BROWSER FOR USE IN NAVIGATING A BODY OF INFORMATION, WITH PARTICULAR APPLICATION TO BROWSING INFORMATION REPRESENTED BY AUDIOVISUAL DATA
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Abstract
The invention facilitates and enhances review of a body of information (that can be represented by a set of audio data, video data, text data or some combination of the three), enabling the body of information to be quickly reviewed to obtain an overview of the content of the body of information and allowing flexibility in the manner in which the body of information is reviewed. In a particular application of the invention, the content of audiovisual news programs is acquired from a first set of one or more information sources (e.g., television news programs) and text news stories are acquired from a second set of one or more information sources (e.g., on-line news services or news wire services). In such a particular application, the invention can enable the user to access the news stories of audiovisual news programs in a random manner so that the user can move quickly among news stories or news programs. The invention can also enable the user to quickly locate news stories pertaining to a particular subject. Additionally, when the user is observing a particular news story in a news program, the invention can identify and display related news stories. The invention can also enable the user to control the display of the news programs by, for example, speeding up the display, causing a summary of one or more news stories to be displayed, or pausing the display of the news stories. Additionally, the invention can indicate to the user which news story is currently being viewed, as well as which news stories have previously been viewed.
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63. A method for reviewing a body of audiovisual information that can vary with time, comprising the steps of:
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displaying the audiovisual information with a display device;
controlling review of the body of audiovisual information with a user control device, the user control device being physically separate from the display device, the user control device including a graphical user interface for enabling specification of control instructions; and
displaying secondary information using the user control device.
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64. A computer readable medium or media encoded with one or more computer programs for enabling review of a body of audiovisual information that can vary with time, comprising:
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instructions for displaying the audiovisual information with a display device;
instructions for controlling review of the body of audiovisual information with a user control device, the user control device being physically separate from the display device, the user control device including a graphical user interface for enabling specification of user control instructions by a user; and
instructions for displaying secondary information using the user control device.
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65. A system for acquiring and reviewing a body of information, wherein the body of information includes a plurality of segments, each segment representing a defined set of information in the body of information, the system comprising:
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means for acquiring data representing the body of information;
first display means for generating a display of a first segment of the body of information as the data representing the first segment is acquired by the means for acquiring;
means for comparing data representing a segment of the body of information to data representing a different segment of the body of information to determine whether, according to one or more predetermined criteria, the compared segments are related; and
second display means for generating a display of a portion of, or a representation of, a second segment of the body of information, wherein the second display means displays the portion or representation of the second segment in response to the display by the first display means of a first segment to which the second segment is related. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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