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6320598 Time-based media processing system  
Existing media signals are processed to create new media content by defining content representations for the existing media and establishing functional dependencies between the representations. The...
6317123 Progressively generating an output stream with realtime properties from a representation of the output stream which is not monotonic with regard to time  
A technique for reducing delay in generating an output stream with real-time characteristics from a serially-received representation of the output stream that is not monotonic with regard to time....
6314438 Displaying workstations requests in differentiating manner according to their respective priorities  
A supervisory arrangement for a networked multimedia computing system provides features which facilitate the use and control of the networked system. One disclosed feature enables slave...
6262720 Electronic checklist system with checklist inhibiting  
An electronic checklist system (ECL) for a complex system and corresponding method for controlling the presentation of non-normal checklists based on signals generated by a crew alert system...
6249292 Technique for controlling a presentation of a computer generated object having a plurality of movable components  
A technique for controlling a presentation of a computer generated object having a plurality of movable components is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by receiving a gesture...
6243102 Data-driven layout engine  
Systems and methods for providing a user with increased flexibility and control over the appearance and behavior of objects on a user interface are described. Sets of objects can be grouped into...
6243708 Technique for accessing an item of interest within a stored representation of data  
A method for locating a particularly relevant position within a multimedia steam includes identifying a multimedia stream based upon a query. The locations relevant to the query within the...
6240459 Network delivery of interactive entertainment synchronized to playback of audio recordings  
Entertainment content complementary to a musical recording is delivered to a user's computer by means of a computer network link. The user employs a browser to access the computer network. A...
6239801 Method and system for indexing and controlling the playback of multimedia documents  
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...
6232965 Method and apparatus for synthesizing realistic animations of a human speaking using a computer  
A method and apparatus for synthesizing speech or facial movements to match selected speech sequences. A videotape of an arbitrary text sequence is obtained including a plurality of images of a...
6230169 Apparatus with a display magnification changing function of annotation  
An annotation input section reads from a text file the individual data items constituting an annotation pasted in a specified annotation position on a text as a result of the annotation being...
6216144 Data processing system with means for display of reduced images and method for the reduction of images  
In a data processing system a large number of reduced images of documents are shown simultaneously on the screen of a visual display unit. The images are reduced in a two-step process. The first...
6199076 Audio program player including a dynamic program selection controller  
An audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations. The host organizes the program segments by subject...
6188396 Synchronizing multimedia parts with reference to absolute time, relative time, and event time  
A multimedia title comprised of a plurality of parts is synchronized on a computer system. A co-tool automatically synchronizes at least one of the parts with reference to relative time. The...
6166727 Virtual three dimensional space sharing system for a wide-area network environment  
The present invention makes it possible for a user to share a virtual three dimensional space consisting of a plurality of media in a large wide-area network which includes a wide-band/high-speed...
6160907 Iterative three-dimensional process for creating finished media content  
An integrated media production technique for refining a finish quality media content. The technique permits a media production to be defined as a computerized choreography model of a virtual stage...
6151022 Method and apparatus for statically testing visual resources  
Displayed inconsistencies and errors within a visual resource (e.g., dialog, menu) and between two visual resources are automatically detected without requiring the execution of an application...
6144975 Computer system for intelligent document management  
A computer system includes several inputs for receiving documents being transmitted via different media, and several outputs for transmitting outgoing documents via different media. An input...
6141001 Method of synchronizing the presentation of static and dynamic components of an interactive multimedia document  
In a method for synchronizing the presentation of static and dynamic components of an interactive multimedia document, the document and its dynamic and static components are defined in the system...
6137484 Method and apparatus for identifying user-selectable regions within multiple display frames  
The 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...
6138116 Method and apparatus for retrieving data  
A semantic data processing apparatus for retrieving one or a plurality of words, having a close meaning to that of an inputted word, in consideration of context or condition, comprises: a...
6122668 Synchronization of audio and video signals in a live multicast in a LAN  
In a live multicast in a LAN environment, audio and video streams are transmitted from a source station to a plurality of receiving stations. A technique is disclosed for synchronizing the audio...
6108672 Multiple company integrated documents production  
A single document page with multiple different variable indicia from a least two discrete sources is produced using a computer control and an imaging system (such as a selective flexographic system...
6105042 Multi-user information management system adapted for efficient, remote, on-demand document management, storage and retrieval  
An improved information management system permits remote, on-demand storage and retrieval of documents including multimedia content, over low-speed communication links, while requiring only "thin"...
6094671 Aggregate information production and display system  
A production system for packaging aggregates of mixed media information (e.g. text, images, audio, and video) into addressable packets which are transmitted to receivers over a satellite network,...
6088724 Command input control system and method for use with plural commands  
In a multi-media communication terminal device, when commands for respective reproduction modes are sequentially input within a short period, errors in synchronization of the image and sound,...
6081262 Method and apparatus for generating multi-media presentations  
The multi-media presentation generation system combines media objects of multiple diverse types into an integrated multi-media presentation. The resultant multi-media presentation can be defined in...
6073145 Multiple image retrieval and simultaneous display  
An apparatus and method for displaying a group of images on a single display with increased speed for subsequent displays of the same group of images. The apparatus inputs a plurality of image...
6072478 System for and method for producing and displaying images which are viewed from various viewpoints in local spaces  
An image producing/displaying system which is capable of imaging the drama, which is generally developed, from different views independently includes a storage device and an information processing...
6069637 System for custom imprinting a variety of articles with images obtained from a variety of different sources  
A system and method for combining a first captured generated digital image. A mask representation of at least a portion of the second prestored digital image is displayed on the device with the...
6064379 System and method for synchronizing presentation of media stream playlists with real time  
A multimedia server system includes a disk array subsystem including a plurality of multimedia files, e.g., movies, a media file system manager for managing the storage of the plurality of...
6061695 Operating system shell having a windowing graphical user interface with a desktop displayed as a hypertext multimedia document  
An operating system shell provides a graphical user interface having a windowing environment with a desktop. The shell synthesizes a hypertext page for display as the desktop in the graphical user...
6052108 Method of displaying text having improved useability  
A method of displaying text having improved useability is described which overcomes the difficulty of losing eye contact with an occurrence of a word in a line of text as the display is changed...
6041335 Method of annotating a primary image with an image and for transmitting the annotated primary image  
A method of superimposing a secondary, graphical image on a primary image for annotating the primary image is provided. The secondary image is opened to access underlying information attached...
6038561 Management and analysis of document information text  
An interactive system for analyzing and displaying information contained in a plurality of documents employing both term-based analysis and conceptual-representation analysis. Particulars of the...
6038545 Systems, methods and computer program products for generating digital multimedia store displays and menu boards  
Digital multimedia presentations are assembled at a central location for stores. Start and end times are assigned. The digital multimedia presentations and the assigned start and end times are...
6023703 Method and system for representing hierarchical time-based data structures and to extract information therefrom  
A method and system for representing hierarchical time-based data structures and to extract information therefrom comprises means to create a container, the container having one or more layers...
6021196 Reference palette embedding  
A method of embedding auxiliary information into the digital representation of publication quality color-component digital data. The method applies to all digital data for which individual values...
6021417 Method of stimulating the creation of an artist's drawing or painting, and device for accomplishing same  
A method of simulating the creation of a mock artist's drawing or painting image on a monitor, from an electronically-stored image, comprising translating the electronically-stored image into...
6007338 Roller coaster simulator  
A realistic roller coaster simulator is disclosed having one or more passenger seats equipped with a safety harness and mounted for 360 degree rotational movement along at least two axes for...
6009457 Distributed real-time communications system  
A method and apparatus is provided which enables users to communicate in a perceived real time environment. In one embodiment a number of musical parts are contributed one each from a number of...
5977989 Method and apparatus for synchronizing video and graphics data in a multimedia display system including a shared frame buffer  
A multimedia display system includes a central processing unit, a storage device associated with the central processing unit, a standard interface bus to which the central processing unit and the...
5969719 Computer generating a time-variable icon for an audio signal  
This invention provides a computer capable of displaying information in multiple windows and handling multiple audio signals in a manner convenient for a user. This is achieved in one embodiment of...
5956033 Document control interface and method for graphical message document software  
The present invention includes a document control interface method for graphical message document computer software. The method is performed by a computer system executing graphical message...
5949410 Apparatus and method for synchronizing audio and video frames in an MPEG presentation system  
Synchronization of MPEG audio and video presentations is attained by detecting a lack of synchrony between the data presentations and modifying the audio data stream based on the detected lack of...
5946499 Method and apparatus for processing text inputs from multiple input devices in a plurality of applications  
A method, and system for supporting a plurality of textual manipulations and inputs in a computer system transparently to application programs running on the computer system, with the computer...
5943678 Temporal displacement icon in a graphical user interface  
This invention permits users to conveniently examine functions, applications, data, and other parameters for different periods of time. A region of the graphical user interface is provided to which...
5940070 Device and method for transmitting an audio signal using a video signal line in a computer system  
A data transmission apparatus for transmitting an audio signal through a video signal cable for a computer system including a monitor having a sound speaker. The computer system includes an audio...
5928342 Audio effects processor integrated on a single chip with a multiport memory onto which multiple asynchronous digital sound samples can be concurrently loaded  
A sound processor integrated on a single chip with multiple digital sound sample stream inputs. Each input is independently connected to separate ports of a multi-port memory. The architecture...
5898429 System and method for labeling elements in animated movies using matte data  
A system and method for labeling animation movies and for displaying such labels is described. The method of labeling includes identifying the individual figures in the animated movie frame and...
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