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6466241 |
Method and apparatus for managing program activation through use of a favorite program button menu
A computer executable program manager is provided which simplifies activating programs from multiple programming sources. Each program identified as a favorite program, regardless of its source, is...
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6462754 |
Method and apparatus for authoring and linking video documents
A method for authoring video documents includes the steps of inputting video data to be processed, segmenting the video data into shots by identifying breaks between the shots, subdividing the...
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6462753 |
Dubbing system, controlling apparatus thereof, and dubbing method
A dubbing system has a reproducing apparatus, a recording apparatus, and a terminal apparatus connected with a bus line. Data reproduced by the reproducing apparatus is recorded to a recording...
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6456973 |
Task automation user interface with text-to-speech output
In a computer system adapted for text-to-speech playback, a method for instructing a user in performing a task having a plurality of steps can include retrieving a textual instruction from a...
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6452615 |
System and apparatus for notetaking with digital video and ink
Media input streams are retrieved by a notetaking device and referenced for playback. The media streams are from microphones, video cameras, and media players present during a notetaking session....
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6452608 |
Process and device for displaying information on a screen
A method and an apparatus for producing displays of analogous operational parameters on a screen, with a production device set up to generate a display signal consisting of a number of symbols,...
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6452609 |
Web application for accessing media streams
A web page has a player for playing media objects, a sequencer which displays a play list that defines an order in which media objects are played by the player, and a media access area for...
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6452610 |
Method and apparatus for displaying graphics based on frame selection indicators
A method for displaying graphics in a computer system. In one embodiment, the method includes a step of receiving a stream of data into the main memory of the computer system. This stream of data...
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6441831 |
Choosing a multimedia presentation
A method of presenting multimedia information on a computer includes: playing a test presentation; determining a processing speed of the computer based on a playing time of the test multimedia...
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6441830 |
Storing digitized audio/video tracks
A method and apparatus for storing digitized audio/video tracks. A plurality of lists are created wherein each of the plurality of lists defines a characteristic of the audio/visual data. The...
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6433796 |
Apparatus and method for displaying both an image and control information related to the image
An electronic apparatus includes a display and a data processor for processing data. First output circuitry outputs the data processed by the data processor to the display in order to display the...
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6424357 |
Voice input system and method of using same
A voice input system has a microphone coupled to a computing device, with the computing device typically operating a computer software application. A user speaks voice commands into the microphone,...
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6421692 |
Object-oriented multimedia &lsqb data routing system&rsqb presentation control system
A technique for providing routing of various multimedia events throughout the course of a multimedia presentation using a computer with a storage and a display. A variety of multimedia objects are...
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6411307 |
Rotary menu wheel interface
An internet on-demand system for television presents internet content and traditional television programming as part of a single coherent interface. The user can select a channel from a rotary menu...
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6407750 |
Broadcast and recorded music management system particularly for use in automobile
An audio system for managing broadcast and recording music and other audio works includes two principal components, an entertainment programming guide unit and a media manager unit. The programming...
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6407733 |
In-car switch controller
There is described an in-car switch controller which enables a driver to control electronic devices provided in a car. The controller includes a switch panel which can be placed in the vicinity of...
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6400377 |
Video monitor adjustment system
Directed to an adjustment system for adjusting image quality of a video monitor by using a microprocessor, the present invention simplifies complicated operation in image quality adjustment and...
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6400378 |
Home movie maker
The home movie editor of the present invention provides a simple but effective user interface and control mechanism which enables the user to edit video. The editor is preferably operable on a...
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6377282 |
Combining images and controlling a cursor when images are combined
In a video conferencing system, a video overlay system ( 160 ) generates a motion video signal (MV). The motion video signal incorporates an image received from a remote video conferencing system (...
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6374260 |
Method and apparatus for uploading, indexing, analyzing, and searching media content
A method and apparatus for uploading, analyzing, searching and displaying multimedia files based on the context and content of the multimedia files.
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6373534 |
Intelligent digital television receiver
An intelligent digital television receiver for receiving a video signal, an audio signal and a digital data transmitted in a digital broadcast, and for executing an application based on the...
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6370282 |
Method and system for advanced text editing in a portable digital electronic device using a button interface
A method and system for implementing an efficient alphanumeric text entry interface for a portable digital electronic device. A first entry area and a second entry area are generated for display on...
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6366296 |
Media browser using multimodal analysis
A media browser, graphical user interface and method for browsing a media file wherein a user selects at least one feature in a media file and is provided with information regarding the existence...
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6359632 |
Audio processing system having user-operable controls
Audio processing apparatus comprises an audio processor operable to apply audio processing operations to two or more input audio channels; user-operable adjustment controls for adjusting processing...
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6356256 |
Graphical user interface for display of statistical data
A graphical user interface (GUI) is described for providing access to performance data for T1 or E1 communication lines. Data, such as error statistics, usage statistics, and burst measurements can...
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6353444 |
User interface apparatus and broadcast receiving apparatus
An user interface apparatus that receives a user operation of an electrical device and notifies the electrical device of the instruction to execute an action according to the user operation...
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6342903 |
User selectable input devices for speech applications
A method for enabling user selectable input devices for dictation or transcription in a speech application, comprising the steps of: establishing a registry of dictation and transcription device...
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6342904 |
Creating a slide presentation from full motion video
A method and apparatus is disclosed for converting audio-video data from a full motion video format to a slide show presentation with synchronised sound. The full motion video is received from a...
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6342902 |
Controlling audio and/or video replay
Apparatus for controlling replay of video and/or audio material comprises cursor control means for providing user control of a cursor on the display screen; selection control means for selecting an...
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6327420 |
Image displaying method and editing apparatus to efficiently edit recorded materials on a medium
At the start of editing, video clip icons of a temporally continuous video material are displayed in a window 31. When an icon 31-m is selected, a window 32 is opened in which icons of images are...
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6326970 |
TV centric layout
Displaying a hypermedia document such as an HTML web page on a television display without using horizontal scroll bars, while preserving the look and feel of the web page as originally contemplated...
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6317706 |
Simulation development tool for an embedded system
A technique for system-wide emulation of an embedded system. The technique includes the addition of emulation software and an intermediary operating system. The intermediary operating system is...
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6313880 |
Display with one or more display windows and placement dependent cursor and function control
A television with multiple display windows and placement dependent cursor and function control is configured to receive and simultaneously display video and graphics input from multiple devices,...
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6310633 |
Method and system for organizing document information
A graphical user interface that presents document organization in terms of objects readily familiar to the user is provided by the present invention. According to one embodiment of the present...
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6311014 |
Unified audio/video interface for a digital video disk system
An interface for a digital video disk system utilizing a small number of pins which allows a requesting device to initiate data requests and which avoids the phenomenon of lock-up. The interface...
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RE37418 |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing graphical presentations
A method and system for providing synchronization of the timing of various multimedia events, including a visual event is disclosed. Clock objects are defined in the storage and associated with an...
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6304952 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
In an information processing apparatus, priorities are assigned to a plurality of central processing units (CPUS) and the CPUs transfer their respective display lists of drawing instructions to a...
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6300951 |
System and method for queues and space activation for toggling windows
Rapid toggling of application windows to the forefront of a computer monitor. One or more queues are established by a user comprising indicia representative of a sequence of a plurality of open...
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6295057 |
Internet content and television programming selectively displaying system
An internet on-demand system for television presents internet content and traditional television programming as part of a single coherent interface. The system can display an internet gateway...
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6285381 |
Device for capturing video image data and combining with original image data
A frame of still picture data is captured at an instant specified by a user from video signals supplied from a given video source, such as a television receiver, a video camera, etc., and the image...
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6278455 |
Pictorial interface for accessing information in an electronic file system
A pictorial user interface for accessing information in an electronic file system provides a pictorial image which is linked to a file directory and which identifies the file directory. Objects in...
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6271837 |
Personal computer-based set-top converter for television services
A peripheral device is provided for a personal computer enabling the PC to provide the functions of a set-top box for television reception. Communication of television and control signals between...
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6269369 |
Networked personal contact manager
A network-computer-based personal contact manager system is disclosed wherein users of networked clients maintain and update a set of user information which is stored in a relational database on a...
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6266059 |
User interface for switching between application modes
A system, method, and medium for switching between application modes is disclosed. The computer system for operating in one of two display modes of operation comprises a storage storing at least...
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6259443 |
Method and apparatus for enabling multiple users to concurrently access a remote server using set-top boxes
A method and apparatus are provided for enabling multiple users to concurrently access a PC-based server in a home local area network using conventional TVs as display devices. A client system...
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6256033 |
Method and apparatus for real-time gesture recognition
A system and method are disclosed for providing a gesture recognition system for recognizing gestures made by a moving subject within an image and performing an operation based on the semantic...
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6246417 |
Map editing apparatus enabling simplified editing through provision of user-selectable automatic editing functions
A map editing apparatus is provided with various sections having respective editing functions which can be selectively specified for operating on one or more user-selected elements of a displayed...
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6243741 |
Remote commander and network connecting system
An exclusively-used key accessible to the Internet is provided on a remote commander, and further another protocol name inputting exclusively-used key for inputting an URL (Uniform Resource...
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6243092 |
Transaction flow editing tool
A system, method, and article of manufacture for editing visual primitives of a transaction flow used by a transaction processing system. A visual representation of a transaction flow containing...
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6239836 |
Camera control system with restrain based on the number of clients having access
A camera control system capable of controlling a video camera of a camera server apparatus according to a control command from clients is arranged not to accept requests for a right to control the...
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