METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINKING REPRESENTATION AND REALIZATION DATA
First Claim
1. An apparatus for linking an original representation including text and a realization of the representation in non-text form, comprising:
- a structural analyzer adapted for separating a plain representation and structural information pertaining to structure of the contents of said text from the representation;
a temporal analyzer adapted for generating a time-stamped first representation from the realization;
a time aligner adapted for creating a time-stamped aligned representation by aligning the plain representation and the time-stamped first representation;
a link generator adapted for creating hyper links between elements of the original representation and the realization by combining the aligned representation and the structural information;
a first converter adapted for converting the original representation from any native data format to an operating data format for representations, and a second converter adapted for converting the realization from any native data format to an operating data format for realizations, wherein the first converter is connected to the structural analyzer, and the second converter is connected to the temporal analyzer.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating links between a representation, (e.g. text data,) and a realization, (e.g. corresponding audio data,) is provided. According to the invention the realization is structured by combining a time-stamped version of the representation generated from the realization with structural information from the representation. Thereby so called hyper links between representation and realization are created. These hyper links are used for performing search operations in realization data equivalent to those which are possible in representation data, enabling an improved access to the realization (e.g. via audio databases).
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for linking an original representation including text and a realization of the representation in non-text form, comprising:
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a structural analyzer adapted for separating a plain representation and structural information pertaining to structure of the contents of said text from the representation; a temporal analyzer adapted for generating a time-stamped first representation from the realization; a time aligner adapted for creating a time-stamped aligned representation by aligning the plain representation and the time-stamped first representation; a link generator adapted for creating hyper links between elements of the original representation and the realization by combining the aligned representation and the structural information; a first converter adapted for converting the original representation from any native data format to an operating data format for representations, and a second converter adapted for converting the realization from any native data format to an operating data format for realizations, wherein the first converter is connected to the structural analyzer, and the second converter is connected to the temporal analyzer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18)
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14. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a linking of an original representation containing text and a realization of said original representation, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect:
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separating a plain representation and structural information pertaining to structure of the contents of said text from the original representation; generating a marked first representation from the realization; creating a marked aligned representation by aligning the plain representation and said marked first representation; and creating hyper links between elements of the original representation and realization by combining the aligned representation and the structural information, wherein the original representation is given in any native data format and/or the realization is given in another native data format and the method further comprises converting said native data formats into operating data formats. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method for linking an original representation and a realization of the original representation, comprising the steps of:
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separating automatically in a computer system a plain representation and structural information pertaining to structure of the contents of said text from the original representation; generating automatically in a computer system a marked first representation from the realization; creating a marked aligned representation by aligning the plain representation and the marked first representation; and creating hyper links between elements of the original representation and realization by combining the aligned representation and the structural information, wherein the original representation is given in any native data format and/or the realization is given in another native data format and the method further comprises converting said native data formats into operating data formats.
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