| 6088026 |
Method and apparatus for multimedia information association to an electronic calendar event |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A method and system which permits a user to selectively capture video and audio information from a multimedia presentation within a data processing system and associate the audio and video information... |
| 6085031 |
Method and system for segmenting an audio object according to a specified profile into a folder structure |
| Jul-4-2000 |
A method and apparatus for automatically decomposing an audio object into a relational structure develops a hierarchically arranged folder. A user defines a characteristic of interest and the system locates... |
| 6084582 |
Method and apparatus for recording a voice narration to accompany a slide show |
| Jul-4-2000 |
A computer-based system and method of recording and playing back audio narration to accompany an electronic slide show presentation is disclosed. The method includes a slide show recording session, during... |
| 6084581 |
Method of creating individually customized videos |
| Jul-4-2000 |
A system for simultaneously creating a plurality of individually customized video product from a plurality of video segments uses a central computer and one or more workstations to control the operation... |
| 6084566 |
Pattern display circuit |
| Jul-4-2000 |
A circuit (12) for generating a line pattern display (100) comprises: a display for generating display elements which extend in first direction and second directions; first (14) and second (20) memories... |
| 6081262 |
Method and apparatus for generating multi-media presentations |
| Jun-27-2000 |
The multi-media presentation generation system combines media objects of multiple diverse types into an integrated multi-media presentation. The resultant multi-media presentation can be defined in an... |
| 6072503 |
Video synchronization processing method and apparatus |
| Jun-6-2000 |
An objective is to effectively specify a method of synchronizing a video image with computer processing. At step 1200, a frame in which a script is desired to be defined is selected and displayed on the... |
| 6072479 |
Multimedia scenario editor calculating estimated size and cost |
| Jun-6-2000 |
A scenario editing system comprises a drawing input module drawing graphic media objects or inputting existing media objects; a scene management module storing and managing said media objects; a surrogate... |
| 6072478 |
System for and method for producing and displaying images which are viewed from various viewpoints in local spaces |
| Jun-6-2000 |
An image producing/displaying system which is capable of imaging the drama, which is generally developed, from different views independently includes a storage device and an information processing unit... |
| 6072467 |
Continuously variable control of animated on-screen characters |
| Jun-6-2000 |
A compact convenient hand-held, accelerometer-based computer control device is utilized to control on-screen animated characters presented by a comer-driven display in which the movement, persona, style,... |
| 6067566 |
Methods and apparatus for distributing live performances on MIDI devices via a non-real-time network protocol |
| May-23-2000 |
Techniques for distributing MIDI tracks across a network using non-real-time protocols such as TCP/IP. Included are techniques for producing MIDI tracks from MIDI streams as the MIDI streams are themselves... |
| 6067411 |
Adaptive frequency synthesizer with synchronization |
| May-23-2000 |
The present invention pertains to a clock generator that provides a plurality of dock outputs, each of which can be synchronized from one of several possible sets of references. Multiple frequency synthesizers... |
| 6064380 |
Bookmark for multi-media content |
| May-16-2000 |
A method and implementing network computer system is provided in which completion point file positions of multimedia file presentations may be saved in persistent memory devices when a user desires to... |
| 6064379 |
System and method for synchronizing presentation of media stream playlists with real time |
| May-16-2000 |
A multimedia server system includes a disk array subsystem including a plurality of multimedia files, e.g., movies, a media file system manager for managing the storage of the plurality of multimedia files... |
| 6062867 |
Lyrics display apparatus |
| May-16-2000 |
A lyrics display apparatus wherein a display condition of the words of a song on a display device is gradually changed in accordance with a progression of a piece of music, the display condition of the... |
| 6061054 |
Method for multimedia presentation development based on importing appearance, function, navigation, and content multimedia characteristics from external files |
| May-9-2000 |
A single-frame multimedia title contains all of the multimedia elements required for a given multimedia title or type of multimedia title. External Data Files, External Content Files, and External Program... |
| 6044378 |
Method and system for a federated digital library by managing links |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A system and method are provided for determining a relationship between first and second data elements by using a relationship element. The first and second data elements are each protected elements being... |
| 6040871 |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing video signals |
| Mar-21-2000 |
A process and system for synchronizing a video signal to the sampling period of a client system. The synchronization may be suitably implemented by adding or deleting trailing lines from each frame of... |
| 6040831 |
Apparatus for spacially changing sound with display location and window size |
| Mar-21-2000 |
An apparatus for presenting picture and sound with harmony or correspondence therebetween in which first and second pictures are displayed at the same time on the same display screen and sound related... |
| 6038545 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for generating digital multimedia store displays and menu boards |
| Mar-14-2000 |
Digital multimedia presentations are assembled at a central location for stores. Start and end times are assigned. The digital multimedia presentations and the assigned start and end times are transmitted... |
| 6037915 |
Optical reproducing system for multimedia information |
| Mar-14-2000 |
To minimize shifting of the line of sight of an operator and accomplish proper association of a medium surface and a display screen with each other to ensure data presentation with standardized media,... |
| 6032156 |
System for automated generation of media |
| Feb-29-2000 |
A system and method for creating audiovisual programming has media elements, such as audiovisual clips, stored in a library. A database contains selected information about each of the media elements. The... |
| 6031526 |
Voice controlled medical text and image reporting system |
| Feb-29-2000 |
A system for generating electronic and printed medical records provides automatic integration of captured video still images and voice dictated information concerning the image. A voice recognition module... |
| 6025827 |
Digital image capture control |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A method and apparatus for controlling and displaying the image information presently seen by the image capture device together with those images which have been captured and stored upon actuation of the... |
| 6023703 |
Method and system for representing hierarchical time-based data structures and to extract information therefrom |
| Feb-8-2000 |
A method and system for representing hierarchical time-based data structures and to extract information therefrom comprises means to create a container, the container having one or more layers within which... |
| 6012089 |
Multi-media communication terminal capable of performing special reproducing modes |
| Jan-4-2000 |
In a multi-media communication terminal apparatus, when a slow reproducing operation is commenced, a supply of video data transmitted via a communication line is stopped. A video data decoding unit reproduces... |
| 6009457 |
Distributed real-time communications system |
| Dec-28-1999 |
A method and apparatus is provided which enables users to communicate in a perceived real time environment. In one embodiment a number of musical parts are contributed one each from a number of client... |
| 6005573 |
Method and system for establishing area boundaries in computer applications |
| Dec-21-1999 |
A method and system for limiting scrolling and the movement of a cursor in a computer application. The computer application is operated on a computer system that has a display device with a display area.... |
| 6005561 |
Interactive information delivery system |
| Dec-21-1999 |
An information delivery system including a head end broadcasting a data stream of media objects, the head end being coupled to a broadcast television interface and at least one information service provider... |
| 6005560 |
Multi-media project management and control system |
| Dec-21-1999 |
A multi-media presentation system is disclosed for coordinating access to multi-media presentation data and related information. The multi-media presentation data typically includes text, image data and... |
| 6005544 |
Digital display unit in a computer system for enabling a user to conveniently select a desired monitor mode for displaying images encoded in a received analog display signal |
| Dec-21-1999 |
A digital display unit for enabling a user to conveniently select a desired monitor mode to process a display signal. A monitor mode is generally selected by measuring some display signal parameters. If... |
| 5999172 |
Multimedia techniques |
| Dec-7-1999 |
Interactive movie techniques disclosed include dialogue lines for computer users, gateways for entering alternate storylines, techniques for conveying information relating to a character's thoughts and... |
| 5999160 |
Method for forming sub image data packet including data of sub image superimposed on main image, recording medium for recording sub image data packet, and image process apparatus |
| Dec-7-1999 |
A sub image display control system is composed of two sub image display control portions that are a display region control portion and a display timing control portion and a display output portion. A sub... |
| 5995095 |
Method for hierarchical summarization and browsing of digital video |
| Nov-30-1999 |
A method of hierarchical digital video summarization and browsing includes inputting a digital video signal for a digital video sequence and generating a hierarchical summary based on keyframes of the... |
| 5995094 |
User-oriented multimedia presentation system for multiple presentation items that each behave as an agent |
| Nov-30-1999 |
A user-adaptive audio and/or video presentation system contains a background sub-system for presenting audio and/or video items, control for the background subsystem as regarding an actual selection sequence... |
| 5995091 |
System and method for streaming multimedia data |
| Nov-30-1999 |
A multimedia system and method for providing consistent playback performance across a variety of playback system and network configurations. The multimedia system and method includes an authoring tool... |
| 5995090 |
Filing apparatus |
| Nov-30-1999 |
There is disclosed a filing apparatus capable of improving the operability and the work efficiency in the fitting, in prepared data, of multi-media data prepared by another application. The word processor... |
| 5990879 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically arranging information in a presentation sequence to minimize information loss |
| Nov-23-1999 |
A method for transmitting a predetermined sequence of data files on a data bus is described. The data files are stored on a plurality of memory drives. Each of a first type of data file is stored on only... |
| 5990878 |
Sign language editing apparatus |
| Nov-23-1999 |
A sign language editing apparatus includes a glove-type sensor for converting movement of fingers in the sign language into an electrical signal to produce time series data of sign language words, a sign... |
| 5990861 |
Method of and apparatus for reprogramming a video controller |
| Nov-23-1999 |
A method for reprogramming a video input device to multiplex video data from at least two different video sources is disclosed. A video input device contains control registers for controlling the behavior... |
| 5990860 |
Apparatus for varying scale of a video still and moving image signal with key data before superimposing it onto a display signal |
| Nov-23-1999 |
A video signal of a still image is written into a still image area SIA in a video memory 310, whereas a video signal of a moving picture is written into a moving picture area MIA in the video memory 310.... |
| 5986655 |
Method and system for indexing and controlling the playback of multimedia documents |
| Nov-16-1999 |
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... |
| 5983263 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting images during a multimedia teleconference |
| Nov-9-1999 |
A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting images from a first processing system to a second processing system over a communication link during a multimedia teleconference. In response to a user... |
| 5978804 |
Natural products information system |
| Nov-2-1999 |
Disclosed is a data processing system for processing natural product information entered into the system using a standardized entry protocol. The data processing system stores data such as chemical structures,... |
| 5977989 |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing video and graphics data in a multimedia display system including a shared frame buffer |
| Nov-2-1999 |
A multimedia display system includes a central processing unit, a storage device associated with the central processing unit, a standard interface bus to which the central processing unit and the storage... |
| 5973679 |
System and method for media stream indexing |
| Oct-26-1999 |
An indexing method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material.... |
| 5969719 |
Computer generating a time-variable icon for an audio signal |
| Oct-19-1999 |
This invention provides a computer capable of displaying information in multiple windows and handling multiple audio signals in a manner convenient for a user. This is achieved in one embodiment of the... |
| 5969716 |
Time-based media processing system |
| Oct-19-1999 |
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... |
| 5963744 |
Method and apparatus for custom operations of a processor |
| Oct-5-1999 |
Custom operations are useable in processor systems for performing functions including multimedia functions. These custom operations enhance a system, such as PC system, to provide real-time multimedia... |
| 5957697 |
Printed book augmented with an electronic virtual book and associated electronic data |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A system and method for augmenting a printed text with electronically stored data in the form of images, sounds and/or supplemental text. A printed book contains a plurality of pages of text. An electronic... |
