Browser for use in navigating a body of information, with particular application to browsing information represented by audiovisual data
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    发明授权
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    浏览器用于浏览一系列信息,特别适用于浏览视听数据所代表的信息

    公开(公告)号:US06263507B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-17

    申请号:US08761030

    申请日:1996-12-05

    IPC分类号: H04N7173

    摘要: The invention facilitates and enhances review of a body of information (that can be represented by a set of audio data, video data, text data or some combination of the three), enabling the body of information to be quickly reviewed to obtain an overview of the content of the body of information and allowing flexibility in the manner in which the body of information is reviewed. In a particular application of the invention, the content of audiovisual news programs is acquired from a first set of one or more information sources (e.g., television news programs) and text news stories are acquired from a second set of one or more information sources (e.g., on-line news services or news wire services). In such a particular application, the invention can enable the user to access the news stories of audiovisual news programs in a random manner so that the user can move quickly among news stories or news programs. The invention can also enable the user to quickly locate news stories pertaining to a particular subject. Additionally, when the user is observing a particular news story in a news program, the invention can identify and display related news stories. The invention can also enable the user to control the display of the news programs by, for example, speeding up the display, causing a summary of one or more news stories to be displayed, or pausing the display of the news stories. Additionally, the invention can indicate to the user which news story is currently being viewed, as well as which news stories have previously been viewed.

    摘要翻译: 本发明有助于和增强对一组信息(可以由一组音频数据,视频数据,文本数据或三者的一些组合来表示)的审查,使得能够快速地审查信息的主体以获得 信息内容的内容,并允许审查信息的方式的灵活性。 在本发明的特定应用中,从第一组一个或多个信息源(例如,电视新闻节目)中获取视听新闻节目的内容,并且从第二组一个或多个信息源获取文本新闻故事( 例如在线新闻服务或新闻线服务)。 在这样的具体应用中,本发明能够使用户以随机的方式访问视听新闻节目的新闻故事,使得用户可以在新闻故事或新闻节目中快速移动。 本发明还可以使用户能够快速定位与特定主题有关的新闻故事。 此外,当用户在新闻节目中观察特定的新闻故事时,本发明可以识别和显示相关的新闻故事。 本发明还能够使用户通过例如加速显示来控制新闻节目的显示,导致显示一个或多个新闻的摘要,或者暂停显示新闻故事。 此外,本发明可以向用户指示当前正在观看哪个新闻故事,以及先前已经看过哪些新闻故事。