Method and system for indexing and controlling the playback of multimedia documents

US5986655A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Patrick Chiu · Menlo Park, US
• Thomas P. Moran · Palo Alto, US
• William J. van Melle · Los Altos, US
• Steven R. Harrison · Portola Valley, US
• Polle T. Zellweger · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 1997
• Grant date: Nov 16, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

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 times, ending times, and time spans of timestreams. The temporal icons provide complete playback control of the document through a gestural interface.