Computer user interface for audio and/or video auto-summarization

a computer user interface and audio and/or video technology, applied in static indicating devices, instruments, carrier indicating arrangements, etc., can solve the problems of not being able to provide a zooming feature or expand the segment view of a text listing, and not being able to disclose how

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-07-03
MONKEYMEDIA
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[0015]In accordance with still other aspects of the invention, the relativity controller of the invention is implemented by simply pointing to the screen and actuating a control device. In a preferred embodiment, a mouse button, is pressed to mark the beginning and end of segments of the information to be marked. A further feature is that multiple segments can be marked in this manner. Thus, the relativity controller of the invention not only allows users to mark the scope of one o...

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Chimera, on the other hand, maintained a full display within the window but was unable to provide a zooming feature or expanded segment view of a text listing.
But Furnas doesn't disclose how a user can select which segments...

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[0027]FIG. 1 shows a typical computerized system 10, comprising a console 11 containing a CPU 12, memory 13 in the form of RAM, ROM and disk, and I / O circuitry 14 connected to a monitor 15 having a display screen 16, and control devices in the form of keyboard 17 and a mouse 18. The mouse 18 typically contains button switches 19 operated by a user of the system. A cursor or pointer 20 is typically displayed on the screen 16 and its position is controllable via the mouse 18 or the keyboard 17 as is well known. A typical window 21 is displayed on the screen 16, with a title bar 22 in the window.

[0028]The following terms used herein will have the following meanings.

[0029]“Object” means any representation of information or of a data structure that can be displayed on the monitor screen, and includes one or more text characters, one or more sound representations such as a digital sample, a video representation such as a video frame, and in general any graphic's element.

[0030]“Control dev...

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A relativity controller is a scroll bar/window combination that provides a way to see data in relation to both the context of its wholeness and the salience of its contents. To accomplish this, the linear density or other appearance of the scroll bar (acting as a ruler or scale) varies with the density of the document salience (as indicated by different kinds of annotations or marks). It also provides a way to zoom between perspectives. This is usable on many different data types: including sound, video, graphics, calendars and word processors.

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[0001]This invention relates to a computer system, and in particular to computer tools to improve user perspectives and enhance navigation or browsing of information sources stored in or available via the computer.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0002]As computer accessing of large quantities of information increases, the ability of users to navigate large information spaces and to maintain visualization or personal perspectives thereof decreases [1] (bracketed numbers reference publications identified in Appendix A).[0003]The heed for this type of control has been expressed most recently by Furnas [2], Mills [3], Degen [4], and Chimera [5].[0004]Furnas' solution to the problem of understanding the limited information available in a window of large information structures is to provide in the window the detailed region to be considered in the context of important preceding or succeeding parts of the large structure. For example, to edit lines in the middle of a program, the window would also ...

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IPC IPC(8): G09G5/00G06F3/038G09G5/08G06F3/033G06F3/048
CPCG06F3/04855G11B27/105G09G2380/00G11B27/34G09G5/14G11B27/28
Inventor GOULD, ERIC JUSTIN
Owner MONKEYMEDIA
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