Marking and searching capabilities in multimedia documents within multimedia collaboration networks
DCFirst Claim
1. A networked multimedia system comprising:
- A) one or more workstations, each includingi) video and audio reproduction capabilities, andii) video and audio capture capabilities;
B) at least one storage cell configured toi) store audio/video signals; and
C) at least one signal path,i) interconnecting the one or more workstations and the at least one storage cell,wherein the system is configured toD) mark the captured audio/video signals,i) such that the marked audio/video signalsii) can later be searchediii) to access a selected portion thereof; and
E) search the marked audio/video signalsi) in the at least one storage cell to access the selected portion.
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Abstract
A multimedia collaboration system has multimedia document marking and searching capabilities such that a user can rapidly access desired selected portions of stored multimedia documents. The mark and search feature can be context-based, content-based, time-based, or event based. The multimedia documents can be a collection of individual components in multiple media combined with an overall structure and timing component. The multimedia collaboration system itself integrates separate real-time and asynchronous networks—the former for real-time audio and video, and the latter for control signals and textual, graphical and other data—in a manner that is interoperable across different computer and network operating system platforms and which closely approximates the experience of face-to-face collaboration, while liberating the participants from the limitations of time and distance.
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1. A networked multimedia system comprising:
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A) one or more workstations, each including i) video and audio reproduction capabilities, and ii) video and audio capture capabilities; B) at least one storage cell configured to i) store audio/video signals; and C) at least one signal path, i) interconnecting the one or more workstations and the at least one storage cell, wherein the system is configured to D) mark the captured audio/video signals, i) such that the marked audio/video signals ii) can later be searched iii) to access a selected portion thereof; and E) search the marked audio/video signals i) in the at least one storage cell to access the selected portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing networked multimedia collaboration, said method comprising:
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A) capturing audio and video signals at i) one or more workstations; B) marking the captured audio/video signals i) such that the marked audio/video signals ii) can later be searched iii) to access a selected portion; C) storing the marked audio/video signals within at least one storage cell; D) searching the stored audio/video signals for a selected portion; and E) displaying the selected portion. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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