57 results about "Multimedia software" patented technology

A portable health assistant system having a portable health assistant, a computer server remotely accessible by the portable health assistant, and a Web browser through which a clinician can communicate with the computer server. The portable health assistant is a handheld microprocessor-based device with a display screen and a touch screen interface through which a patient can input information. Through multimedia software content, the portable health assistant provides the patient with such features as reminding the patient when to perform tasks in their prescribed treatment regimen, collecting information about the patient's compliance with the prescribed treatment regimen, collecting information about the patient's symptoms, providing the patient with educational information teaching the patient about the patient's disease, instructing the patient how to use a home health monitoring device, and receiving the readings of the monitoring device through a direct connection with the monitoring device. By communicating with the computer server, the portable health assistant can receive order updates from the clinician and transmit information collected from the patient to the server for review by the clinician. The clinician can review the patient information and issue orders modifying the patient's treatment regimen at the server itself or from a remote Web browser in communication with the server. The server can also send alerts to the clinician if the server determines that the patient data merits special attention from the clinician.

A method and computer software immersive interface for networked computers that utilize a pointing device (mouse, trackball, touchscreen, tablet, etc) and are connected by networks which allows intuitive and rapid navigation and access to programs, data, and any digital media such as images, pictures, photographs, audio, video, and models through a robust-feedback, highly interactive multimedia interface that is designed to appear and sound like a pseudo-physical virtual or real-life scene which is self-explaining and easily recognizable to the user. Interaction Elements within this scene take advantage of a pre-existing connotation to the user so that the functionality of each element can be quickly and easily recognized and manipulated. These Interaction Elements within the scene have multiple states, depending upon user input, and provide three types of robust multimedia functionality feedback to the user in response to every pertinent user activity. The robust feedback includes at least two of visual imagery feedback, visual textual feedback, and audio feedback.

A software control mechanism is disclosed for use with a plurality of media applications. The software control mechanism comprises a media control panel structured for use with a plurality of media applications. The media control panel is independent of each media application. Each media application is displayed within a computer screen. The software control mechanism is structured to control a function of a presently interfaced media application on the display screen. Further, as the presently interfaced media application changes on the display screen, the media control panel for that media application is displayed along a same boundary of the computer screen.

An authoring or other software tool is provided which allows users of the tool to review the creation and evolution of all or part of a content such as a multimedia title created using a tool incorporating the invention. According to the invention, an authoring tool comprises a recording mechanism for recording actions performed during the development or modification of software content in a manner that preserves, directly or indirectly, the relative chronological order of the actions and a playback mechanism for performing or otherwise simulating recorded actions. Preferably, the playback of an action includes annotation using text, recorded or computer-generated voice, video and / or graphic animation. Preferably, an authoring tool embodying the invention allows an author to specify criteria for which actions are to be played back, thereby providing an author with a mechanism for focusing on a particular subset of the recorded actions.

A multimedia software application that can include audio, video and / or graphics, in a manner that combines the multimedia experience with the transfer of information from and between a variety of sources (126), in a variety of directions, and subject to a variety of prompts. The application provides a “Web in Page” approach, in which a series of windows have the same or similar “look and feel”, yet can be used to access and display information from a variety of sources (126), including local content (112) (hard drive or other locally stored media), and web-based online content (118), including that available from a dedicated, integrated server (114), affiliated servers (114), or even other computer users. The application of the present invention can be provided in stand-alone form, to be loaded on a client device (116) (e.g., personal computer) from either a recorded medium or downloaded online. In addition to this “Web in Page” application interface, a “Web in Skin” interface may be provided, by which the application interface may be varied based on client user (110) or advertiser (126) preferences to provide a customized interface format. Optionally, and preferably, the application is provided in a form where it is recorded on, and thereby combined with, digitally recorded content, such as a music CD or DVD.

A multimedia software bridge which enables enterprise-class voice, Web, and video teleconferencing. The multimedia software bridge is an all-software, distributed media server architecture that efficiently routes, bridges, and manages integrated voice, data, and video streams across multiple sites in real-time. The multimedia software bridge includes media services, session control, content distribution, and any-device access layer.

The present invention provides a multimedia software framework system that allows development of customized multimedia plug-in applications for use within the system. Users can customize fields in the data entry, database, query and report forms without any programming effort. The information is packaged in an Application plug-in module which can be transported to any personal computer or network server. The information can be integrated into a core multimedia framework with features for video capturing, image processing, video and image broadcasting, entity work space elaboration, and instant multimedia messaging. The present invention also provides Internet Service Providers with a new opportunity for hosting application servers because the system resources in the core multimedia framework server can be partitioned for different applications and user accounts without any additional programming effort.

A system for the extraction of vocal content from a musical track. A hardware platform and a multimedia software application are provided that are suitable for use in playback of the musical track. A filter software unit then dynamically intercepts the musical track in the hardware platform prior to its use there in playback. The filter software unit suppresses the vocal content from the musical track to create an instrumental track, and it passes the instrumental track on for use in playback immediately or after some period of storage.

Controlling a multimedia software application using high-level metadata features and symbolic object labels derived from an audio source, wherein a first-pass of low-level signal analysis is performed, followed by a stage of statistical and perceptual processing, followed by a symbolic machine-learning or data-mining processing component is disclosed. This multi-stage analysis system delivers high-level metadata features, sound object identifiers, stream labels or other symbolic metadata to the application scripts or programs, which use the data to configure processing chains, or map it to other media. Embodiments of the invention can be incorporated into multimedia content players, musical instruments, recording studio equipment, installed and live sound equipment, broadcast equipment, metadata-generation applications, software-as-a-service applications, search engines, and mobile devices.

The invention discloses a simulation training system control device used for the airplane composite safety specialized technical personnel training, which relates to a device related to the airplane composite safety used on the ground. The device is composed of a simulation cabin, a main control computer and an interface system, a monitoring demo station and the like, integrally uses the virtual panel control technique, the stand-alone multi- touch screen control technique, uses a display to replace part of the print board assembly to complete the aircraft cockpit panel simulation, performs the control display of the three-dimensional simulating instrument on the display, which can performs a plurality of state working simulating training, the operating simulating training of the detection device, the simulating training of the troubleshooting skill and part of the accessory dismounting, realizes the multi-profession, multi-subject training of the airplane composite safety, and has high cost performance, good maintainability, strong upgrading capability.

A multimedia software application that can include audio, video and / or graphics, in a manner that combines the multimedia experience with the transfer of information from and between a variety of sources (126), in a variety of directions, and subject to a variety of prompts. The application provides a “Web in Page” approach, in which a series of windows have the same or similar “look and feel”, yet can be used to access and display information from a variety of sources (126), including local content (112) (hard drive or other locally stored media), and web-based online content (118), including that available from a dedicated, integrated server (114), affiliated servers (114), or even other computer users. The application of the present invention can be provided in stand-alone form, to be loaded on a client device (116) (e.g., personal computer) from either a recorded medium or downloaded online. In addition to this “Web in Page” application interface, a “Web in Skin” interface may be provided, by which the application interface may be varied based on client user (110) or advertiser (126) preferences to provide a customized interface format Optionally, and preferably, the application is provided in a form where it is recorded on, and thereby combined with, digitally recorded content, such as a music CD or DVD.

The invention discloses a video session realizing method based on a media server (MS), comprising: a premier multimedia software terminal (UE) sends an invite message to an application server (AS); AS distributes resources according to premier audio and video media information, session type, number of people in the session and session time information in the invite message and triggers media negotiation and call signalling interaction between the MS and UE; then, AS sends an Info message to the MS which establishes video session according to session property and premier property in the Info message and adds UE to the video session; then, the AS triggers the MS to process media negotiation and call signalling interaction with the member of video session and adds the member UE to the video session. The invention further discloses a video session realizing system based on MS, which reduces cost and difficulty to realize video session and improves expandability of the video session.

The invention provides a media module of a mobile video monitoring system. The media module is characterized in that: a DirectShow framework is employed as a framework of multimedia software development, a 'push' mode is employed as a data transmission mode, and an ffmpeg decoder is employed as an H.264 video decoder; and the DirectShow framework comprises the following parts: a source filter; a transform filter which is responsible for processing a video, decoding H.264 video data, and submitting the data to a filter of a next level; a rendering filter which is responsible for rendering play and audio play of the video on a panel, and submitting audio and video information after decoding to a video card or a sound card for processing; a filter graph manager which is responsible for managing the filters, providing a Filter management interface to an application program, and providing a reference clock; a Graph event providing module used for ensuring the media module to notify an event to the application program in a message form. The media module has good expansion performance, a development period is shortened, and development efficiency of the system is raised.

A multimedia software application that can include audio, video and / or graphics, in a manner that combines the multimedia experience with the transfer of information from and between a variety of sources (126), in a variety of directions, and subject to a variety of prompts. The application provides a “Web in Page” approach, in which a series of windows have the same or similar “look and feel”, yet can be used to access and display information from a variety of sources (126), including local content (112) (hard drive or other locally stored media), and web-based online content (118), including that available from a dedicated, integrated server (114), affiliated servers (114), or even other computer users. The application of the present invention can be provided in stand-alone form, to be loaded on a client device (116) (e.g., personal computer) from either a recorded medium or downloaded online. In addition to this “Web in Page” application interface, a “Web in Skin” interface may be provided, by which the application interface may be varied based on client user (110) or advertiser (126) preferences to provide a customized interface format Optionally, and preferably, the application is provided in a form where it is recorded on, and thereby combined with, digitally recorded content, such as a music CD or DVD.

The invention discloses a display method of a music-playing interface, which is applied to electronic equipment such as desk terminals which support the functions of touch, mice or external rotatable buttons, as well as multi-media software, mobile phones, mobile handheld communication equipment, multi-media players and the like. The method comprises the following steps of: building a virtual optical disk in the playing interface; and rotating and dragging the optical disk with fingers, touch pens, mice or external rotatable buttons to control and display the effects of the playing of the music, the fast-forward and rewind, the switching of the optical disk and the like. The method enriches the display effects of the music-playing interface and improves the controllability of the music-playing interface, thereby realizing a novel man-machine interaction mode on the basis that the music is played by clicking the buttons traditionally.

An authoring or other software tool is provided which allows users of the tool to review the creation and evolution of all or part of a content such as a multimedia title created using a tool incorporating the invention. According to the invention, an authoring tool comprises a recording mechanism for recording actions performed during the development or modification of software content in a manner that preserves, directly or indirectly, the relative chronological order of the actions and a playback mechanism for performing or otherwise simulating recorded actions. Preferably, the playback of an action includes annotation using text, recorded or computer-generated voice, video and / or graphic animation. Preferably, an authoring tool embodying the invention allows an author to specify criteria for which actions are to be played back, thereby providing an author with a mechanism for focusing on a particular subset of the recorded actions.

A system structure for increasing the performance of data transmission on the Internet is disclosed. By using a routing service system to detect the status (online or not) of each of the workstations and the optimal routing path between the workstations at any time, the routing service system continuously appoint a optimal routing path to the workstations that demand to communicate to each other by using the VoIP or Video conference software. Thus a plurality of workstations can use multimedia software to acquire smooth real time multimedia effect and breakthrough the limitation of applying physical IP network address in traditional video transmission.

A multimedia software system is provided, comprising: (1) a source of subject matter; (2) a subject matter delivery system operable to deliver the subject matter to a user via multiple modes of subject matter presentation; and (3) a user interface system in operable association with the delivery system, wherein the user interface system is selectively operable to search for, access and / or display the subject matter in multiple modes of subject matter presentation. Subject matter can be provided, uploaded, downloaded, recorded, searched, accessed and / or displayed. The system can simultaneously display different types of media presentations on a single computer screen without the need for popup screens and / or the like. For example, a video presentation can play in a first screen portion, a text presentation can display in a second screen portion, and an audio presentation can play in a third screen portion, wherein the viewer can simultaneously view all of the presentations on a single screen at the same time. The online system is useful for applications such as but not limited to religious instruction, entertainment, education, industrial training, professional training, and / or the like.

The invention provides a method and device for controlling live streaming audios. The method and device are used for improving the richness of the audios in the live streaming process. According to the invention, in response to a live streaming sound mixing instruction, a first audio signal collected by a microphone and a second audio signal output by multimedia software are mixed; and sending themixed audio signal to the currently running live streaming software. At the moment, the audio signal in the live streaming process comprises the first audio signal acquired by the microphone and thesecond audio signal output by the multimedia software, the accompaniment of the live broadcast process can be acquired by the multimedia software, the selection of the accompaniment in the live streaming process is enriched, and the richness of the audio in the live streaming process is improved.

The invention provides electrical appliance control equipment and an electrical appliance control system. The technical problems of troublesome electrical appliance control operation and disordered electrical appliance management due to the fact that a room has too much electronic equipment and electrical equipment in the prior art are effectively solved. The invention relates to the electrical appliance control equipment which comprises a processor, an input and output module, an intelligent identification module and a communication module. The invention further relates to the electric appliance control system which comprises the electrical appliance control equipment and electrical appliance control devices. The electrical appliance control equipment and the electrical appliance control system are applicable to the situation that a room has too much electronic equipment and electrical equipment and enable electrical appliances to be controlled and operated more simply. In addition, the electrical appliance control equipment and the electrical appliance control system have a user identification function, can be used for playing multimedia software and enable one person to watch a multimedia video at different positions.

The invention discloses a method for displaying a radio function interface. The method is applied to electronic equipment, such as a desktop terminal, multimedia software, a mobile phone, mobile handheld communication equipment and a multimedia player, which support the functions of touch, a mouse or an external rotating button. According to the method, a channel list is created in a play interface, and channels to be heard are selected by using a finger, a touch pen, the mouse or the external rotating button. By adopting the method, the display effect of a radio interface is enriched, and the controllability of channels is enhanced. On the conventional basis of controlling the functions of a radio by clicking buttons, a new man-machine interaction mode is realized.

The invention relates to a user terminal incoming call processing method. The method comprises the following steps: after an application management thread receives an incoming call message, the application management thread starts a call application and draws an incoming call window; at the initial phase of incoming call window drawing, the application management thread sends a playing request to a ring tone playing preparing thread; after the ring tone playing preparing thread receives the playing request, the ring tone playing preparing thread prepares resources needed by ring tone playing; and after the ring tone playing preparing thread is ready, the ring tone playing preparing thread notifies a ring tone playing thread to call multimedia software and to play a ring tone. The invention further relates to a user terminal incoming call processing device. According to the application of the technical scheme provided by the invention, the method of starting an idle thread is employed to play the ring tone of the incoming call, the phenomenon that ring tone playing and incoming call interface drawing are not synchronous is avoided, wherein the phenomenon is brought by that ring tone playing and incoming call interface drawing are performed in the same thread, and the experience of a user is improved.

A software control mechanism is disclosed for use with a plurality of media applications. The software control mechanism comprises a media control panel structured for use with a plurality of media applications. The media control panel is independent of each media application. Each media application is displayed within a computer screen. The software control mechanism is structured to control a function of a presently interfaced media application on the display screen. Further, as the presently interfaced media application changes on the display screen, the media control panel for that media application is displayed along a same boundary of the computer screen.

The invention discloses an interaction desk, comprising a desk main body and a computer; wherein the desk main body is provided with a display device, the display surface of the display device is take as the surface of the interaction desk, and the display surface of the display device is also adhered with a touch membrane, and the display device and the touch membrane are all connected with the computer. The invention adopts nano induction touch membrane, computer, multimedia software interaction and game software technologies, the touch membrane adhered on the display surface is used for receiving touch position information produced by a user on the display surface, the touch position information is transmitted onto the computer, vivid multimedia information or experience desktop game can be provided for the user on the desk surface of the interaction desk by virtue of the multimedia software, game software and an interface card, and information inquiry and downloading services also can be provided, thus not only showing cultural connotation of merchant but also showing entertainment of desk and information sharing, so that quality of life is improved.

The driver for cluster lamp spot comprises: processing edited video or multimedia with a CPU serial connected with multiple signal distributors, and outputting different video data to the luminous body combined by cluster spots to show corresponding design.

The invention discloses a portable learning machine and a using method thereof and relates to the field of intelligent learning machines. The portable learning machine solves the problem that in the prior art, when multimedia software for high school learning and reviewing is used, most users receive knowledge passively, and interaction between students and courseware cannot be performed during usage. By means of the technical scheme, in courseware displaying, the portable learning machine can obtain operation information of students operating according to requirements and can perform relevant operation according to the operation information. The portable learning machine and the using method thereof can be applied to man-machine interactive learning.

The invention discloses a simulation training system control device used for the airplane composite safety specialized technical personnel training, which relates to a device related to the airplane composite safety used on the ground. The device is composed of a simulation cabin, a main control computer and an interface system, a monitoring demo station and the like, integrally uses the virtual panel control technique, the stand-alone multi- touch screen control technique, uses a display to replace part of the print board assembly to complete the aircraft cockpit panel simulation, performs the control display of the three-dimensional simulating instrument on the display, which can performs a plurality of state working simulating training, the operating simulating training of the detection device, the simulating training of the troubleshooting skill and part of the accessory dismounting, realizes the multi-profession, multi-subject training of the airplane composite safety, and has high cost performance, good maintainability, strong upgrading capability.

The invention discloses a multimedia software long-distance control system and method, wherein, the system comprises a long-distance control unit wirelessly connected with a signal receiving unit and used for generating control signals according to the operation by users and sending control signals to the signal receiving unit through the wireless connection with the signal receiving unit; the signal receiving unit connected between a computer and the long-distance control unit and used for receiving control signals and sending control signals to a signal processing unit through connecting parts with the computer; the signal processing unit arranged in the computer and used for receiving control signals sent by the signal receiving unit and converting the control signal into control instructions and sending control instructions to a multimedia software. With the invention, users can carry out a long-distance control to the multimedia software in the computer so as to reinforce the enjoyment of users.