Systems and methods of viewing, modifying, and interacting with “path-enhanced” multimedia
First Claim
1. A multimedia system comprising:
- storage area having a data structure including at least one first data object for storing “
path-enhanced”
multimedia (PEM) data including essentially continuous path information associated with a path traversed and multimedia data associated with points along the path, and at least one second data object for storing information corresponding to at least one view which defines the manner in which at least a portion of the PEM data is to be displayed by the system;
user control for receiving user input including selection of one of the at least one view;
renderer for receiving first and second data object types dependent on the user input view selection and for generating display data including the at least a portion of the “
path-enhanced”
multimedia data corresponding to the view selection;
display for displaying the display data.
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Abstract
“Path-enhanced” multimedia (PEM) data may be viewed, modified, or interacted with according to user selected views which determine the manner in which at least a portion of the PEM data is displayed. The PEM data is stored in a data structure as a scrapbook object including first data object types corresponding to the PEM data and second object types corresponding to the different view types. The scrapbook object data structure lends itself to displaying portions of the PEM data according to selected views that correspond to a particular time and place or to a particular time ordered sequence of locations (i.e., a particular path segment) and/or can be enhanced with other multimedia content related to that time and place or to that path segment, thereby providing a more interesting and effective display of the “path-enhanced” recorded events. For example, the time and location of a particular point on the path may be used to locate and append other recorded sounds and images associated with that time and/or that location, to thereby provide an enhanced presentation of a trip or other path-oriented experience. Moreover, the data defining any such associated path may also be edited to thereby define a new or modified path.
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77 Claims
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1. A multimedia system comprising:
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storage area having a data structure including at least one first data object for storing “
path-enhanced”
multimedia (PEM) data including essentially continuous path information associated with a path traversed and multimedia data associated with points along the path, and at least one second data object for storing information corresponding to at least one view which defines the manner in which at least a portion of the PEM data is to be displayed by the system;
user control for receiving user input including selection of one of the at least one view;
renderer for receiving first and second data object types dependent on the user input view selection and for generating display data including the at least a portion of the “
path-enhanced”
multimedia data corresponding to the view selection;
display for displaying the display data.
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2. A machine-implemented multimedia method, comprising:
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accessing path-enhanced multimedia (PEM) data including definitions of spatiotemporal paths and links between multimedia objects in a collection and respective points on the spatiotemporal paths;
generating at least one view data structure, each view data structure specifying a respective perspective for visualizing at least a portion of the PEM data; and
storing the at least one view data structure on a machine readable medium. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. A multimedia system, comprising at least one processing module operable to:
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access path-enhanced multimedia (PEM) data including definitions of spatiotemporal paths and links between multimedia objects in a collection and respective points on the spatiotemporal paths;
generate at least one view data structure, each view data structure specifying a respective perspective for visualizing at least a portion of the PEM data; and
store the at least one view data structure on a machine readable medium.
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76. A machine-readable medium storing machine-readable instructions for causing a machine to:
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access path-enhanced multimedia (PEM) data including definitions of spatiotemporal paths and links between multimedia objects in a collection and respective points on the spatiotemporal paths;
generate at least one view data structure, each view data structure specifying a respective perspective for visualizing at least a portion of the PEM data; and
store the at least one view data structure on a machine readable medium.
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77. A multimedia system, comprising:
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a machine-implemented accessing module configured to access path-enhanced multimedia (PEM) data including definitions of spatiotemporal paths and links between multimedia objects in a collection and respective points on the spatiotemporal paths;
a machine-implemented view generating module configured to generate at least one view data structure, each view data structure specifying a respective perspective for visualizing at least a portion of the PEM data; and
a machine-implemented rendering module configured to render a user interface configured to present the PEM data as specified by the at least one view data structure.
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Specification