公开(公告)号：US08074161B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-06

申请号：US11758835

申请日：2007-06-06

申请人： John R. Nicol ,  Christopher M. Martin ,  James E Paschetto ,  Kent B. Wittenberg

发明人： John R. Nicol ,  Christopher M. Martin ,  James E Paschetto ,  Kent B. Wittenberg

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30056 ,  G06F17/211 ,  G06F17/30038

摘要： Described are a variety of techniques for viewing multimedia-based information in accordance with user controls for the speed and direction of the multimedia presentation. Different techniques for presenting multimedia data items are disclosed. User controls providing control for speed and direction in accordance with a user selection device being in a particular location. When a user device is within the defined area, the speed and direction control are on. When the user selection device leaves the defined area, the speed and direction are off. Also described is a system using a browser tool for displaying multimedia data in accordance with these viewing techniques. Multimedia data items displayed with the viewing techniques are indices into multimedia presentations. A user selection is made by viewing the multimedia data items and control is transferred accordingly to an appropriate application to present a multimedia presentation corresponding to a selected multimedia data item. A technique is disclosed for generating an index database of the multimedia data items used as indices into the multimedia presentations.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于根据用户对多媒体呈现的速度和方向的控制来查看基于多媒体的信息的各种技术。 公开了用于呈现多媒体数据项的不同技术。 用户控制根据用户选择装置在特定位置提供对速度和方向的控制。 当用户设备在定义的区域内时，速度和方向控制开启。 当用户选择设备离开定义区域时，速度和方向关闭。 还描述了根据这些观看技术的使用浏览器工具来显示多媒体数据的系统。 用观看技术显示的多媒体数据项是多媒体演示的索引。 通过观看多媒体数据项进行用户选择，并且相应地将控制传送到适当的应用以呈现与所选多媒体数据项相对应的多媒体呈现。 公开了一种用于生成用作多媒体呈现中的索引的多媒体数据项的索引数据库的技术。