log-in... |
| 6400378 |
Home movie maker |
| Jun-4-2002 |
The home movie editor of the present invention provides a simple but effective user interface and control mechanism which enables the user to edit video. The editor is preferably operable on a personal... |
| 6397230 |
Real-time multimedia transmission |
| May-28-2002 |
A method for conveying a multimedia sequence from a source computer to a destination computer, including, providing an ordered series of data frames at the source computer, each data frame corresponding... |
| 6381620 |
Rich text medium displaying method and picture information providing system using calculated average reformatting time for multimedia objects |
| Apr-30-2002 |
A plurality of object expanding time-lengths, respectively required to expand an object of each rich text medium, are stored in a server for each output format. When a request indicating a particular multimedia... |
| 6381612 |
Link information maintenance and management method |
| Apr-30-2002 |
A link information management method which is capable of reducing the number of steps of a link maintenance processing of link information indicating a corresponding relationship between geographical information... |
| 6380950 |
Low bandwidth television |
| Apr-30-2002 |
The present invention is concerned with client-side production in a personal computer environment of low bandwidth images and audio. A series of low bandwidth still images along with a "script" and audio... |
| 6377281 |
Live performance control of computer graphic characters |
| Apr-23-2002 |
A method and apparatus are provided for performing a computer graphic character live in a manner homologous to a live puppetry performance. Character representation information is created and stored using... |
| 6370550 |
Control of multimedia information in audio/video/data system |
| Apr-9-2002 |
Multimedia components for reproducing/recording information in a data storage medium are controlled via a personal computer. By selecting graphical representations of the multimedia components and of their... |
| 6360234 |
Video cataloger system with synchronized encoders |
| Mar-19-2002 |
One aspect of the invention is directed to a system and method for video cataloging. The video is cataloged according to predefined or user definable metadata. The metadata is used to index and then retrieve... |
| 6356945 |
Method and apparatus including system architecture for multimedia communications |
| Mar-12-2002 |
A system architecture for multimedia communications comprises a bandwidth controller for continuously moderating the run-time status and/or condition changes of the telecommunications network and dynamically... |
| 6349286 |
System and method for automatic synchronization for multimedia presentations |
| Feb-19-2002 |
The present invention relates to a system and method for automatic synchronization in multimedia presentations. According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a data stream is compressed, delay... |
| 6342904 |
Creating a slide presentation from full motion video |
| Jan-29-2002 |
A method and apparatus is disclosed for converting audio-video data from a full motion video format to a slide show presentation with synchronised sound. The full motion video is received from a source,... |
| 6338059 |
Hyperlinked search interface for distributed database |
| Jan-8-2002 |
Real time creation of new hyperlinks in a hyperlinked database is performed. Responsive to user input, a word or other element is selected in a first page of the hyperlinked database. The selected word... |
| 6332147 |
Computer controlled display system using a graphical replay device to control playback of temporal data representing collaborative activities |
| Dec-18-2001 |
A system for controlling the playback of a recorded session utilizing a window acting as a player for playing back a timestream for a shared representation media, such as an electronic whiteboard. Timestream... |
| 6329984 |
User input routing with remote control application sharing |
| Dec-11-2001 |
A method for sharing control of a shared application with a client user. The method comprising transmitting a mouse capture indication to a client system if a host system detects a mouse capture event... |
| 6321237 |
Recording and reproducing apparatus and method for accessing data stored on a randomly accessible recording medium, and for managing data thereon |
| Nov-20-2001 |
A system for managing data including at least a randomly accessible recording medium, comprised of a data area in which recordal data is recorded in one or more variable length recording blocks by file... |
| 6320598 |
Time-based media processing system |
| Nov-20-2001 |
Existing media signals are processed to create new media content by defining content representations for the existing media and establishing functional dependencies between the representations. The content... |
| 6317123 |
Progressively generating an output stream with realtime properties from a representation of the output stream which is not monotonic with regard to time |
| Nov-13-2001 |
A technique for reducing delay in generating an output stream with real-time characteristics from a serially-received representation of the output stream that is not monotonic with regard to time. One... |
| 6313836 |
Three dimensional model with three dimensional pointers and multimedia functions linked to the pointers |
| Nov-6-2001 |
A computer implemented method of annotating a geometric figure displayed and manipulable in three-dimensional representation on a display of a computer system with a pointer is described. The pointer is... |
| 6311242 |
Method and apparatus for supporting dynamic insertion and removal of PCI devices |
| Oct-30-2001 |
Improved techniques for controlling buses of a computer system are disclosed such that peripheral devices (and/or their associated buses) can be connected or disconnected to the computer system while the... |
| 6307550 |
Extracting photographic images from video |
| Oct-23-2001 |
Generating photographs from a video. Segments of the video for which frame-to-frame background motion is less than a threshold are identified. For each of the segments, video frames in the segment are... |
| 6297818 |
Graphical user interface having sound effects for operating control elements and dragging objects |
| Oct-2-2001 |
Systems and methods for providing an enhanced auditory behavior to a graphical user interface are described. Control elements portrayed by the graphical user interface on a display are associated with... |
| 6295058 |
Method and apparatus for creating multimedia electronic mail messages or greeting cards on an interactive receiver |
| Sep-25-2001 |
A user composes a multimedia greeting card or multimedia email message by selecting a design template, which has previously been created and stored on the system. The design template contains one or more... |
| 6295055 |
Object selection using hit test tracks |
| Sep-25-2001 |
A method for labeling the pixels within a selected visual area of at least one image frame containing that visual area from a sequence of image frames stored in memory and operative to be displayed on... |
| 6266053 |
Time inheritance scene graph for representation of media content |
| Jul-24-2001 |
A technique for representing a visual scene as a directed acyclic graph of data and operators that generates a sequence of image frames over specified time intervals. The graph specifies temporal and spatial... |
| 6253207 |
Method and apparatus for transporting multimedia information over heterogeneous wide area networks |
| Jun-26-2001 |
A method and apparatus for separately transporting each monomedia stream of a composite multimedia signal across a network, such as an ATM network, is disclosed. The transport of monomedia traffic over... |
| 6249292 |
Technique for controlling a presentation of a computer generated object having a plurality of movable components |
| Jun-19-2001 |
A technique for controlling a presentation of a computer generated object having a plurality of movable components is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by receiving a gesture element... |
| 6247013 |
Hyper text reading system |
| Jun-12-2001 |
A hyper text reading system which assures an advantage by protecting the right of a contents provider. A link source confirmation unit confirms a link source of an anchor included in a hyper text. The... |
| 6246402 |
Reproduction control data generating apparatus and method of same |
| Jun-12-2001 |
A reproduction control data generating apparatus for generating reproduction control data containing control commands indicating a method of reproduction of audio and/or video data and menu screen data... |
| 6246401 |
Reproduction control data generating apparatus and method of same |
| Jun-12-2001 |
A reproduction control data generating apparatus for generating reproduction control data containing control commands indicating a method of reproduction of audio and/or video data and menu screen data... |
| 6243713 |
Multimedia document retrieval by application of multimedia queries to a unified index of multimedia data for a plurality of multimedia data types |
| Jun-5-2001 |
A system, method and software product provides for true multimedia document retrieval by receiving multimedia queries containing various types of data, such as text keywords, images, audio or other data... |
| 6243087 |
Time-based media processing system |
| Jun-5-2001 |
Existing media signals are processed to create new media content by defining content representations for the existing media and establishing functional dependencies between the representations. The content... |
| 6243085 |
Perspective switching in audiovisual works |
| Jun-5-2001 |
Described is a technique to produce a user interactive movie having the capability of switching perspectives at the option of the user. The movie is in the form of a computer memory means having certain... |
| 6240459 |
Network delivery of interactive entertainment synchronized to playback of audio recordings |
| May-29-2001 |
Entertainment content complementary to a musical recording is delivered to a user's computer by means of a computer network link. The user employs a browser to access the computer network. A plug-in for... |
| 6239801 |
Method and system for indexing and controlling the playback of multimedia documents |
| May-29-2001 |
An electronic multimedia document system provides temporal icons that provide indices into a recording of a meeting or presentation. The temporal icons index the times of occurrence of events and beginning... |
