| 6239793 |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing the broadcast content of interactive internet-based programs |
| May-29-2001 |
A method and system for synchronizing broadcast program content and corresponding program commands of an Internet-Based broadcast. The method (and system) generates a plurality of time-indicative index... |
| 6232965 |
Method and apparatus for synthesizing realistic animations of a human speaking using a computer |
| May-15-2001 |
A method and apparatus for synthesizing speech or facial movements to match selected speech sequences. A videotape of an arbitrary text sequence is obtained including a plurality of images of a user speaking... |
| 6230209 |
Multimedia computer system |
| May-8-2001 |
Full-motion video data with a sub-picture and sound is recorded in a DVD-ROM drive. The DVD-ROM drive is connected to an ATAPI interface. Using a data buffer of the ATAPI interface, an MPEG stream is transferred... |
| 6230207 |
Network delivery of interactive entertainment synchronized to playback of audio recordings |
| May-8-2001 |
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... |
| 6229524 |
User interface for interaction with video |
| May-8-2001 |
A user interface is presented for the interaction, by a viewer, with the content of a multi media presentation and functions related to this content. The user interface enables the navigation, by a viewer,... |
| 6225993 |
Video on demand applet method and apparatus for inclusion of motion video in multimedia documents |
| May-1-2001 |
A computer process which requests streams of motion video titles and decodes and displays the motion video signals of the stream for display in a computer display device is constructed in the form of an... |
| 6222530 |
System and method for a master scheduler |
| Apr-24-2001 |
A system and method for associating and controlling multimedia supporting events with a primary event. The events are translated into tasks and sent to media servers for execution at a predetermined time... |
| 6219048 |
Object selection using hit test tracks |
| Apr-17-2001 |
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... |
| 6211875 |
Display template setting method in a multimedia synchronous training system |
| Apr-3-2001 |
A display template setting method in a multimedia synchronous system is disclosed. The method includes, first, displaying predetermined display template models, each including various areas; and selecting... |
| 6211868 |
Editing method in a multimedia synchronous training system |
| Apr-3-2001 |
A method for performing editing in a multimedia training and presentation system that substantially providing user autonomy and transparency is disclosed. The method includes inputting a basic setting... |
| 6208346 |
Attribute information presenting apparatus and multimedia system |
| Mar-27-2001 |
A system having a relative coordinate input unit for inputting relative coordinates of an object to a viewer point, a data storage unit for storing plural pieces of data of attribute information (audio... |
| 6208334 |
Text reading apparatus, text reading method and computer-readable medium storing text reading program |
| Mar-27-2001 |
A plurality of display control portions display multiple text sets simultaneously on a display screen. Meanwhile, only one reading portion converts a text set into voice to be read out. When the reading... |
| 6205485 |
Simulcast WEB page delivery using a 3D user interface system |
| Mar-20-2001 |
A multimedia broadcast system provides program schedule information simulcast as a Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) data stream including commands and displayable, selectable indicia associated with the... |
| 6204840 |
Non-timeline, non-linear digital multimedia composition method and system |
| Mar-20-2001 |
A method for digital multimedia composition including selecting multimedia data segments, arranging the selected multimedia data segments on a single storyline strip, inserting transitions between adjacent... |
| 6201537 |
Sound control circuit and method using microcomputer |
| Mar-13-2001 |
A sound control circuit in a display device includes a microcomputer for generating variable signals corresponding to the amount changed in duty cycle of pulse width modulation output when a sound function... |
| 6198477 |
Multistream switch-based video editing architecture |
| Mar-6-2001 |
An architecture for performing real-time image processing on multiple image data streams using compressed or uncompressed image data includes a switch for forwarding data from multiple input sources to... |
| 6195655 |
Automatically associating archived multimedia content with current textual content |
| Feb-27-2001 |
Described herein is a system that draws from an archive of media objects to associate appropriate media objects with current news articles. The media object archive includes an index having an entry for... |
| 6195088 |
Method and system for controlling multimedia streams using dynamic prototypes |
| Feb-27-2001 |
A method and system for encoding multimedia content using dynamic interfaces. By providing an extendable, programmatic interface to the content of a scene, a scene may be more efficiently encoded than... |
| 6192363 |
Method and apparatus for supplying multi-media data to a client by using threads |
| Feb-20-2001 |
There is provided a method of supplying multi-media data to a client through a network, including the steps of (a) requesting HTTP server to supply data to a client, (b) requesting a database server which... |
| 6191783 |
Method and device for configuring a multimedia message for presentation |
| Feb-20-2001 |
A multimedia message is formatted for presentation. First a formatted choice menu is presented for various multimedia categories in parallel. Upon one or more user selections in series, to each selection... |
| 6191780 |
Customizable multimedia segment structures |
| Feb-20-2001 |
An electronic devices executes from memory an advertising multimedia segment structure that includes a command segment storing multimedia commands that in turn invoke multimedia effects and that is supported... |
| 6188396 |
Synchronizing multimedia parts with reference to absolute time, relative time, and event time |
| Feb-13-2001 |
A multimedia title comprised of a plurality of parts is synchronized on a computer system. A co-tool automatically synchronizes at least one of the parts with reference to relative time. The co-tool may... |
| 6184876 |
Method and apparatus for audibly communicating comparison information to a user |
| Feb-6-2001 |
Information objects are compared according to user a specified distance measure and the magnitude of this distance measure is reported to a user by producing audio tones representative of the magnitude... |
| 6181332 |
Method and system for contextual presentation of a temporal based object on a data processing system |
| Jan-30-2001 |
Temporal based objects, such as video or audio objects, are presented in a manner that is determined by the context through which the object is presented. When presented through one context, the object... |
| 6177928 |
Flexible synchronization framework for multimedia streams having inserted time stamp |
| Jan-23-2001 |
A flexible framework for synchronization of multimedia streams synchronizes the incoming streams on the basis of the collaboration of a transmitter-driven and a local inter-media synchronization module.... |
| 6172675 |
Indirect manipulation of data using temporally related data, with particular application to manipulation of audio or audiovisual data |
| Jan-9-2001 |
The invention enables a body of information to be easily manipulated (e.g., summarized, rearranged, edited, selectively accessed or searched) to facilitate use of the information by a user. The body of... |
| 6166727 |
Virtual three dimensional space sharing system for a wide-area network environment |
| Dec-26-2000 |
The present invention makes it possible for a user to share a virtual three dimensional space consisting of a plurality of media in a large wide-area network which includes a wide-band/high-speed network... |
| 6160907 |
Iterative three-dimensional process for creating finished media content |
| Dec-12-2000 |
An integrated media production technique for refining a finish quality media content. The technique permits a media production to be defined as a computerized choreography model of a virtual stage containing... |
| 6154207 |
Interactive language editing in a network based video on demand system |
| Nov-28-2000 |
An authoring tool is utilized for authoring an interactive multimedia application which eliminates undesired language from an audio source. The application monitors either audio itself or text which accompanies... |
| 6151017 |
Method and system for displaying multimedia data using pointing selection of related information |
| Nov-21-2000 |
A method and a system for displaying multimedia data including video data. A display of video data and related information are controlled according to a movement of a pointing selection marker, a type... |
| 6144375 |
Multi-perspective viewer for content-based interactivity |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A method and apparatus for interactively viewing a real-world environment. The viewer includes a user interface having a first window for displaying a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional... |
| 6141001 |
Method of synchronizing the presentation of static and dynamic components of an interactive multimedia document |
| Oct-31-2000 |
In a method for synchronizing the presentation of static and dynamic components of an interactive multimedia document, the document and its dynamic and static components are defined in the system by means... |
| 6137484 |
Method and apparatus for identifying user-selectable regions within multiple display frames |
| Oct-24-2000 |
The method and apparatus determine a specific position of a user-selectable region at a particular point in time within a sequence of display frames. The method and apparatus first interpolate between... |
| 6137483 |
Multimedia editing method using templates describing common logic structure, layout, and physical operation |
| Oct-24-2000 |
A multimedia editing apparatus including a template manager, a material information manager, a template operator, a logic structure synthesizer, a layout structure synthesizer, and a physical operation... |
| 6130668 |
Supervisory control system for networked multimedia workstations that provides simultaneous observation of multiple remote workstations |
| Oct-10-2000 |
A supervisory control system for a networked multimedia computing system includes an observation feature which enables a teacher, or other supervisory person, to observe a reduced view of multiple workstations... |
| 6122668 |
Synchronization of audio and video signals in a live multicast in a LAN |
| Sep-19-2000 |
In a live multicast in a LAN environment, audio and video streams are transmitted from a source station to a plurality of receiving stations. A technique is disclosed for synchronizing the audio decoder... |
| 6121963 |
Virtual theater |
| Sep-19-2000 |
A system and method of presenting whole and/or segmented presentation files, such as graphics, multimedia and/or video files in any combination, within a combination of table or array formats to create... |
| 6118428 |
Method and system for simultaneous presentation of multiple windows supported by different graphic user interfaces |
| Sep-12-2000 |
A method and system are disclosed which may be utilized to generate a simultaneous presentation within a data processing system of video data within multiple windows supported by different graphic user... |
| 6111571 |
Method and computer program for operating an interactive themed attraction accessible by computer users |
| Aug-29-2000 |
A method and computer program for operating an interactive themed attraction (12) accessible by computer users (16) is disclosed. The method includes the steps of videotaping at least a portion of a themed... |
| 6111567 |
Seamless multimedia branching |
| Aug-29-2000 |
Described above are methods of authoring multimedia titles and of storing and delivering multimedia content that implements guaranteed seamless branching on digital media with high seek latency and a fixed... |
| 6105055 |
Method and apparatus for asynchronous multimedia collaboration |
| Aug-15-2000 |
A multimedia collaboration system combines unique multimedia communications and media processing mechanisms with off-the-shelf components that support information sharing and distribution. More specifically,... |
| 6104706 |
Method and apparatus for multiple media digital communication system |
| Aug-15-2000 |
The present invention is embodied in a digital communication system where multiple media data sources are time multiplexed into a packetized data stream, each packet having an assigned priority and the... |
| 6104380 |
Direct pointing apparatus for digital displays |
| Aug-15-2000 |
An apparatus for presenting on-line documents is provided. The device is coupled to and for use with a network providing access to interconnected, on-line documents in response to document requests. The... |
| 6101535 |
Process for selecting and requesting multimedia services |
| Aug-8-2000 |
The selection of multimedia offerings is simplified by the transmission of an electronic ticket loaded from a computer network with the assistance of a PC onto a set top box. On the set top box, the ticket... |
| 6100881 |
Apparatus and method for creating interactive multimedia presentation using a shoot lost to keep track of audio objects of a character |
| Aug-8-2000 |
A multimedia authoring apparatus and method that allows a multimedia author to focus solely on the content of the presentation. In its most basic form, the apparatus of the present invention includes a... |
| 6099320 |
Authoring system and method for computer-based training |
| Aug-8-2000 |
The present invention is an integrated system for authoring, operating, maintaining, and administering a computer-based training program. The system includes integrated hardware and software that allows... |
| 6097381 |
Method and apparatus for synthesizing realistic animations of a human speaking using a computer |
| Aug-1-2000 |
A method and apparatus for synthesizing speech or facial movements to match selected speech sequences. A videotape of an arbitrary text sequence is obtained including a plurality of images of a user speaking... |
| 6097380 |
Continuous media stream control |
| Aug-1-2000 |
A network system includes one or more network servers and a plurality of available media streams. The media streams are formatted differently. Some are file-based streams, supplied by the network servers.... |
| 6096095 |
Producing persistent representations of complex data structures |
| Aug-1-2000 |
The structure of a complex data object such as a multimedia presentation is stored in a persistent representation comprising a directly executable program. The instructions of the program are created by... |
| 6088724 |
Command input control system and method for use with plural commands |
| Jul-11-2000 |
In a multi-media communication terminal device, when commands for respective reproduction modes are sequentially input within a short period, errors in synchronization of the image and sound, causing disturbances... |
