Interface for printing multimedia information

• US 20040098671A1
• Filed: 06/18/2003
• Published: 05/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Graham, Jamey, Wolff, Gregory J., Hull, Jonathan J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,495,795 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/274
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/34 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/75 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1265 Printing by reference, e.g. retrieving document/image data for a job from a source mentioned in the job
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user

Abstract

Techniques for techniques for printing stored or recorded information that may include information of one or more types and may be stored in one or more multimedia documents. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided that facilitates printing of information stored by the one or more multimedia documents or portions of the information stored by the one or more multimedia documents.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of printing information, the method comprising:

receiving information identifying a first range of information to be printed;

determining a portion of a first recorded information corresponding to the first range, the first recorded information comprising information of at least a first type and a second type, the portion of the first recorded information comprising a portion of the information of the first type and a portion of the information of the second type; and

causing a representation of the portion of the first recorded information to be printed on a paper medium, the representation of the portion of the first recorded information that is printed on the paper medium comprising a representation of the portion of information of the first type and a representation of the portion of information of the second type.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the information identifying the first range comprises:

receiving an identifier associated with the first range.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the first range is characterized by a start time and an end time; and

determining the portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the first range comprises determining a portion of the first recorded information occurring between the start time and the end time of the first range, the portion of the first recorded information occurring between the start time and end time of the first range comprising a portion of information of the first type occurring between the start time and the end time of the first range and a portion of information of the second type occurring between the start time and the end time of the first range.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein causing the representation of the portion of the first recorded information to be printed on the paper medium comprises:

generating a printable representation of the portion of information of the first type included in the portion of the first recorded information; and

generating a printable representation of the portion of information of the second type included in the portion of the first recorded information.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the information of the first type and the information of the second type included in the first recorded information are recorded during a first timeline.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the information of first type is audio information;

the information of the second type is video information;

the representation of the portion of information of the first type comprises text information obtained from the portion of audio information included in the portion of first recorded information corresponding to the first range; and

the representation of the portion of information of the second type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the portion of video information included in the portion of first recorded information corresponding to the first range.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

receiving information identifying a format for printing the representation of the portion of first recorded information corresponding to the first range; and

wherein causing the representation of the portion of the first recorded information to be printed on the paper medium comprises causing the representation of the portion of the first recorded information to be printed according to the format.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the information of first type is closed-caption information;

the information of the second type is video information;

the representation of the portion of information of the first type comprises text information obtained from the portion of closed-caption information included in the portion of first recorded information corresponding to the first range; and

the representation of the portion of information of the second type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the portion of video information included in the portion of first recorded information corresponding to the first range.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more sections of the representation of the portion of information of the first type printed on the paper medium that comprise a user-specified word are highlighted.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more sections of the representation of the portion of information of the first type printed on the paper medium that are relevant to a topic of interest are highlighted.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving information identifying a second range of information to be printed, the second range different from the first range;

determining a portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the second range, the portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the second range comprising a portion of the information of the first type and a portion of the information of the second type; and

causing a representation of the portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the second range to be printed on the paper medium, the representation of the portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the second range that is printed on the paper medium comprising a representation of the portion of information of the first type and a representation of the portion of information of the second type included in the portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the second range.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving information identifying a second range of information to be printed;

determining a portion of a second recorded information corresponding to the second range, the second recorded information comprising information of at least a first type and a second type, the portion of the second recorded information comprising a portion of the information of the first type and a portion of the information of the second type; and

causing a representation of the portion of the second recorded information to be printed on the paper medium, the representation of the portion of the second recorded information that is printed on the paper medium comprising a representation of the portion of information of the first type and a representation of the portion of information of the second type included in the portion of the second recorded information.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein:

the information of the first type and the information of the second type included in the first recorded information are recorded during a first timeline; and

the information of the first type and the information of the second type included in the second recorded information are recorded during a second timeline different from the first timeline.

14. A computer-implemented method of printing information, the method comprising:

receiving information identifying a first range of information to be printed;

determining a portion of information of a first type and a portion of information of a second type corresponding to the first range, wherein the information of the first type and the information of the second type are captured during a first timeline; and

causing a representation of the portion of information of the first type and a representation of the portion of information of the second type corresponding to the first range to be printed on a paper medium.

15. The method of claim 14 comprising:

receiving information identifying a second range of information to be printed;

determining a portion of information of a third type and a portion of information of a fourth type corresponding to the second range, wherein the information of the third type and the information of the fourth type are captured during a second timeline different from the first timeline; and

causing a representation of the portion of information of the third type and a representation of the portion of information of the fourth type corresponding to the second range to be printed on the paper medium.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein:

the information of the first type and the information of the third type is audio information;

the information of the second type and the information of the fourth type is video information;

the representation of the portion of information of the first type comprises text information obtained from the audio information from the portion of information of the first type;

the representation of the portion of information of the third type comprises text information obtained from the audio information from the portion of information of the third type;

the representation of the portion of information of the second type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the video information from the portion of information of the third type; and

the representation of the portion of information of the fourth type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the video information from the portion of information of the fourth type.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein:

the information of the first type and the information of the third type is closed-caption information;

the information of the second type and the information of the fourth type is video information;

the representation of the portion of information of the first type comprises text information obtained from the closed-caption information from the portion of information of the first type;

the representation of the portion of information of the third type comprises text information obtained from the closed-caption information from the portion of information of the third type;

the representation of the portion of information of the second type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the video information from the portion of information of the third type; and

the representation of the portion of information of the fourth type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the video information from the portion of information of the fourth type.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein one or more sections of the representation of the portion of information of the first type and representation of the portion of information of the third type printed on the paper medium that comprise a user-specified word are highlighted.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein one or more sections of the representation of the portion of information of the second type and representation of the portion of information of the fourth type that comprise the user-specified word are highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein one or more sections of the representation of the portion of information of the first type portion, the representation of the portion of information of the second type, the representation of the portion of information of the third type, and the representation of the portion of information of the fourth type that are relevant to a topic of interest are highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

21. A method of displaying a user interface for printing information, the user interface displayed on a display device, the method comprising:

displaying a first input area for receiving information identifying one or more ranges; and

displaying a first user-selectable item for printing a representation of information corresponding to the one or more ranges on a paper medium, the information corresponding to the one or more ranges comprising information of at least a first type and a second type, the representation of the information corresponding to the one or more ranges comprising a representation of the information of the first type and a representation of information of the second type.

22. The method of claim 21 further comprising:

displaying a second input area for receiving information identifying a format for printing the representation of the information corresponding to the one or more ranges on the paper medium.

23. The method of claim 21 further comprising:

displaying a second user-selectable item for indicating whether sections of the representation of information corresponding to the one or more ranges that are relevant to a topic of interest are to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

24. The method of claim 21 further comprising:

displaying a second user-selectable item for indicating whether sections of the representation of information corresponding to the one or more ranges that comprise a user-specified word or phrase are to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

25. A method of printing information, the method comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface on a display device, the graphical user interface comprising a first input area for specifying one or more ranges and a first user-selectable item, wherein selection of the first user-selectable item causes printing of a representation of information corresponding to each range in the one or more ranges on a paper medium;

detecting selection of the first user-selectable item; and

responsive to detection of selection of the first user-selectable item,

determining a set of one or more ranges specified in the first input area, and

causing a representation of information corresponding to each range in the set of one or more ranges to be printed on a paper medium.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein:

the information corresponding to each range in the set of one or more ranges comprises information of at least a first type and a second type; and

causing the representation of the information corresponding to each range in the set of one or more ranges to be printed on the paper medium comprises causing printing of a representation of the information of the first type for the range and causing printing of a representation of the information of the second type for the range.

27. The method of claim 25 wherein:

the graphical user interface comprises a second user-selectable item, wherein selection of the second user-selectable item causes sections of the representation of the information corresponding to the one or more ranges that comprise a user-specified word or phrase to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

28. The method of claim 27 further comprising:

determining if the second user-selectable item has been selected;

wherein causing the representation of information corresponding to each range in the set of one or more ranges to be printed on the paper medium comprises, if the second user-selectable item is selected, causing sections of the representation of the information corresponding to the range that comprise the user-specified word or phrase to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

29. The method of claim 25 wherein:

the graphical user interface comprises a second user-selectable item, wherein selection of the second user-selectable item causes sections of the representation of the information corresponding to the one or more ranges that are relevant to a topic of interest to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

30. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

determining if the second user-selectable item has been selected;

wherein causing the representation of information corresponding to each range in the set of one or more ranges to be printed on the paper medium comprises, if the second user-selectable item is selected, causing sections of the representation of the information corresponding to the range that are relevant to the topic of interest to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

31. A method of printing information, the method comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface on a display device, the graphical user interface comprising a first user-selectable item, wherein selection of the first user-selectable item causes printing of a representation of stored information on a paper medium, the stored information comprising at least a first stream of information and a second stream of information;

detecting selection of the first user-selectable item; and

responsive to detection of selection of the first user-selectable item, causing a representation of the stored information to be printed on the paper medium, the representation of the stored information comprising a representation of the first stream of information and a representation of the second stream of information.

32. The method of claim 31 wherein the graphical user interface displays information identifying a plurality of formats for printing the representation of the stored information, and the graphical user interface comprises user-selectable controls for selecting a format from the plurality of formats.

33. The method of claim 31 wherein the graphical user interface comprises a second user-selectable item for indicating whether sections of the representation of the stored information that satisfy a criterion are to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

34. A computer program stored on a computer-readable storage medium for printing information, the computer program comprising:

code for receiving information identifying a first range of information to be printed;

code for determining a portion of a first recorded information corresponding to the first range, the first recorded information comprising information of at least a first type and a second type, the portion of the first recorded information comprising a portion of the information of the first type and a portion of the information of the second type; and

code for causing a representation of the portion of the first recorded information to be printed on a paper medium, the representation of the portion of the first recorded information that is printed on the paper medium comprising a representation of the portion of information of the first type and a representation of the portion of information of the second type.

35. The computer program of claim 34 wherein the code for receiving the information identifying the first range comprises:

code for receiving an identifier associated with the first range.

36. The computer program of claim 34 wherein:

the first range is characterized by a start time and an end time; and

the code for determining the portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the first range comprises code for determining a portion of the first recorded information occurring between the start time and the end time of the first range, the portion of the first recorded information occurring between the start time and end time of the first range comprising a portion of information of the first type occurring between the start time and the end time of the first range and a portion of information of the second type occurring between the start time and the end time of the first range.

37. The computer program of claim 34 wherein the code for causing the representation of the portion of the first recorded information to be printed on the paper medium comprises:

code for generating a printable representation of the portion of information of the first type included in the portion of the first recorded information; and

code for generating a printable representation of the portion of information of the second type included in the portion of the first recorded information.

38. The computer program of claim 34 wherein the information of the first type and the information of the second type included in the first recorded information are recorded during a first timeline.

39. The computer program of claim 34 wherein:

the information of first type is audio information;

the information of the second type is video information;

the representation of the portion of information of the first type comprises text information obtained from the portion of audio information included in the portion of first recorded information corresponding to the first range; and

the representation of the portion of information of the second type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the portion of video information included in the portion of first recorded information corresponding to the first range.

40. The computer program of claim 39 further comprising:

code for receiving information identifying a format for printing the representation of the portion of first recorded information corresponding to the first range; and

wherein the code for causing the representation of the portion of the first recorded information to be printed on the paper medium comprises code for causing the representation of the portion of the first recorded information to be printed according to the format.

41. The computer program of claim 34 wherein:

the information of first type is closed-caption information;

the information of the second type is video information;

the representation of the portion of information of the first type comprises text information obtained from the portion of closed-caption information included in the portion of first recorded information corresponding to the first range; and

the representation of the portion of information of the second type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the portion of video information included in the portion of first recorded information corresponding to the first range.

42. The computer program of claim 34 wherein one or more sections of the representation of the portion of information of the first type printed on the paper medium that comprise a user-specified word are highlighted.

43. The computer program of claim 34 wherein one or more sections of the representation of the portion of information of the first type printed on the paper medium that are relevant to a topic of interest are highlighted.

44. The computer program of claim 34 further comprising:

code for receiving information identifying a second range of information to be printed, the second range different from the first range;

code for determining a portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the second range, the portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the second range comprising a portion of the information of the first type and a portion of the information of the second type; and

code for causing a representation of the portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the second range to be printed on the paper medium, the representation of the portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the second range that is printed on the paper medium comprising a representation of the portion of information of the first type and a representation of the portion of information of the second type included in the portion of the first recorded information corresponding to the second range.

45. The computer program of claim 34 further comprising:

code for receiving information identifying a second range of information to be printed;

code for determining a portion of a second recorded information corresponding to the second range, the second recorded information comprising information of at least a first type and a second type, the portion of the second recorded information comprising a portion of the information of the first type and a portion of the information of the second type; and

code for causing a representation of the portion of the second recorded information to be printed on the paper medium, the representation of the portion of the second recorded information that is printed on the paper medium comprising a representation of the portion of information of the first type and a representation of the portion of information of the second type included in the portion of the second recorded information.

46. The computer program of claim 45 wherein:

the information of the first type and the information of the second type included in the first recorded information are recorded during a first timeline; and

the information of the first type and the information of the second type included in the second recorded information are recorded during a second timeline different from the first timeline.

47. A computer program stored on a computer-readable storage medium for printing information, the computer program comprising:

code for receiving information identifying a first range of information to be printed;

code for determining a portion of information of a first type and a portion of information of a second type corresponding to the first range, wherein the information of the first type and the information of the second type are captured during a first timeline; and

code for causing a representation of the portion of information of the first type and a representation of the portion of information of the second type corresponding to the first range to be printed on a paper medium.

48. The computer program of claim 47 comprising:

code for receiving information identifying a second range of information to be printed;

code for determining a portion of information of a third type and a portion of information of a fourth type corresponding to the second range, wherein the information of the third type and the information of the fourth type are captured during a second timeline different from the first timeline; and

code for causing a representation of the portion of information of the third type and a representation of the portion of information of the fourth type corresponding to the second range to be printed on the paper medium.

49. The computer program of claim 48 wherein:

the information of the first type and the information of the third type is audio information;

the information of the second type and the information of the fourth type is video information;

the representation of the portion of information of the first type comprises text information obtained from the audio information from the portion of information of the first type;

the representation of the portion of information of the third type comprises text information obtained from the audio information from the portion of information of the third type;

the representation of the portion of information of the second type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the video information from the portion of information of the third type; and

the representation of the portion of information of the fourth type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the video information from the portion of information of the fourth type.

50. The computer program of claim 48 wherein:

the information of the first type and the information of the third type is closed-caption information;

the information of the second type and the information of the fourth type is video information;

the representation of the portion of information of the first type comprises text information obtained from the closed-caption information from the portion of information of the first type;

the representation of the portion of information of the third type comprises text information obtained from the closed-caption information from the portion of information of the third type;

the representation of the portion of information of the second type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the video information from the portion of information of the third type; and

the representation of the portion of information of the fourth type comprises one or more video keyframes extracted from the video information from the portion of information of the fourth type.

51. The computer program of claim 48 wherein one or more sections of the representation of the portion of information of the first type and representation of the portion of information of the third type printed on the paper medium that comprise a user-specified word are highlighted.

52. The computer program of claim 51 wherein one or more sections of the representation of the portion of information of the second type and representation of the portion of information of the fourth type that comprise the user-specified word are highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

53. The computer program of claim 48 wherein one or more sections of the representation of the portion of information of the first type portion, the representation of the portion of information of the second type, the representation of the portion of information of the third type, and the representation of the portion of information of the fourth type that are relevant to a topic of interest are highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

54. A computer program stored on a computer-readable storage medium for displaying a user interface for printing information, the user interface displayed on a display device, the computer program comprising:

code for displaying a first input area for receiving information identifying one or more ranges; and

code for displaying a first user-selectable item for printing a representation of information corresponding to the one or more ranges on a paper medium, the information corresponding to the one or more ranges comprising information of at least a first type and a second type, the representation of the information corresponding to the one or more ranges comprising a representation of the information of the first type and a representation of information of the second type.

55. The computer program of claim 54 further comprising:

code for displaying a second input area for receiving information identifying a format for printing the representation of the information corresponding to the one or more ranges on the paper medium.

56. The computer program of claim 54 further comprising:

code for displaying a second user-selectable item for indicating whether sections of the representation of information corresponding to the one or more ranges that are relevant to a topic of interest are to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

57. The computer program of claim 54 further comprising:

code for displaying a second user-selectable item for indicating whether sections of the representation of information corresponding to the one or more ranges that comprise a user-specified word or phrase are to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

58. A computer program stored on a computer-readable storage medium for printing information, the computer program comprising:

code for displaying a graphical user interface on a display device, the graphical user interface comprising a first input area for specifying one or more ranges and a first user-selectable item, wherein selection of the first user-selectable item causes printing of a representation of information corresponding to each range in the one or more ranges on a paper medium;

code for detecting selection of the first user-selectable item; and

responsive to detection of selection of the first user-selectable item,

code for determining a set of one or more ranges specified in the first input area, and

code for causing a representation of information corresponding to each range in the set of one or more ranges to be printed on a paper medium.

59. The computer program of claim 58 wherein:

the information corresponding to each range in the set of one or more ranges comprises information of at least a first type and a second type; and

the code for causing the representation of the information corresponding to each range in the set of one or more ranges to be printed on the paper medium comprises code for causing printing of a representation of the information of the first type for the range and causing printing of a representation of the information of the second type for the range.

60. The computer program of claim 58 wherein:

the graphical user interface comprises a second user-selectable item, wherein selection of the second user-selectable item causes sections of the representation of the information corresponding to the one or more ranges that comprise a user-specified word or phrase to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

61. The computer program of claim 60 further comprising:

code for determining if the second user-selectable item has been selected;

wherein the code for causing the representation of information corresponding to each range in the set of one or more ranges to be printed on the paper medium comprises, if the second user-selectable item is selected, code for causing sections of the representation of the information corresponding to the range that comprise the user-specified word or phrase to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

62. The computer program of claim 58 wherein:

the graphical user interface comprises a second user-selectable item, wherein selection of the second user-selectable item causes sections of the representation of the information corresponding to the one or more ranges that are relevant to a topic of interest to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

63. The computer program of claim 62 further comprising:

code for determining if the second user-selectable item has been selected;

wherein the code for causing the representation of information corresponding to each range in the set of one or more ranges to be printed on the paper medium comprises, if the second user-selectable item is selected, code for causing sections of the representation of the information corresponding to the range that are relevant to the topic of interest to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

64. A computer program stored on a computer-readable storage medium for printing information, the computer program comprising:

code for displaying a graphical user interface on a display device, the graphical user interface comprising a first user-selectable item, wherein selection of the first user-selectable item causes printing of a representation of stored information on a paper medium, the stored information comprising at least a first stream of information and a second stream of information;

code for detecting selection of the first user-selectable item; and

code for causing, responsive to detection of selection of the first user-selectable item, a representation of the stored information to be printed on the paper medium, the representation of the stored information comprising a representation of the first stream of information and a representation of the second stream of information.

65. The computer program of claim 64 wherein the graphical user interface displays information identifying a plurality of formats for printing the representation of the stored information, and the graphical user interface comprises user-selectable controls for selecting a format from the plurality of formats.

66. The computer program of claim 64 wherein the graphical user interface comprises a second user-selectable item for indicating whether sections of the representation of the stored information that satisfy a criterion are to be highlighted when printed on the paper medium.

67. An apparatus for printing information, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory configured to store a program for controlling the processor;

wherein the processor under control of the program is configured to;

receive information identifying a first range of information to be printed;

determine a portion of a first recorded information corresponding to the first range, the first recorded information comprising information of at least a first type and a second type, the portion of the first recorded information comprising a portion of the information of the first type and a portion of the information of the second type; and

cause a representation of the portion of the first recorded information to be printed on a paper medium, the representation of the portion of the first recorded information that is printed on the paper medium comprising a representation of the portion of information of the first type and a representation of the portion of information of the second type.

68. An apparatus for printing information, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory configured to store a program for controlling the processor;

wherein the processor under control of the program is configured to;

receive information identifying a first range of information to be printed;

determine a portion of information of a first type and a portion of information of a second type corresponding to the first range, wherein the information of the first type and the information of the second type are captured during a first timeline; and

cause a representation of the portion of information of the first type and a representation of the portion of information of the second type corresponding to the first range to be printed on a paper medium.

69. An apparatus for displaying a user interface for printing information, the apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processing unit;

wherein the processing unit is configured to;

cause a first input area to be displayed on the display for receiving information identifying one or more ranges; and

cause a first user-selectable item to be displayed on the display for printing a representation of information corresponding to the one or more ranges on a paper medium, the information corresponding to the one or more ranges comprising information of at least a first type and a second type, the representation of the information corresponding to the one or more ranges comprising a representation of the information of the first type and a representation of information of the second type.

70. An apparatus for displaying a user interface for printing information, the apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processing unit;

wherein the processing unit is configured to;

cause a graphical user interface to be displayed on the display, the graphical user interface comprising a first input area for specifying one or more ranges and a first user-selectable item, wherein selection of the first user-selectable item causes printing of a representation of information corresponding to each range in the one or more ranges on a paper medium;

detect selection of the first user-selectable item; and

responsive to detection of selection of the first user-selectable item,

determine a set of one or more ranges specified in the first input area, and

cause a representation of information corresponding to each range in the set of one or more ranges to be printed on a paper medium.

71. An apparatus for printing information, the apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processing unit;

wherein the processing unit is configured to;

display a graphical user interface on the display, the graphical user interface comprising a first user-selectable item, wherein selection of the first user-selectable item causes printing of a representation of stored information on a paper medium, the stored information comprising at least a first stream of information and a second stream of information;

detect selection of the first user-selectable item; and

responsive to detection of selection of the first user-selectable item, cause a representation of the stored information to be printed on the paper medium, the representation of the stored information comprising a representation of the first stream of information and a representation of the second stream of information.

72. An apparatus for printing information, the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving information identifying a first range of information to be printed;

means for determining a portion of a first recorded information corresponding to the first range, the first recorded information comprising information of at least a first type and a second type, the portion of the first recorded information comprising a portion of the information of the first type and a portion of the information of the second type; and

means for causing a representation of the portion of the first recorded information to be printed on a paper medium, the representation of the portion of the first recorded information that is printed on the paper medium comprising a representation of the portion of information of the first type and a representation of the portion of information of the second type.

73. An apparatus for displaying a user interface for printing information, the user interface displayed on a display device, the apparatus comprising:

means for displaying a first input area for receiving information identifying one or more ranges; and

means for displaying a first user-selectable item for printing a representation of information corresponding to the one or more ranges on a paper medium, the information corresponding to the one or more ranges comprising information of at least a first type and a second type, the representation of the information corresponding to the one or more ranges comprising a representation of the information of the first type and a representation of information of the second type.