| 5737552 |
Machine, method and medium for linear programming with interactive conversational interface |
| Apr-7-1998 |
A machine, method and computer-readable medium for allowing program information to be conveyed to the user in a linear fashion, while also allowing the user to request additional program information relating... |
| 5737549 |
Method and apparatus for a parallel data storage and processing server |
| Apr-7-1998 |
The present invention concerns a parallel multiprocessor-multidisk storage server which offers low delays and high throughputs when accessing and processing one-dimensional and multi-dimensional file data... |
| 5737532 |
System and technique for accessing stored audio and visual information from a database |
| Apr-7-1998 |
A method and system for providing video on demand from a database of textual information. In accordance with the inventive method, video data is stored on an addressable medium. The addresses for video... |
| 5737527 |
Interactive entertainment apparatus |
| Apr-7-1998 |
Methods and apparatus are provided for user interaction with a branch-structured narrative entertainment, where user input influences the selection of paths at branch points. A user interface (14) holds... |
| 5734923 |
Apparatus for interactively editing and outputting sign language information using graphical user interface |
| Mar-31-1998 |
An information output apparatus which outputs guide information in combination with image, text, voice and sign-language so that hearing impaired, handicapped people can easily recognize the guide information.... |
| 5732224 |
Computer system having a dedicated multimedia engine including multimedia memory |
| Mar-24-1998 |
A computer system optimized for real-time applications which provides increased performance for real-time applications over current computer architectures. The system includes a dedicated multimedia engine... |
| 5729252 |
Multimedia program editing system and method |
| Mar-17-1998 |
A system and method for interposing stored images to moving video within multimedia computer programs, wherein the system recognizes specific identifiers upon an object or image that identify that the... |
| 5727141 |
Method and apparatus for identifying user-selectable regions within multiple display frames |
| Mar-10-1998 |
A 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 a... |
| 5724605 |
Method and apparatus for representing and editing multimedia compositions using a tree structure |
| Mar-3-1998 |
A system for editing and representing multimedia compositions in which the representation of a composition enables a composition to be an arbitrarily deep nesting of assemblies of components. In this representation,... |
| 5724065 |
Float to surface display |
| Mar-3-1998 |
A method, system and program for displaying data in a panel with output fields which are insufficiently long to display some data. A panel with data in a plurality of output fields is displayed, in one... |
| 5721922 |
Embedding a real-time multi-tasking kernel in a non-real-time operating system |
| Feb-24-1998 |
The invention provides a method and apparatus for embedding a real-time multi-tasking kernel in a non-real-time operating system. Through encapsulating a real-time kernel into the interrupt handling environment... |
| 5719920 |
Method and apparatus for processing and downloading sound messages onto a permanent memory of a communication package |
| Feb-17-1998 |
A communication package has, enclosed in a storage disc, a voice chip connected by power input bus terminals to a renewable, battery power system which provides easy battery accessibility. The storage... |
| 5717438 |
Multimedia document using time box diagrams |
| Feb-10-1998 |
A computer-implemented method of drawing a multimedia story including at least one episode is provided which represents a plurality of multimedia fries (e.g., text, sound, video, and picture files) graphically... |
| 5713043 |
Method and system in a data processing system for efficient determination of quality of service parameters |
| Jan-27-1998 |
A method and system for the efficient determination of quality of service parameters for multimedia files accessed during operation of a specified multimedia application. Operation of the specified multimedia... |
| 5713021 |
Multimedia data search system that searches for a portion of multimedia data using objects corresponding to the portion of multimedia data |
| Jan-27-1998 |
A multimedia data search system, includes a storage unit for storing features of a portion of data and data identifying the portion of data, a search unit for searching view objects stored in the storage... |
| 5712654 |
Data editing method and apparatus therefor |
| Jan-27-1998 |
To edit data, a plurality of automatic processes are defined. Icons representing those processes may be displayed in a library frame of a display of the data editing system. The user may then select one... |
| 5710573 |
Scaled video output overlaid onto a computer graphics output |
| Jan-20-1998 |
A display control apparatus is provided to generate a scaled video output overlaid onto a computer graphics output. The display control apparatus includes a timing generator, adapted to receive a horizontal... |
| 5710572 |
Image display apparatus and method |
| Jan-20-1998 |
When images of several frames captured by an image sensing device such as an electronic still-video camera are displayed on a display unit, the images are made easier to view by rotating each image in... |
| 5708845 |
System for mapping hot spots in media content for interactive digital media program |
| Jan-13-1998 |
A system for allowing media content to be used in an interactive digital media (IDM) program has Frame Data for the media content and object mapping data (N Data) representing the frame addresses and display... |
| 5708767 |
Method and apparatus for video browsing based on content and structure |
| Jan-13-1998 |
A new technique for extracting a hierarchical decomposition of a complex video selection for browsing purposes, combines visual and temporal information to capture the important relations within a scene... |
| 5706486 |
Method for preprocessing multimedia presentations to generate a delivery schedule |
| Jan-6-1998 |
An apparatus and method for preprocessing multimedia presentations to be delivered to customers such that delays due to interactive response time is virtually eliminated is described. The preprocessor... |
| 5706290 |
Method and apparatus including system architecture for multimedia communication |
| Jan-6-1998 |
A controller apparatus and method for executing a plurality of control functions for communication of multimedia articles including voice, audio, text, still image, motion video and animated graphics which... |
| 5706097 |
Index print with a digital recording medium containing still images, motion sequences, and sound sequences |
| Jan-6-1998 |
In combination with a digital recording medium having recorded thereon individually addressable digital data files containing still images, motion sequences and sound sequences, an index print, having... |
| 5701511 |
Redbook audio sequencing |
| Dec-23-1997 |
A method and apparatus for maintaining synchronization and sequencing between an audio track and other components of a multimedia work. The audio track is recorded in accordance with the Redbook standard,... |
| 5701510 |
Method and system for efficient designation and retrieval of particular segments within a multimedia presentation utilizing a data processing system |
| Dec-23-1997 |
A method and system utilizing a data processing system for the efficient designation and retrieval of particular segments within a multimedia presentation. Operation of the multimedia presentation may... |
| 5697789 |
Method and system for aiding foreign language instruction |
| Dec-16-1997 |
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for aiding foreign language instruction, comprising a language instruction program that runs on a multimedia computer. The language instruction program uses a story... |
| 5696964 |
Multimedia database retrieval system which maintains a posterior probability distribution that each item in the database is a target of a search |
| Dec-9-1997 |
A queryless, multimedia database search method incorporating a Bayesian inference engine that refines its answer with each user response. The set of user responses includes of a series of displays and... |
| 5692213 |
Method for controlling real-time presentation of audio/visual data on a computer system |
| Nov-25-1997 |
A method of recording a real-time multimedia presentation and replaying a missed portion at an accelerated rate until the missed portion catches up to the current point in the presentation. The multimedia... |
| 5692212 |
Interactive multimedia movies and techniques |
| Nov-25-1997 |
A user/PC interface is described that enables the user to interact with, and control, in part, the display and sequence of multimedia information. Techniques provided include presenting dialog lines for... |
| 5690496 |
Multimedia product for use in a computer for music instruction and use |
| Nov-25-1997 |
A multimedia product for use for use in a multimedia computer to assist a student to learn to play a given musical work previously recorded on a master recording. A method of making the product is described... |
| 5684715 |
Interactive video system with dynamic video object descriptors |
| Nov-4-1997 |
An interactive video system by which an operator is able to select an object moving in a video sequence and by which the interactive video system is notified which object was selected so as to take appropriate... |
| 5682484 |
System and method for transferring data streams simultaneously on multiple buses in a computer system |
| Oct-28-1997 |
A computer system optimized for real-time applications which provides increased performance over current computer architectures. The system includes a standard local system bus, such as the PCI bus, and... |
| 5682330 |
Repetitive event analysis system |
| Oct-28-1997 |
A method of observing and comparing the visual and textual record of repetitive or related events, such as behavioral activities, recorded on a viewable media, which includes converting the visual record... |
| 5682326 |
Desktop digital video processing system |
| Oct-28-1997 |
A digital image processing system includes a microprocessor, random access memory, storage memory, input, display, and suitable logic to provide existing digital video image processing operations in a... |
| 5680639 |
Multimedia control system |
| Oct-21-1997 |
A method and system for controlling various multimedia objects throughout the course of a multimedia presentation on a computer with a storage and a display utilizes a control object defined in the storage... |
| 5680619 |
Hierarchical encapsulation of instantiated objects in a multimedia authoring system |
| Oct-21-1997 |
An application development system, optimized for authoring multimedia titles, enables its users to create selectively reusable object containers merely by defining links among instantiated objects. Employing... |
| 5680323 |
Multimedia player |
| Oct-21-1997 |
A method and apparatus for launching a multimedia player from an operating windowing application such that the multimedia player operates as a child window of the operating windowing application. The method... |
| 5675753 |
Method and system for presenting an electronic user-interface specification |
| Oct-7-1997 |
A method is disclosed for preparing an interactive user-interface specification. The method is for use with a computer system including a processor, a memory, a display device and an input device. The... |
| 5675752 |
Interactive applications generator for an interactive presentation environment |
| Oct-7-1997 |
An interactive applications generator is utilized to generate an interactive application environment for use on a single server multi-client network computer system. The interactive applications generator... |
| 5675511 |
Apparatus and method for event tagging for multiple audio, video, and data streams |
| Oct-7-1997 |
A method, apparatus, and storage medium for event tagging of at least one audio, video, or data (AVD) stream, each AVD stream comprising a plurality of AVD stream chunks. According to a preferred embodiment,... |
| 5673205 |
Accessing a video message via video snapshots |
| Sep-30-1997 |
A multi-media messaging system (101) allows message recipients who lack full-motion video message-retrieval capability to retrieve at least some image content of video messages via video snapshots--image... |
| 5666555 |
Audio output method and apparatus in multi-window system |
| Sep-9-1997 |
An audio output apparatus obtains image signals of moving images to be displayed in each window of a display and corresponding audio signals from a plurality of connected external reproduction apparatuses.... |
| 5666554 |
Multi media presentation system |
| Sep-9-1997 |
A multi media presentation system records a multi media statement including a scenario which specifies when an instruction for controlling display of media data in a display region and for controlling... |
| 5666542 |
Multimedia information add-on system |
| Sep-9-1997 |
Defined information is generated for each of screen information, layout information, and media information in response to an operator's entry when an environment is defined. When a change is monitored... |
| 5664218 |
Integrated multimedia input/output processor |
| Sep-2-1997 |
The present invention relates to an integrated multimedia board for a high speed local bus, and has an object to simultaneously process multimedia data at high speed in one integrated board by using a... |
| 5664216 |
Iconic audiovisual data editing environment |
| Sep-2-1997 |
An iconic data editing environment and a method of editing data in such an environment. The environment includes: (1) a working area capable of receiving icons and symbols thereon, (2) a first icon capable... |
| 5659793 |
Authoring tools for multimedia application development and network delivery |
| Aug-19-1997 |
An apparatus for authoring multi-media assets into a final interactive multi-media application includes a storage device which stores one or more multi-media assets and one or more program objects. A display... |
| 5659792 |
Storyboard system for the simultaneous timing of multiple independent video animation clips |
| Aug-19-1997 |
An automated storyboard system, which is updated for the creation of information sequences. The storyboard includes an array of cells arranged in columns, with the content of each cell indicating an information... |
| 5659790 |
System and method for globally scheduling multimedia stories |
| Aug-19-1997 |
A multimedia system represents multimedia objects as ranges of time intervals, each bounded by a minimum and a maximum, and temporal relationships are given to a set of objects which are to be integrated.... |
| 5657091 |
Video display controller, user interface and programming structure for such interface |
| Aug-12-1997 |
The use of video/audio signal streams such as in the past have been distributed by broadcast over radio frequency bands or by cable distribution, or made available from video recorder/player devices such... |
