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Method and apparatus for linking representation and realization data

US7412643B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Uwe Fischer · Berlin, DE
Stefan Hoffmann · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
Werner Kriechbaum · Herrenberg, DE
Gerhard Stenzel · Germering, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 23, 1999
Grant date	Aug 12, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 23, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/912
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for creating links between a representation, (e.g. text data,) and a realization, (e.g. corresponding audio data,) is provided. According to the invention the realization is structured by combining a time-stamped version of the representation generated from the realization with structural information from the representation. Thereby so called hyper links between representation and realization are created. These hyper links are used for performing search operations in realization data equivalent to those which are possible in representation data, enabling an improved access to the realization (e.g. via audio databases).

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