A method for a multimedia seek sequence using a synchronization index and a mobile computing device comprising the steps: providing, to a mobile computing device, information for displaying on the mobile computing device text from a synchronization index, wherein said synchronization index comprises an electronic transcript that indicates text corresponding to audio from the multimedia and respective times within multimedia corresponding to when a word or range of words is audible in the multimedia; wherein said mobile computing device comprises a viewing screen and a touch-sensitive input interface; displaying, after said providing step, at least a portion of said text from a synchronization index on said viewing screen, wherein said text is displayed other than as a web page; receiving, from the mobile computing device, information indicating a user's selected mobile computing device touch-sensitive input interface gesture performed on a portion of said viewing screen corresponding to a displayed word, or a range of words, from said synchronization index, wherein said gesture is recognized by said touch-sensitive input interface on the mobile computing device; performing a timecode lookup, using the synchronization index, and in response to the gesture performed to select a word or range of words, said timecode lookup functioning to associate a time, t1, within multimedia to the selected word or range of words; and delivering multimedia beginning at time t1, or providing instructions for the delivery of multimedia beginning at time t1, to a receiving device to play said multimedia, wherein said multimedia corresponds to the word or range of words selected by the gesture. view more

A method for a multimedia seek sequence using a synchronization index and a mobile computing device comprising the steps: displaying on a mobile computing device text from a synchronization index, wherein said synchronization index comprises respective times within multimedia corresponding to a word or range of words and wherein said text is displayed other than as a web page; wherein said mobile computing device comprises a viewing screen and a touch-sensitive input interface; receiving information indicating a user's selected mobile computing device touch-sensitive input interface gesture performed on a portion of said viewing screen corresponding to a word, or range of words, from said synchronization index, wherein said gesture is recognized by said touch-sensitive input interface; performing a data lookup using said synchronization index, wherein said synchronization index is referenced to provide data for a time location t1 that corresponds to said word or range of words selected by the recognized gesture; and seeking on said mobile computing device multimedia corresponding to said synchronization index, and if found, accessing multimedia at t1. view more