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Method and apparatus for generating visual representations for audio documents

  • US 6,624,826 B1
  • Filed: 09/28/1999
  • Issued: 09/23/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for generating multimedia representation on a display device comprising:

  • displaying a representation of an electronic document having a first location upon the display device;

    receiving an audio input stream;

    displaying a first audio gauge with a graphical connection to the electronic document location upon the display device;

    dynamically adjusting a length of the first audio gauge to be proportional in size to an amount of audio recorded;

    receiving a second positional stimulus indicating a second location on the display device, and generating a reference marker connecting an end-point of the first audio gauge to the second location indicated by the second positional stimulus, wherein the reference marker is generated only if the second location on the display device is occupied by an electronic document.

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