公开(公告)号：US06693649B1

公开(公告)日：2004-02-17

申请号：US09569875

申请日：2000-05-12

申请人： James S. Lipscomb ,  Sih-Pin Subrina Chang ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Jai Menon ,  Arun Ramchandra ,  Edward C. Snible ,  Liang-Jie Zhang

发明人： James S. Lipscomb ,  Sih-Pin Subrina Chang ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Jai Menon ,  Arun Ramchandra ,  Edward C. Snible ,  Liang-Jie Zhang

IPC分类号： G06F314

CPC分类号： H04N9/3185 ,  H04N9/3147

摘要： A system and method for unifying hotspot subject to non-linear transformation and interpolation in heterogeneous media representations includes a content creator for creating Rich Media, e.g. stills, animation, panorama and a delivery system including an action handler for responding to a hotspot in the Rich Media when selected by a user interacting with a projected image display. The hotspot is expressed in the media as an area defined in terms of a Euclidean, rectangular coordinate system for transformation and mapping of the media image hotspot coordinates into corresponding coordinates of a hotspot location in the projected image display. Unfortunately, the image coordinates in the media do not necessarily map directly into corresponding coordinates in the projected image. Flat media images can be linearly transformed to projected image coordinates. However, panorama media require non-linear transformation of media coordinated to projected image coordinates. The coordinates for the media hotspot are stored in a centralized action handler independent of the non-linearities in the media. As a result of a user selecting or picking a hotspot in the projected image, the pick may fall outside of the corresponding hotspot in the case of non-linear media. The hotspot in the media and the projected image may be unified by increasing the number of points in the area geometry which makes more reliable that a pick in the projected image hotspot will fall within the hotspot area in the media. When the projected image hotspot is picked by a mouse or other input device, a signal is transmitted to the media indicating the coordinates of the input device with respect to the media. The media transforms the input coordinates and queries the action handler for a stored hotspot at the location of the input device. The action handler returns the hotspot, if any at the queried location The media displays the hotspot, if any at the location and the input device location on the media. When the pick falls within the media hotspot area and is actuated, the action handler initiates events associated with the picked hotspot in the projected image.

公开(公告)号：US06954196B1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-11

申请号：US09444317

申请日：1999-11-22

申请人： James S. Lipscomb ,  Sih-Pin Subrina Chang ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Jai Menon ,  Arun Ramchandra ,  Liang-Jie Zhang ,  Robert C. Plotkin ,  Eric H. Hoffman

发明人： James S. Lipscomb ,  Sih-Pin Subrina Chang ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Jai Menon ,  Arun Ramchandra ,  Liang-Jie Zhang ,  Robert C. Plotkin ,  Eric H. Hoffman

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/451

摘要： The present invention is directed to a system and method of reconciling multiple control inputs to a processor and controlling an output in an interface. The method provides a degraded output response when the control inputs are asserted simultaneously, and provides an increased output response when the inputs act individually and alternately. This system and method acts to provide feedback to the operator or operators controlling the inputs so as to encourage the operator(s) to assert the inputs individually, and discourage the operator(s) from asserting the inputs simultaneously.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种将多个控制输入与处理器协调并控制接口中的输出的系统和方法。 当控制输入同时置位时，该方法提供了降级的输出响应，并且当输入单独和交替地提供输出响应。 该系统和方法用于向控制输入的操作者或操作者提供反馈，以便鼓励操作者单独地声明输入，并且阻止操作者同时断言输入。

公开(公告)号：US06907563B1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-14

申请号：US09572894

申请日：2000-05-18

申请人： Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Sih-Pin Subrina Chang ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  James S. Lipscomb ,  Jai Menon ,  Arun Ramchandra ,  Liang-Jie Zhang

发明人： Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Sih-Pin Subrina Chang ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  James S. Lipscomb ,  Jai Menon ,  Arun Ramchandra ,  Liang-Jie Zhang

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G06G17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30056

摘要： A system and method composes heterogeneous media components into a unified environment for rich spatio-temporal hotlink authoring and action enablement in low-bandwidth presentations. The media client master coupled to the server receives a first heterogeneous media file. The master parses the file to identify the various media tracks in the file, their types, and the object which would render them. When the master encounters a media frame, an internal table is checked to verify whether a media object has been instantiated to handle the corresponding media track. If not, the master fetches the appropriate object from the server and instantiates the object in the media track. The master verifies the frame to determine if an action enablement kernel has been created. If not, the master fetches the appropriate object from the server and instantiates the object in the frame, to activate an action enabler for display of the action.

摘要翻译： 系统和方法将异构媒体组件组合成统一的环境，用于在低带宽呈现中进行丰富的时空热链接创作和行动实现。 耦合到服务器的媒体客户端主机接收第一异构媒体文件。 主人解析文件以识别文件中的各种媒体轨道，它们的类型和将呈现它们的对象。 当主机遇到媒体帧时，会检查内部表格以验证是否已将媒体对象实例化为处理相应的媒体轨道。 如果没有，则主机从服务器中获取适当的对象并实例化媒体轨道中的对象。 主机验证帧以确定是否已创建动作启用内核。 如果没有，主从服务器获取适当的对象并实例化框架中的对象，以激活操作启动器来显示操作。

公开(公告)号：US06968366B1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-22

申请号：US09570063

申请日：2000-05-12

申请人： Liang-Jie Zhang ,  Jai Menon ,  James S. Lipscomb ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Sih-Pin Subrina Chang

发明人： Liang-Jie Zhang ,  Jai Menon ,  James S. Lipscomb ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Sih-Pin Subrina Chang

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G06F17/30038 ,  G06F17/30244

摘要： Techniques are provided for managing the creation, storage, search and delivery of rich media optimized for e-commerce in a distributed information network, e.g., the Internet. In an illustrative embodiment, a content creation phase generates rich media content in a single multimedia file in the format of a HotMedia file for delivery to a Rich Media Build Engine (RMBE). Rich media content is extracted from the file using pluggable and modular extractors providing an input to a commerce-based search engine and a full-text search engine. The outputs of the search engine are combined as a search result from which a searchable database directory is created. The output is stored in a conventional database, e.g., DB2. A web client is coupled to the search system through a web server providing a search query to the rich media database and receiving an output from the search engine.

摘要翻译： 提供技术来管理在分布式信息网络（例如因特网）中为电子商务优化的富媒体的创建，存储，搜索和传递。 在说明性实施例中，内容创建阶段以单个多媒体文件的形式，以HotMedia文件的格式生成富媒体内容，以传送到富媒体构建引擎（RMBE）。 使用可插拔和模块化提取器从文件中提取丰富的媒体内容，为基于商业的搜索引擎和全文搜索引擎提供输入。 搜索引擎的输出被组合为搜索结果，从中创建可搜索的数据库目录。 输出存储在常规数据库中，例如DB2。 网络客户端通过网络服务器耦合到搜索系统，网络服务器向富媒体数据库提供搜索查询并从搜索引擎接收输出。

公开(公告)号：US07039933B1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-02

申请号：US09725009

申请日：2000-11-28

申请人： Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  James S. Lipscomb ,  Lurng-Kuo Liu ,  Jai Menon ,  Liang-Jie Zhang

发明人： Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  James S. Lipscomb ,  Lurng-Kuo Liu ,  Jai Menon ,  Liang-Jie Zhang

IPC分类号： H04N7/25 ,  H04N7/10

CPC分类号： H04N21/23424 ,  H04N21/2221 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2368 ,  H04N21/4341 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/44016 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8455 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： A system, method and program product uses tags as markers for incorporating local content in a communications stream, e.g., TV broadcast, cable transmission. A transmitter generates a communication stream including program content for transmission to a receiver. The transmitter includes an authoring tool for generating two types of tags for incorporation into the program content. The receiver captures the program content and stores the tags in tables. One type of tag initiates local action in the program content in the communication stream. A second type of tag is capable of modifying the first type of tag in the tables. When the time for a local action according to a first type of tag is detected, the program content is interrupted by splicing or inserting the local content.

摘要翻译： 系统，方法和程序产品使用标签作为将本地内容并入通信流中的标记，例如TV广播，电缆传输。 发射机产生包括用于发射到接收机的节目内容的通信流。 发射机包括用于生成用于并入节目内容的两种类型的标签的创作工具。 接收器捕获程序内容并将标签存储在表中。 一种类型的标签在通信流中的节目内容中发起本地动作。 第二种类型的标签能够修改表格中的第一种类型的标签。 当检测到根据第一类型的标签的本地动作的时间时，通过拼接或插入本地内容来中断节目内容。

公开(公告)号：US08108827B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-31

申请号：US12057873

申请日：2008-03-28

申请人： Hua Chen ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Pierre Darmon ,  Shang Q. Guo ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Edward C. Snible ,  Kshitij M. Vichare

发明人： Hua Chen ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Pierre Darmon ,  Shang Q. Guo ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Edward C. Snible ,  Kshitij M. Vichare

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30056 ,  G06F17/24 ,  G06F17/30896 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： Video, stills, panorama, sound and all forms of media as Rich Media in a Multimedia Vehicle Repository (MVR) file editable with a Rich Media Content description file. The Rich Media Content description file enables users to specify a vocabulary that defines the media elements and relations among the media elements thereby permitting the users to easily create and edit the Rich Media Content and compose various raw or compressed Rich Media components using any text editor. A multimedia authoring server side processor accepts the raw formatted Rich Media Content along with description text file in XML format and outputs the Rich Media, text and graphic components as an edited MVR file in accordance with user's design for execution on a multimedia player.

摘要翻译： 视频，静止图像，全景图，声音和所有形式的媒体，作为Rich Media内容描述文件可编辑的多媒体车辆存储库（MVR）文件中的Rich Media。 富媒体内容描述文件使用户能够指定定义媒体元素和媒体元素之间的关系的词汇表，从而允许用户使用任何文本编辑器容易地创建和编辑富媒体内容并组合各种原始或压缩的富媒体组件。 多媒体创作服务器端处理器接受原始格式化的Rich Media内容以及XML格式的描述文本文件，并根据用户设计输出Rich Media，文本和图形组件作为编辑的MVR文件，以便在多媒体播放器上执行。

公开(公告)号：US20080184098A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-31

申请号：US12057873

申请日：2008-03-28

申请人： Hua Chen ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Pierre Darmon ,  Shang Q. Guo ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Edward C. Snible ,  Kshitij M. Vichare

发明人： Hua Chen ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Pierre Darmon ,  Shang Q. Guo ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Edward C. Snible ,  Kshitij M. Vichare

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30056 ,  G06F17/24 ,  G06F17/30896 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： Video, stills, panorama, sound and all forms of media as Rich Media in a Multimedia Vehicle Repository (MVR) file editable with a Rich Media Content description file. The Rich Media Content description file enables users to specify a vocabulary that defines the media elements and relations among the media elements thereby permitting the users to easily create and edit the Rich Media Content and compose various raw or compressed Rich Media components using any text editor. A multimedia authoring server side processor accepts the raw formatted Rich Media Content along with description text file in XML format and outputs the Rich Media, text and graphic components as an edited MVR file in accordance with user's design for execution on a multimedia player.

摘要翻译： 视频，静止图像，全景图，声音和所有形式的媒体，作为Rich Media内容描述文件可编辑的多媒体车辆存储库（MVR）文件中的Rich Media。 富媒体内容描述文件使用户能够指定定义媒体元素和媒体元素之间的关系的词汇表，从而允许用户使用任何文本编辑器容易地创建和编辑富媒体内容并组合各种原始或压缩的富媒体组件。 多媒体创作服务器端处理器接受原始格式化的Rich Media内容以及XML格式的描述文本文件，并根据用户设计输出Rich Media，文本和图形组件作为编辑的MVR文件，以便在多媒体播放器上执行。

公开(公告)号：US07376932B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-20

申请号：US09727524

申请日：2000-12-04

申请人： Hua Chen ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Pierre Darmon ,  Shang Q. Guo ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Edward C. Snible ,  Kshitij M. Vichare

发明人： Hua Chen ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen ,  Pierre Darmon ,  Shang Q. Guo ,  Keeranoor G. Kumar ,  Edward C. Snible ,  Kshitij M. Vichare

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30056 ,  G06F17/24 ,  G06F17/30896 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： Video, stills, panorama, sound and all forms of media as Rich Media in a Multimedia Vehicle Repository (MVR) file editable with a Rich Media Content description file. The Rich Media Content description file enables users to specify a vocabulary that defines the media elements and relations among the media elements thereby permitting the users to easily create and edit the Rich Media Content and compose various raw or compressed Rich Media components using any text editor. A multimedia authoring server side processor accepts the raw formatted Rich Media Content along with description text file in XML format and outputs the Rich Media, text and graphic components as an edited MVR file in accordance with user's design for execution on a multimedia player.

摘要翻译： 视频，静止图像，全景图，声音和所有形式的媒体，作为Rich Media内容描述文件可编辑的多媒体车辆存储库（MVR）文件中的Rich Media。 富媒体内容描述文件使用户能够指定定义媒体元素和媒体元素之间的关系的词汇表，从而允许用户使用任何文本编辑器容易地创建和编辑富媒体内容并组合各种原始或压缩的富媒体组件。 多媒体创作服务器端处理器接受原始格式化的Rich Media内容以及XML格式的描述文本文件，并根据用户设计输出Rich Media，文本和图形组件作为编辑的MVR文件，以便在多媒体播放器上执行。

公开(公告)号：US07251833B2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-31

申请号：US09750266

申请日：2000-12-29

申请人： Ephriam Feig ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen

发明人： Ephriam Feig ,  Shu-Chun Jeane Chen

IPC分类号： G06F7/04 ,  H04N7/167

CPC分类号： H04N21/23895 ,  H04N7/1675 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/63345

摘要： A method is disclosed for enforcing the sequential playback of a multimedia file. In one aspect of the method, a sending server stores a multimedia file which is then partitioned into a plurality of sequential data blocks. The server generates a plurality of enabling tokens each corresponding to one of the plurality of sequential data blocks. The server then encodes each respective one of the pluralities of sequential data blocks with a corresponding one of the plurality of enabling tokens, producing a plurality of encoded sequential data blocks. The server then transfers the encoded sequential data blocks to a receiving client. The server also transfers the plurality of enabling tokens to the receiving client. In this manner, the server retains control over the client receiver's playback of the multimedia file.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于执行多媒体文件的顺序回放的方法。 在该方法的一个方面，发送服务器存储多媒体文件，然后将多媒体文件分割成多个顺序数据块。 服务器生成与多个顺序数据块中的一个对应的多个使能令牌。 然后，服务器对多个顺序数据块中的每个相应的一个与多个使能标记中的相应一个进行编码，产生多个经编码的顺序数据块。 然后，服务器将编码的顺序数据块传送到接收客户端。 服务器还将多个启用令牌传送到接收客户端。 以这种方式，服务器保持对客户接收机对多媒体文件的回放的控制。