Method and system for spatial accessing of time-based information
First Claim
1. A method for permitting a user to spatially access and play back time-based information having a plurality of segments, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) mapping each of the plurality of segments of the time-based information to a corresponding one of a plurality of mapped spatial coordinates;
(b) determining an input spatial coordinate corresponding to a first physical input of the user generated by a movement of a portion of the user'"'"'s body to a first position;
(c) accessing a first segment of the time-based information whose mapped spatial coordinate corresponds to the input spatial coordinate; and
(d) playing-back the accessed first segment of time-based information;
wherein steps (b), (c), and (d) are repeated so that a speed of playback of the time-based information is governed by a speed of the movement of the portion of the user'"'"'s body, and wherein, after the portion of the user'"'"'s body has moved to a second position, a human spatial memory of the user can be used to return the portion of the body to the first position to re-access and play back the first segment of time-based information by repeating steps (b), (c), and (d).
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Abstract
A method and system for accessing time-based information based on spatial coordinate information obtained from a user. Time-based information is mapped into a spatial representation by mapping and transforming the timing of time-based information segments to spatial coordinates. Such spatial coordinates could be either one, two, or three dimensional. With this mapping, segments of time-based information can be associated with different parts of a spatial object, a spatial representation, or different position of a spatial movement. These segments can be accessed by the user by physical inputs in such a fashion that the kinesthetic or touching memory of the user can be relied upon to re-access information and to create a sense of the whole in the information.
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44 Claims
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1. A method for permitting a user to spatially access and play back time-based information having a plurality of segments, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) mapping each of the plurality of segments of the time-based information to a corresponding one of a plurality of mapped spatial coordinates; (b) determining an input spatial coordinate corresponding to a first physical input of the user generated by a movement of a portion of the user'"'"'s body to a first position; (c) accessing a first segment of the time-based information whose mapped spatial coordinate corresponds to the input spatial coordinate; and (d) playing-back the accessed first segment of time-based information; wherein steps (b), (c), and (d) are repeated so that a speed of playback of the time-based information is governed by a speed of the movement of the portion of the user'"'"'s body, and wherein, after the portion of the user'"'"'s body has moved to a second position, a human spatial memory of the user can be used to return the portion of the body to the first position to re-access and play back the first segment of time-based information by repeating steps (b), (c), and (d). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 43, 44)
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23. A system for permitting a user to spatially access and play back time-based information having a plurality of segments, the system comprising:
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a timing-to-spatial converter for mapping each of the plurality of segments of the time-based information to a corresponding one of a plurality of mapped spatial coordinates; a user interface device operatively associated with the user so as to determine a input spatial coordinate corresponding to a first physical input generated by a movement of a portion of the user'"'"'s body to a first position; a spatial access device, in communication with the user interface device, for accessing a first segment of the time-based information whose mapped spatial coordinate corresponds to the input spatial coordinate; and a playback device, in communication with the spatial access device for playing-back the accessed first segment of time-based information, wherein a speed of playback of the time-based information is governed by a speed of the movement of the portion of the user'"'"'s body; wherein, after the portion of the user'"'"'s body has moved to a second position, a human spatial memory of the user can be used to return the portion of the user'"'"'s body to the first position to re-access the first segment of time-based information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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