Visual interface for identifying positions of interest within a sequentially ordered information encoding
First Claim
1. A visual interface system that facilitates identifying probable positions within a sequentially-played content at which audio information related to a search criterion can be found, the visual interface system comprising:
- a processing unit configured to be coupled to a display device, the processing unit configured to;
cause the display device to display a user interface, the user interface configured to allow a user to enter a search-criterion, wherein the search criterion is directed to audio information within the sequentially-played content; and
cause the display device to display a graphical representation of a relatedness function that displays graphical indications of the relatedness of audio information within the sequentially-played content to the search criterion at each position within a range of positions of the sequentially-played content, wherein;
the relatedness function represents gradations between exact and unrelated matches to the search criterion that are aligned in time with the sequentially-played content;
the gradations for each position within the range of positions of the sequentially-played content represent a magnitude of a relatedness metric computed as a numerical average of intermediate scores computed for each word in the search criterion for which a matching or related word is found within a window about the position; and
each intermediate score is computed as a product of a position-offset factor and a closeness-of-match factor.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide intuitive, easily used, and efficient visual representation of positions of interest to a user within a sequentially ordered information encoding. In particular, various embodiments of the present invention provide a heat-map-like representation of the relatedness, at each location or position within a sequentially ordered information encoding, of the contents of the information encoding at or near the position to a specified search criterion. The heat-map visual representation allows a user to identify positions of particular interest, with respect to the specified search criterion, and to directly access the information at those positions, allowing the user to avoid time-consuming and inefficient hit-or-miss searching techniques.
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22 Claims
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1. A visual interface system that facilitates identifying probable positions within a sequentially-played content at which audio information related to a search criterion can be found, the visual interface system comprising:
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a processing unit configured to be coupled to a display device, the processing unit configured to; cause the display device to display a user interface, the user interface configured to allow a user to enter a search-criterion, wherein the search criterion is directed to audio information within the sequentially-played content; and cause the display device to display a graphical representation of a relatedness function that displays graphical indications of the relatedness of audio information within the sequentially-played content to the search criterion at each position within a range of positions of the sequentially-played content, wherein; the relatedness function represents gradations between exact and unrelated matches to the search criterion that are aligned in time with the sequentially-played content; the gradations for each position within the range of positions of the sequentially-played content represent a magnitude of a relatedness metric computed as a numerical average of intermediate scores computed for each word in the search criterion for which a matching or related word is found within a window about the position; and each intermediate score is computed as a product of a position-offset factor and a closeness-of-match factor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for providing a visual interface that facilitates identifying probable positions within an sequentially-played content at which audio information related to specified search criterion can be found, the visual interface comprising:
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receiving a search-criterion entry; and providing a graphical representation of a relatedness function that displays graphical indications of the relatedness of audio information within the sequentially-played content to the specified search criterion at each position within a range of positions of the sequentially-played content; wherein the range of positions of the sequentially-played content corresponds to a sequence of information blocks of the sequentially-played content, and wherein the relatedness function represents gradations between exact and unrelated matches to the search-criterion that are aligned in time with the sequentially-played content, wherein the gradations for each position within the range of positions of the sequentially-played content represent a magnitude of a relatedness metric computed as a numerical average of intermediate scores computed for each word in the search criterion for which a matching or related word is found within a window about the position and wherein each intermediate score is computed as a product of a position-offset factor and a closeness-of-match factor.
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22. A non-transitory machine-readable media having a set of instructions for identifying probable positions within an sequentially-played content at which audio information related to specified search criterion can be found, the instructions, when executed by at least one machine, cause the at least one machine to:
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receive a search-criterion; and provide a graphical representation of a relatedness function that displays graphical indications of the relatedness of audio information within the sequentially-played content to the specified search criterion at each position within a range of positions of the sequentially-played content; wherein the sequentially-played content comprises sequential audio information blocks and is configured to provide for the sequential reception of the information blocks by a human user, and wherein the relatedness function represents gradations between exact and unrelated matches to the search-criterion that are aligned in time with the sequentially-played content, wherein the gradations for each position within the range of positions of the sequentially-played content represent a magnitude of a relatedness metric computed as a numerical average of intermediate scores computed for each word in the search criterion for which a matching or related word is found within a window about the position and wherein each intermediate score is computed as a product of a position-offset factor and a closeness-of-match factor.
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