System and method for authoring, distributing and replaying derivative hypermedia content

US6871318B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Wynblatt · Pleasant Hill, US
• Arturo Pizano · Montgomery, US
• Arding Hsu · Kendall Park, US
• Daniel Conrad Benson · Berkeley, US
• Chellury R. Sastry · Plainsboro, US
• Vivek Agrawala · Plainsboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2005
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

A system for authoring, distributing, and replaying derivative hypermedia content comprises an authoring system for recording dynamic annotations and a distribution system for distributing the recorded dynamic annotations. The present system includes a playing system for playing the dynamic annotations which have been distributed. The system is applicable to the Internet or World-Wide Web (WWW) and/or to Intranet use.