Annotating electronic information with audio clips
First Claim
1. A system for receiving audio input comprising:
- a display for displaying electronic information;
an audio input receiving audio content; and
, a processor for associating said received audio content with said displayed electronic information.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an audio recording/playback tool that is integrated with an information viewer that simplifies recording and playback of audio annotations. The invention also provides alternative techniques to retrieve, categorize and sort the audio annotations including the ability to associate audio annotations with either pages of a document or specific points inside a page. Further, the invention synchronizes audio playback and document navigation actions. The invention supports the storage of the audio annotations in a variety of formats including the annotations stored as discrete clips labeled with properties and stored in an external database that permits, among other things, exchanging of annotations between users.
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88 Claims
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1. A system for receiving audio input comprising:
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a display for displaying electronic information;
an audio input receiving audio content; and
,a processor for associating said received audio content with said displayed electronic information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for playing audio content, said system comprising:
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a display for displaying electronic information;
a storage for storing audio content, said audio content including properties and having been associated with said displayed electronic information;
an output for outputting at least some of said audio content with navigation of said displayed electronic information; and
a processor for controlling said display, said storage and said output. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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27. A user interface for displaying electronic information to a user comprising:
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a first display portion for displaying a portion of a document; and
a second display portion for displaying a graphical indication that said document includes an audio annotation associated with said displayed portion of said document.
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33. A process for recording an audio annotation comprising the steps of:
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displaying electronic information;
receiving a user input;
recording an audio annotation in response to said user input; and
associating said audio annotation with properties including a displayed portion of said electronic information. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A process for playing audio annotations comprising the steps of:
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displaying a portion of electronic information;
receiving a user input;
retrieving audio annotations;
assembling said audio annotations into an audio stream; and
playing said audio stream. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A process for playing audio annotations comprising the steps of:
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navigating to a page;
retrieving at least one audio annotation associated with a page or associated with an item on a page; and
playing said at least one audio annotation. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A computer readable medium having a data structure stored thereon, said data structure comprising:
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a document;
a link object; and
audio content with at least one property, wherein said link object references said document and references said audio content. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A process for recording audio content comprising the steps of:
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navigating to a page of a document;
recording said audio content; and
associating properties with said audio content such that retrieval of said audio content positions said audio content after previously recorded audio content. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72)
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73. A process of searching audio clips comprising the steps of:
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inputting search terms or properties;
searching said audio clips for said search terms or properties; and
ordering audio clips detected by said searching step for output. - View Dependent Claims (74)
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75. A process for recording audio information comprising the steps of:
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recording audio signals as a first file;
processing said file to extract audio clips; and
storing said audio clips, wherein said processing separates the content of said first file into audio clips based on events. - View Dependent Claims (76)
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77. A process for associating audio notes and handwritten notes comprising the steps of:
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creating a handwritten note;
associating a time at which said handwritten note was created with said handwritten note;
creating an audio note; and
associating a time at which said audio note was created with said audio note, wherein, upon selection of said handwritten note, audio notes recorded at or near the time at which said handwritten note was created are located. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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83. A process for playing audio notes comprising the steps of:
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displaying a first page of electronic information;
playing audio notes associated with said first page;
displaying a second page of electronic information; and
, playing audio notes associated with said second page. - View Dependent Claims (84)
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85. A process of recording audio notes comprising the steps of:
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displaying a first page of electronic information;
recording a first set of audio notes;
associating said first set of audio notes with said first page;
displaying a second page of electronic information;
recording a second set of audio notes; and
associating said second set of audio notes with said second page. - View Dependent Claims (86)
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87. A process for editing audio notes comprising the steps of:
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querying a database for audio information;
ordering said audio information into audio notes; and
performing editing features on said audio notes. - View Dependent Claims (88)
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