Real-time rich media recording system and method

• US 20030126609A1
• Filed: 08/08/2002
• Published: 07/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cyberlink Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cyberlink Corporation
• Inventors: Hsu, Andy, Shiah, Aken, Lin, Chris
• Granted Patent: US 7,266,290 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/90
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/216 Rewritable discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309

Abstract

A real-time rich media recording system. The system includes a capture module, a recording module and a random access module. The recording module real-time records a rich media source captured by the capture module as digital data. The recording module constructs a rich media relational table, and inserts an event label into the rich media relational table in response to an action instruction. The random access module stops the recording process of the recording module in response to an interrupt instruction, locates a location in the digital data, disables the event labels located after the location in the rich media relational table, and reinstates the recording module to record the rich media source at the position following the location in the digital data.

Claims

1. A real-time rich media recording system, comprising:

a capture module for capturing a rich media source;

a recording module to real-time record the rich media source captured by the capture module as digital data into a non-sequential storage module, construct a rich media relational table corresponding to the digital data, and insert an event label into the rich media relational table in response to an action instruction concurrent with the recording of the rich media source; and

a random access module to stop the recording process of the recording module in response to an interrupt instruction, locate a location in the digital data in the non-sequential storage module, disable the event labels located after the location in the rich media relational table, and reinstate the recording module to record the rich media source into the non-sequential storage module at the position following the location in the digital data.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a preview module to display the rich media source captured by the capture module.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2 further comprising a review module to display the digital data.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rich media source is video.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rich media source is audio.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rich media source is a slide show.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rich media source is a web page.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the event label comprises time and media information corresponding to the action instruction.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a play module to instruct a corresponding media player to play the digital data according to the event labels in the rich media relational table.

10. An real-time rich media recording method, comprising the steps of:

recording a rich media source as digital data into a non-sequential storage module;

constructing a rich media relational table corresponding to the digital data;

inserting an event label into the rich media relational table in response to an action instruction concurrent with the recording of the rich media source;

stopping recording the rich media source in response to an interrupt instruction; and

locating a location in the digital data in the non-sequential storage module, disabling the event labels located after the location in the rich media relational table, and reinstating to record the rich media source into the non-sequential storage module at the position following the location in the digital data.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 further providing a capture module to capture the rich media source.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10 further displaying the rich media source.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10 further displaying the digital data.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the rich media source is video.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the rich media source is audio.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the rich media source is a slide show.

17. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the rich media source is a web page.

18. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the event label comprises time and media information corresponding to the action instruction.

19. The method as claimed in claim 10 further instructing a corresponding media player to play the digital data according to the event labels in the rich media relational table.

20. A real-time rich media recording system, comprising:

a recording module to real-time record a rich media source as digital data into a digital non-sequential storage module, construct a time relational table corresponding to the digital data, and update the time relational table in response to an action instruction concurrent with the recording of the rich media source; and

a random access module to stop the recording process of the recording module in response to an interrupt instruction, locate a location in the digital data according to the time relational table, update the time relational table, and reinstate the recording module to record the rich media source at the position following the location in the digital data.

21. The system as claimed in claim 20 further comprising a capture module to capture the rich media source.

22. The system as claimed in claim 20 further comprising a preview module to display the rich media source.

23. The system as claimed in claim 20 further comprising a review module to display the digital data.

24. The system as claimed in claim 20 wherein the rich media source is video.

25. The system as claimed in claim 20 wherein the rich media source is audio.

26. The system as claimed in claim 20 wherein the rich media source is a slide show.

27. The system as claimed in claim 20 wherein the rich media source is a web page.

28. The system as claimed in claim 20 wherein the recording module updates the time relational table in response to an action instruction by inserting an event label into the time relational table.

29. The system as claimed in claim 28 wherein the event label comprises time and media information corresponding to the action instruction.

30. The system as claimed in claim 20 further comprising a play module to instruct a corresponding media player to play the digital data according to the event labels in the time relational table.

31. The system as claimed in claim 28 wherein the random access module updates the time relational table by disabling the event labels located after the location in the time relational table.