METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STORING, ORGANIZING, AND SHARING MULTIMEDIA OBJECTS AND DOCUMENTS
First Claim
1. A method for storing, organizing and accessing multimedia objects, the method comprising:
- providing a graphical interface to one or more users, the graphical interface allowing the one or more users to define a semantic network bycreating a plurality of nodes by manipulating graphical images;
creating semantic links connecting the nodes by connecting the graphical images;
assigning a semantic link there between a first node and a second nodeassociating a label with the semantic link; and
associating one or more multimedia files with at least the first node; and
providing a graphical representation of the semantic network to allow access to the files.
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Abstract
Briefly, the present invention provides electronic methods and apparatus for storing and organizing access restricted multimedia objects. This is accomplished using semantic networks by interactively defining a semantic network, identifying a relationship between nodes by associating a label with each semantic link, attaching multimedia objects to nodes and restricting user access to multimedia objects and/or the semantic network. The method allows users to access and edit the semantic network in a Java-based platform-independent software environment. The present invention further provides a method for multiple users to collaboratively store and organize multimedia objects by providing a shared view via a network while defining the semantic network, identifying the relationship between nodes, and attaching multimedia objects to nodes. The method permits a first user to interactively edit the semantic network, transfer control to a second user, and allow the second user to edit the semantic network while maintaining the shared view. The present invention further provides a method for collaborative platform-independent authoring of multimedia documents, allowing a first user to edit a multimedia document, providing the first and a second user with a shared view of the document via a network, permitting the first user to transfer control of the document to the second user, and allowing the second user to edit the document while maintain the shared view. These tasks are performed in a platform-independent Java-based software environment. The method further comprises restricting access to multimedia documents and/or multimedia objects based on a set of access privileges.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for storing, organizing and accessing multimedia objects, the method comprising:
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providing a graphical interface to one or more users, the graphical interface allowing the one or more users to define a semantic network by creating a plurality of nodes by manipulating graphical images; creating semantic links connecting the nodes by connecting the graphical images; assigning a semantic link there between a first node and a second node associating a label with the semantic link; and associating one or more multimedia files with at least the first node; and providing a graphical representation of the semantic network to allow access to the files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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