Audio Bookmarking
First Claim
1. A smart pen device for identifying one or more audio bookmarks in audio data comprising:
- a processor;
one or more microphones coupled to the processor for capturing audio data;
a gesture capture system coupled to the processor for capturing written data;
an onboard memory coupled to the processor and configured to store the audio data captured by the one or more microphones;
computer program code stored on a memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the computer program code including instructions for;
receiving an input identifying an audio bookmark,identifying a temporal location in the captured audio data corresponding to a time the input was received,associating the audio bookmark with the temporal location in the captured audio data, andstoring in the onboard memory an association between the audio bookmark and the temporal location in the captured audio data.
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Abstract
A system and method for identifying temporal positions in audio data and accessing the identified temporal positions are disclosed. “Audio bookmarks” are created by using various types of input, such as accessing a printed control with a smart pen, providing a voice command to the smart pen or providing a written command to the smart pen to identify temporal positions within the audio data. Alternatively, one or more rules are applied to audio data by a pen-based computing system to identify temporal positions in the audio data. The audio bookmarks are associated with one or more visual, auditory or tactile indicators showing the location of the audio bookmarks in the audio data. When an indicator is accessed, a portion of the audio data is played beginning from the temporal position associated with the accessed indicator. Additional data, such as written data, may also be associated with an indicator.
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23 Claims
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1. A smart pen device for identifying one or more audio bookmarks in audio data comprising:
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a processor; one or more microphones coupled to the processor for capturing audio data; a gesture capture system coupled to the processor for capturing written data; an onboard memory coupled to the processor and configured to store the audio data captured by the one or more microphones; computer program code stored on a memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the computer program code including instructions for; receiving an input identifying an audio bookmark, identifying a temporal location in the captured audio data corresponding to a time the input was received, associating the audio bookmark with the temporal location in the captured audio data, and storing in the onboard memory an association between the audio bookmark and the temporal location in the captured audio data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for generating one or more audio bookmarks in audio data comprising:
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receiving and storing audio data in a smart pen; receiving, by the smart pen, one or more inputs identifying one or more audio bookmarks while the smart pen accesses audio data; identifying a temporal location in the audio data corresponding to a time the input identifying an audio bookmark was received by the smart pen; and storing an association between the audio bookmark and the temporal location in the audio data corresponding to the time the input identifying the audio bookmark was received by the smart pen. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A pen-based computing system for identifying one or more audio bookmarks in audio data comprising:
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a smart pen device configured to capture audio data and written data; computer program code stored on a memory and configured to be executed by a processor coupled to the smart pen device, the computer program code including instructions for receiving an input identifying an audio bookmark, identifying a temporal location in the captured audio data corresponding to a time the input was received and associating the audio bookmark with the temporal location in the captured audio data; and a storage device coupled to the processor and the smart pen for storing the captured audio data and an association between the audio bookmark and the temporal location in the captured audio data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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