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Real time media journaler with a timing event coordinator

  • US 6,665,835 B1
  • Filed: 12/23/1997
  • Issued: 12/16/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A timing event coordinator for maintaining a record of relative times of time-related components exhibiting temporal state changes, said timing event coordinator comprising:

  • means for marking a base event with reference marks;

    means for time stamping said time-related components to synchronize said time-related components to said base event, each time-related component of said time-related components having time stamps that are independent of each other;

    means for creating a unified view of time indicating a type for each of said time-related components and their corresponding time stamps and an index for said each time-related component;

    means for creating a presentation by providing events from said unified view of time to an application to allow said time-related components to act according to status of said base event;

    means for receiving, subsequent to said creating, at least one new time-related component from an end user during a viewing of said presentation by the end user, said at least one new time-related component including notes relating to said presentation; and

    means for integrating said at least one new time-related component into said presentation to create a new presentation.

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