Systems and methods for bookmarking live and recorded multimedia documents

• US 7,730,407 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2003
• Issued: 06/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Denoue, Laurent, Chiu, Patrick, Liu, Qiong, Fuse, Tohru, Wilcox, Lynn D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pitaro; Ryan F
• Application Number:
  US10/375,134
• Publication Number:
  US 20040169683A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,650 Days
• Field of Search: 715/805
• US Class Current: 715/732
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

Systems and methods for bookmarking multimedia documents include displaying multiple multimedia streams, creating bookmarks comprising time signatures and snapshots of each multimedia stream based upon single action cues from a user, associating snapshots with portions of multimedia streams, displaying bookmarks and displaying portions of a multimedia stream associated with selected snapshots.

Claims

1. A method for bookmarking a multimedia document comprising:

creating a client session for a user through a client device;

the client session allowing the user to generate a bookmark in either a live presentation or a recorded presentation;

displaying at least one snapshot of video stream;

displaying at least one slide of a slide presentation;

displaying at least one keyword associated with said slide;

creating the bookmark through the use of a single time signature;

wherein the bookmark comprises a single time signature, the at least one snapshot, the at least one slide, and the at least one keyword based upon a single action cue from a user; and

displaying the bookmark on the client session of the user and sending the bookmark to the client device,

wherein the single time signature is associated with the at least one snapshot, the at least one slide, and the at least one keyword in the bookmark.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a display area identified for containing user-generated notes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the bookmark comprises a display in a form of a table having columns corresponding to the single time signature, the snapshot and the slide.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating further bookmarks, each further bookmark based upon a subsequent single action cue from the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the bookmark further includes a user-generated note.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the single time signature is selected from a group consisting of a time when the snapshot was taken, a time when the user-generated note started, and a time when the user-generated note ended.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the client session is created based on a client device ID or user name.

8. A system for bookmarking a multimedia document containing video information from a plurality of video sources, comprising:

a user device that permits one-click input from a user;

an element that receives multimedia document information;

an element that receives the one-click input from the user device and generates bookmark instructions;

a display device that displays multimedia stream information;

a client session element that creates a client session for a user through the display device;

the client session allowing the user to generate a bookmark in either a live presentation or a recorded presentation;

a bookmark creator that upon receiving the bookmark instructions creates the bookmark through the use of a single time signature;

wherein the bookmark comprises concurrent snapshots of the video information from the plurality of video sources;

at least one slide of a slide presentation and at least one keyword associated with the slide; and

a bookmark communicator that communicates the bookmark to the display device for display on the display device and wherein the bookmark is sent to the display device for the user;

wherein the single time signature is associated with the concurrent snapshots of the video information, the at least one slide and the at least one keyword in the bookmark.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the bookmark creator is located at a location remote from the display device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the display device is a hand-held computer.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the bookmark creator is connected to the display device by a network.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising an element for receiving user-generated notes.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the client session is created based on a client device ID or user name.

14. A method for bookmarking a multimedia document comprising:

creating a client session for a user through a client device;

the client session allowing the user to generate a bookmark in either a live presentation or a recorded presentation;

displaying multiple multimedia streams comprising at least two video sources, one of said multiple multimedia streams including a slide presentation;

monitoring said slide presentation to detect a new slide;

upon detection of the new slide, creating the bookmark through the use of a single time signature;

wherein the bookmark comprises a single time signature, at least one snapshot of each of the multiple multimedia streams taken concurrently, at least one keyword associated with the slide, and the new slide; and

displaying the bookmark on the client device of the user and sending the bookmark to the client device of the user,

wherein the single time signature is associated with the at least one snapshot, at least one keyword, and the new slide in the bookmark.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising associating at least one user-generated note with the bookmark.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the client session is created based on a client device ID or user name.