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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176426 | Image reproduction apparatus and image reproduction program product An image reproduction apparatus that sequentially reproduces and displays a plurality of images, includes: a display effect setting unit that sets a display effect for each image based upon image data of the image stored in a storage means; and a display unit that r... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171412 | Context sensitive text recognition and marking from speech A visual presentation system and method for synchronizing presentation data being viewed in a display with speech input. A system is disclosed that includes: a speech recognition system for recognizing speech input; an association system for determining a context of... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166401 | Providing a presentation in a remote location A method for providing computer readable instructions for a presentation in a remote location is disclosed. In the method non-editable computer readable instructions for a presentation at a remote location are received from a central data storage via a data network.... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8156437 | Creation of image designating file and reproduction of image using same A technique for enabling scenario files and image files for supply to a scenario generating device to be created easily is provided. The scenario creating device creates a scenario file supplied to a scenario reproducing device capable of reproducing only image file... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140975 | Slide show navigation A slide show, integrated into an email application, displays images such as those included as an attachment to an email message. The user can view the slide show without exiting the email application. Slide show navigation controls are provided. An index sheet mode ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8117546 | Method and related display device for displaying pictures in digital picture slide show A method for displaying pictures during a digital picture slide show includes receiving a plurality of pictures, determining display characteristics of the plurality of pictures according to weighting values of the plurality of pictures, and displaying the plurality... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108777 | Sections of a presentation having user-definable properties In general, this disclosure describes techniques that employ user-defined values of properties of sections of an electronic presentation. As described herein, a user may configure a presentation to include a plurality of sections. Each of the sections includes zero ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8078967 | Method and apparatus for virtual editing of multimedia presentations A method and apparatus for viewing desired portions of a multimedia presentation. Desired portions of a multimedia presentation are determined. In one embodiment, an editor may determine which portions of the presentation are desired. Alternatively, or additionally,... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078968 | Projector, non-transitory storage medium, computer program product and method A projector including: a communication section; a storage section which stores initial projection target data, updated projection target data, layout data and others; an update request reception section which receives an update request from PC via the communication ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8051377 | Method and apparatus for displaying multiple page files Embodiments for displaying multiple page files are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a plurality of files may be automatically displayed. For the respective files of the plurality of files, a count of pages may be determined, and at least one of the pages of the ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046690 | Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus which has a display unit includes: a communication unit which communicates with an external source supplying a image signal including a plurality of still images; an image processor which processes the image signal; and a controller which control... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046691 | Generalized interactive narratives A multimedia system specifies a multimedia experience stream by a narrative definition that defines a narrative presentation having sub-narratives. Each sub-narrative may incorporate multiple streams of different types of media with each stream defining a “path”... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041724 | Dynamically modifying a sequence of slides in a slideshow set during a presentation of the slideshow Mechanisms for dynamically modifying a sequence of slides in a slideshow set during a presentation of the slideshow are provided. Tag metadata may be provided for each slide of a slideshow set such that this tag metadata may be used to establish logical subsets of s... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8024658 | Application for designing photo albums Some embodiments of the invention provide a computer-based application that allows its users to insert their pictures in a variety of different photo album books (called photo books below). Each photo book has several pages that have one or more picture fields for p... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010886 | Intelligently representing files in a view Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system, and media for intelligently presenting representations of files. The method can include determining a set of files for which information about them is to be rendered in a window of a graphical user interface eve... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001474 | System and method for creating and distributing asynchronous bi-directional channel based multimedia content A system for creating and distributing asynchronous bi-directional channel based multimedia content including means for creating a selectable list of channels, each channel to contain multimedia content related to each of the list channel; means for recording the mu... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996772 | Apparatus, method, and medium for providing guideline for arranging images with story One or more embodiments relate to a method, apparatus, and medium for providing a guideline for arranging images with a story. An apparatus for providing a guideline for arranging images with a story according to an aspect of the present invention includes a guideli... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7979801 | Media presentation driven by meta-data events A presentation application provides for authoring and playback of multi-media presentations. Each page of the presentation may contain one or more types of media, including video, text, images and other media. A user may interact with the presentation during playbac... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7954044 | Method and apparatus for linking representation and realization data A method and apparatus for creating links between a representation, (e.g. text data,) and a realization, (e.g. corresponding audio data,) is provided. According to the invention the realization is structured by combining a time-stamped version of the representation ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941751 | Generation and implementation of dynamic surveys Techniques are described for generating and implementing dynamic surveys, in which a subsequent query is presented based at least in part on a selected response option of a previous query. For example, a system may include presentation logic configured to display a ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7930637 | Intelligent agenda object for a presentation application A system includes a memory, a display, and a processor programmed to load a configuration program and an intelligent agenda program into the memory. The intelligent agenda program is adapted to interface with a slide presentation program and respond to a plurality o... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7917839 | System and a method for interactivity creation and customization A system and a method for the creation and customization of interactivity are described. An interactivity builder is provided that includes a Interaction Model Selector Module, an interactivity editor, and an Interaction Model Library comprising Interaction Models. ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917852 | System and method for visually analyzing geographic data A system and method for analyzing, searching and viewing demographic data within different geographic regions. A system is provided that includes: a mapping system for displaying a map having a plurality of geographic regions, wherein each geographic region is selec... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908558 | Method and system for automatically selecting images from among multiple images Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for automatically selecting images, from among multiple images, for sequential display, comprising: establishing a total time for a sequential display of a set of selected images; clustering ima... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904798 | Method of generating a presentation with background music and related system To improve precision when generating multimedia presentations synchronized to background music, number of beats of the background music is determined. The beats of the background music are grouped to form presentation segments, and digital images are assigned to the... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7873906 | Method and system for presenting a visual notification and delaying an action responsive to an onscreen selection A method and system for presenting a visual notification and delaying an action responsive to an onscreen selection. A computing unit displays a presentation of a software application or a web page including a selectable item. The computing unit receives a position ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870489 | Content display control apparatus and content display control method A interface unit, which while displaying a current content, receives input of reference information specifying a target content that will be switched to and viewed from the current content. A content sequence creation unit creates a content sequence in which one or ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7818658 | Multimedia presentation system A multimedia presentation system. The multi-presentation system is used to display a presentation using a presentation script and a plurality of presentation assets. The presentation script defines how the presentation assets are used to create a complete presentati... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7810021 | Apparatus and method for creating literary macramés By the use of program scripts, databases, and other software elements, taking as input a set of text files making up a work of literature of substantial size, converting the files to an electronically-readable form, linking the files to each other to provide readers... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7793205 | Synchronization of video and data A system including a video stream and a data stream. The system synchronizes the data stream to different portions of the video stream. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7779358 | Intelligent content organization based on time gap analysis Gap values for a collection of images are obtained; each gap value is a temporal difference between temporally adjacent images. A first grouping of the collection of images into one or more groups is determined based at least in part on the gap values. The first gro... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7765480 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and a computer-readable storage medium containing a computer program for image processing recorded thereon An image processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a reference image extracting section for extracting a reference image as an object for display; a parameter managing section for managing a plurality of parameters and their values for the ex... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761796 | Animation on object user interface A system and method for graphically showing the animation order of animated elements in a presentation program or other software. The invention consists of a User Interface (UI) widget which shows the order of the animation in the presentation. This UI employs an an... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7747953 | Methods and systems for receiving feedback from a scalable number of participants of an on-line presentation Methods and systems for receiving feedback from a scalable number of participants of an on-line presentation. One method includes analyzing a screen change data set at a first computing device of an on-line presentation environment, tagging the screen change data se... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7725830 | Assembling verbal narration for digital display images A computer-based narration assembly system and method provide an environment analogous to in-person sharing of photographs by utilizing spontaneous verbal narration or story-telling, together with manual indications by the story-teller of significant or relevant ima... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7707502 | Method to manage speaker notes in a computer implemented slide show A method for managing speaker notes in a slide presentation is disclosed. A method for creating a plurality of speaker notes files to be used in support of a slide presentation includes: creating a first speaker notes file including a first plurality of speaker note... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7703017 | Program display method, program display apparatus, and program delivery and display system A template file defines a video material data, a first still picture material data, a second still picture material data and text data, and a display area for each of the material data. A presentation file defines the template file and a correlation between each of ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7698646 | Techniques for accessing information captured during a presentation using a paper document handout for the presentation Techniques that enable information recorded during a presentation to be accessed or retrieved using a handout printed for the presentation. A user can select one or more items, such as slides, printed on the handout and access portions of the recorded information wh... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698645 | Presentation slide contents processor for categorizing presentation slides and method for processing and categorizing slide contents A slide contents processor has a computer, a percentage computer and a categorizing unit. The computer computes a deviation of explanation time of each slide to total explanation time of slides. The percentage computer computes a percentage of objects in the slide b... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7669131 | Image browsing apparatus and image browsing method An image browsing apparatus has: a display unit for displaying image data; a reproducing unit for reproducing audio data; a detector for detecting a feature of the audio data reproduced by the reproducing unit; and a controller for, when predetermined audio data is ... | 02/23/2010 |
