Annotating temporally-dimensioned multimedia content
US6546405B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/169
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A human viewing temporally-dimensioned content of a multimedia document through use of a computer can add substantive content to temporally-dimensioned content of the multimedia document to thereby annotate, comment upon, and augment the multimedia document. Thus, a multimedia document becomes a basis for collaborative work. The substantive content added by the viewing user is in the form of a temporal annotation which identifies a particular relative time in temporally-dimensioned content of the multimedia document and which includes user-authored content provided by the viewing user. Display of the multimedia document includes presentation of the temporal annotations created by the user. A graphical user interface enables the user to select a temporal annotation from a list and immediately proceed to presentation of the multimedia document such that temporally-dimensioned content is presented at the particular relative time represented by the selected temporal annotation. In addition, as temporally-dimensioned content of the multimedia document is displayed, temporal annotations are represented in the display of the multimedia document as the particular relative time represented …
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