Method for accessing information in a computer
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1. A method for accessing a physically perceivable information segment from a plurality of physically perceivable information segments stored in a computer storage medium COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:
- maintaining in said computer storage medium a digitized representation of each of said plurality of physically perceivable information segments.maintaining in said computer storage medium at least one corresponding translated representation of each of said plurality of physically perceivable information segments,maintaining in said computer storage medium binding information that associates elements of each translated representation of each physically perceivable information segment with portions of the corresponding digitized representation of each physically perceivable information segment, andin response to a user request, selecting one of the physically perceivable information segments maintained in said computer storage medium, andpresenting the digitized representation of the selected physically perceivable information segment to the user.
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Abstract
An electronic library which comprises a user interface such as a computer screen, a speaker, a mouse and/or a keyboard; a processor for handling communication with the user and for responding to user requests; and a data store. The data store maintains scanned segments of video data, audio data, or both, and translated replicas of the scanned segments. Searching for specific data is performed by perusing through the translated replicas, but the information that is provided to the user is primarily the scanned segments themselves. The translated versions contain the immediately translatable version of the displayable information and processed information that forms various aggregations of the displayable information. This processing imposes a syntactically logical structure on the displayable information.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for accessing a physically perceivable information segment from a plurality of physically perceivable information segments stored in a computer storage medium COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:
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maintaining in said computer storage medium a digitized representation of each of said plurality of physically perceivable information segments. maintaining in said computer storage medium at least one corresponding translated representation of each of said plurality of physically perceivable information segments, maintaining in said computer storage medium binding information that associates elements of each translated representation of each physically perceivable information segment with portions of the corresponding digitized representation of each physically perceivable information segment, and in response to a user request, selecting one of the physically perceivable information segments maintained in said computer storage medium, and presenting the digitized representation of the selected physically perceivable information segment to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for accessing a physically perceivable information segment from a plurality of physically perceivable information segments stored in a computer storage medium COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:
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maintaining in said computer storage medium a digitized representation of each of said plurality of physically perceivable information segments, maintaining in said computer storage medium at least one corresponding translated representation of each of said plurality of physically perceivable information segments, maintaining in said computer storage medium binding information that associates elements of each translated representation of each physically perceivable information segment with portions of the corresponding digitized representation of each physically perceivable information segment, and in response to a user request, identifying physically perceivable information segments maintained in the computer storage medium that comport with the user request, and presenting to the user at least a portion of the digitized representation of an physically perceivable information segment identified in the step of identifying. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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