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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8086962 | Method and apparatus for reproducing multimedia files In the present invention, a method and apparatus are provided for reproducing multimedia files, wherein the selection probability of the multimedia files is adjusted according to a user's preference and a multimedia file is randomly selected and played according to ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074173 | Associating input with computer based content Notes and other input may be entered directly onto computer based content. The notes may be taken on a portable computing device that contains metadata from the computer based content. The metadata and input are stored and once the portable computing device is in co... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8032832 | Non-linear presentation canvas Technologies are described herein for providing a non-linear presentation canvas. A non-linear presentation canvas is provided. The non-linear presentation canvas is a virtual space onto which multimedia files and hyperlinks can be inserted. A content preview for on... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7975227 | System and method for generating a work of communication with supplemental context A system for selecting, managing, sharing and displaying content data files in a manner that takes into the account the contextual significance of said content data files to a narrative, an author(s) and an audience. A system that is able to place an absolute and re... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7945848 | Dynamically modifying a theme-based media presentation A system and method for dynamically modifying a media presentation is disclosed. A first presentation theme associated with a media presentation is determined. A plurality of multi-media data files are accessed, wherein each of the plurality of multi-media data file... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7930638 | System and method for creating, playing and modifying slide shows A system and method for creating, playing and modifying slide shows utilizes a graphic play area for sequentially displaying slides of slide shows. The graphic play area is configured to automatically add one or more objects placed in the graphic play area when a sl... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7885979 | Method, graphical interface and computer-readable medium for forming a batch job A method, graphical interface and computer-readable medium for forming a batch job includes selecting at least one input file to reformat in the batch job. A batch job tree is formed for constructing a batch job with each of the input files being associated to a cor... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7752548 | Features such as titles, transitions, and/or effects which vary according to positions A software program for creating features for use with a plurality of media objects in a sequence. The program comprises a feature component specifying a feature having parameters affecting at least one variable aspect of the feature. An indicator component identifie... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7743331 | Viewing and modifying content slide navigation properties A system displays a set of content slides on a graphical user interface. The system identifies navigation paths between content slides in the set of content slides, each navigation path indicating a destination content slide to be displayed after a source content sl... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7739601 | Media authoring and presentation A system and method for facilitating non-linear viewing of media is provided. The system facilitates non-linear viewing of media by providing a scene selector that scans a digitized media and selects a scene in the digitized media and a metadata generator that produ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7716578 | Display method, computer program product and computer system The present invention relates to a display method. The display method includes displaying a labeled column chart on a graphical user interface, where the column chart having a plurality of labels. The display method further includes entering a first modification of ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7694226 | System and method for generating a work of communication with supplemental context A system for selecting, managing, sharing and displaying content data files in a manner that takes into account the contextual significance of said content data files to a narrative, an author(s) and an audience. A system that is able to place an absolute and relati... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7610554 | Template-based multimedia capturing Systems and methods for template-based multimedia capturing are described. In one aspect, a capturing template is selected to facilitate capturing a particular quantity and type(s) of media content. Media content is captured based on a temporal structure provided by... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7590939 | Storage and utilization of slide presentation slides Slide presentation files may be separated into one or more individual slide files, and the one or more individual slide files may be stored in a remote or local slide library. Stored individual slide files are populated with metadata for allowing subsequent search a... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7526726 | System and method for generating presentations A system and method allows a user to specify a presentation by arranging content into a hierarchical arrangement. The presentation is generated in response to the content and the hierarchical arrangement. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7496829 | Method and apparatus for displaying multiple contexts in electronic documents Methods and apparatus for simultaneously displaying multiple-contexts in a page-oriented viewing architecture utilize the concept of page pinning in which a portion of a first document context is displayed as a fixed frame overlayed on or placed beside the display o... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7478328 | Method of entering a presentation into a computer A method of entering a presentation into a computer. A dynamic grid is provided by adding graphical objects to a logical container, i.e. an empty presentation page. The dynamic grid facilitates entering of constraints. The constraints can be used as an input for a c... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7434165 | Programmed apparatus and system of dynamic display of presentation files A method of preparing and displaying a cumulative presentation and a presentation system are provided. A listing of available individual presentation files is provided through a user interface. Each of the presentation files comprises a plurality of presentation sli... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428704 | Dynamic presentation generator A computer aided workstation programmed to facilitate and enhance the process for creating complex graphics and associated presentation design through the use of multiple software tools/agents in conjunction with retail presentation products. Critical brandin... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7383509 | Automatic generation of multimedia presentation The present invention provides a system and method for automatically combining image and audio data to create a multimedia presentation. In one embodiment, audio and image data are received by the system. The audio data includes a list of events that correspond to p... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376932 | XML-based textual specification for rich-media content creation—methods 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 medi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7366711 | Multi-document summarization system and method A summary for a collection of related documents can be generated by extracting phrases from the documents which include common focus elements. Phrase intersection analysis is then performed on the extracted phrases to generate a phrase intersection table, where iden... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360159 | System for creating media presentations of computer software application programs A system for producing presentations of computer application programs that also allows the inclusion of advertising, or other information, into a presentation and which can be updated by a central ad server. When the presentation is viewed offline, default ads are k... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353456 | Prototype page for simulating navigation in computer programs A prototype page for simulating navigation between objects in a computer program. A selection of a distribution of presentation areas is received. A placement of first and second icon symbols in at least one of the presentation areas is received. The first and secon... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7321372 | Method for performing image editing A method for performing image editing includes displaying an image in a first state; saving the image in the first state; performing an operation to change the image to a second state from the first state, the second state being different from the first state; displ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7313755 | Media timeline sorting Media timeline sorting is described. In an implementation, a method includes receiving a media timeline at an application programming interface, in which, the media timeline includes a plurality of timeline objects. One or more of the timeline objects reference a re... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290212 | Program and method for displaying a radar chart With spreadsheet software, such as the MICROSOFT EXCEL, a radar chart can be compiled by the use of data in a table made. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7272780 | System and method for media stream indexing and synchronization An indexing method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling data delivery... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269794 | Method and apparatus for viewpoint collaboration A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing messages. A viewport is displayed on a display in association with a chat window in which the viewport defines an area on the display. The image is defined as graphical data in the area defined by the viewp... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266773 | System and method for creating a graphical presentation A system and method for creating graphical presentations is disclosed. A pre-existing graphical presentation is scanned. Data points are extracted from the pre-existing graphical presentation. Corresponding data points are extracted from tabulated data. These corres... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254635 | Apparatus and method for producing and managing data for optimizing the delivery of multimedia content A managing apparatus for managing data necessary for providing a content is disclosed, that includes a reserving element for reserving a delivery resource for each content, a storing element for storing reserved delivery resource assignment information, and a transm... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246316 | Methods and apparatus for automatically generating presentations Systems and methods for generating slide presentations enable a user (e.g., a sales professional) to generate presentations tailored to a specific presentation target (e.g., a potential customer) with the click of a button. An exemplary method includes: collecting i... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233831 | Systems and methods for controlling programmable lighting systems One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a control system. The control system may be adapted to control one or more lighting systems (e.g. stand-alone or networked lighting systems). The control system may also have a user interface (e.g. dial or butto... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231375 | Computer aided query to task mapping An annotating system aids a user in mapping a large number of queries to tasks to obtain training data for training a search component. The annotating system includes a query log containing a large quantity of queries which have previously been submitted to a search... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225467 | Active intrusion resistant environment of layered object and compartment keys (airelock) A high level of security and fault tolerance is provided in a digital network by use of highly secure infrastructure of user transparent signalling for communicating detection of signals at a network node having characteristics of a potential attack to another node ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210100 | Configurable transformation of electronic documents A method that includes altering portions of a text of an original version of a digital document to produce a revised version of the digital document in which the text is shorter than the text of the original document, receiving over a communication channel a request... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200836 | Menu authoring for automatically performing low-level DVD configuration functions A DVD authoring system in a processor-based system removes an author from consideration of the DVD Specification during authoring. According to a preferred embodiment, the authoring system provides an authoring engine having an interactive graphical authoring interf... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197708 | Set top to internet device communication and use A method and system for providing Web-based information that is relevant to a program being viewed on a television. A data stream providing a set of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) is provided along with the program content. The URLs identify Web sites that are rel... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197710 | 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... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7178162 | Incorporating graphics and interactive triggers in a video stream Triggers for interactive television display are incorporated into a video stream in coordination with graphics associated with the triggers. Graphic sources such as channels (16,18) of a character generator (21) supply graphics associated with the trig... | 02/13/2007 |
