System and method for linking streams of multimedia data to reference material for display
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1. A system for linking source material to reference material for display comprising:
- a source material image including a plurality of discrete pieces having links to external reference materials comprising any of textual, audio, video, and picture information, said source material image stored in an electronic database;
means for determining an address on said electronic database for the beginning position of said source material image;
means for cutting said source material image into said discrete pieces;
means for determining an address on said electronic database for a start point and an end point of said discrete pieces of said image based upon said beginning position of said source material image;
means for recording said start and said end point addresses in a look-up table;
means for selecting a discrete portion of said source material image;
means for determining the address on said electronic database of said selected discrete portion;
means for converting said address of said selected discrete portion to an offset value from said beginning position address of said source material image;
means for comparing said offset value with said recorded start and end point addresses of said discrete pieces in said look-up table;
means for selecting an external reference that corresponds to said look-up table start and end point addresses; and
means for reproducing said external reference.
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Abstract
A system for indexing displayed elements that is useful for accessing and understanding new or difficult materials, in which a user highlights unknown words or characters or other displayed elements encountered while viewing displayed materials. In a language learning application, the system displays the meaning of a word in context; and the user may include the word in a personal vocabulary to build a database of words and phrases. In a Japanese language application, one or more Japanese language books are read on an electronic display. Readings (‘yomi’) for all words are readily viewable for any selected word or phrase, as well as an English reference to the selected word or phrase. Extensive notes are provided for difficult phrases and words not normally found in a dictionary. A unique indexing scheme allows word-by-word access to any of several external multi-media references.
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184 Claims
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1. A system for linking source material to reference material for display comprising:
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a source material image including a plurality of discrete pieces having links to external reference materials comprising any of textual, audio, video, and picture information, said source material image stored in an electronic database; means for determining an address on said electronic database for the beginning position of said source material image; means for cutting said source material image into said discrete pieces; means for determining an address on said electronic database for a start point and an end point of said discrete pieces of said image based upon said beginning position of said source material image; means for recording said start and said end point addresses in a look-up table; means for selecting a discrete portion of said source material image; means for determining the address on said electronic database of said selected discrete portion; means for converting said address of said selected discrete portion to an offset value from said beginning position address of said source material image; means for comparing said offset value with said recorded start and end point addresses of said discrete pieces in said look-up table; means for selecting an external reference that corresponds to said look-up table start and end point addresses; and means for reproducing said external reference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for linking source material to reference material for display, comprising:
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determining the beginning position address of a source material image stored in an electronic database, said source material image including a plurality of discrete pieces having links to external reference materials comprising any of textual, audio, video, and picture information; cutting said source material image into said discrete pieces; determining a starting point address and an ending point address of said discrete pieces of said image based upon said beginning position address of said source material image; recording said starting and said ending addresses in a look-up table; selecting a discrete portion of said source material image; determining the address of said selected discrete portion; converting said address of said selected discrete portion to an offset value from said beginning position address of said source material image; comparing said offset value with said recorded start and end point addresses of said discrete pieces in said look-up table; selecting an external reference that corresponds to said look-up table start and end point addresses; and reproducing said external reference.
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9. In a language learning method, a method for linking source material to reference material for display, comprising the steps of:
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reading a foreign language source material image including a plurality of discrete pieces having links to external reference materials comprising any of textual, audio, video, and picture information with an electronic viewer; accessing reference materials on selected portions of said source material image; determining the beginning position address of said source material image; cutting said source material image into said discrete pieces; determining a start point address and an end point address of said discrete pieces of said image based upon said beginning position address of said source material image; recording said start and said end point addresses in a look-up table; selecting a discrete portion of said source material image; determining the address of said selected discrete portion; converting said address of said selected discrete portion to an offset value from said beginning position address of said source material image; comparing said offset value with said recorded start and end point addresses of said discrete pieces in said look-up table; selecting an external reference that corresponds to said look-up table start and end point addresses; and reproducing said external reference. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a language learning system, a system for linking source material to reference material for display, comprising:
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a text image including a plurality of discrete pieces having links to external reference materials comprising any of textual, audio, video, and picture information; means for determining the beginning position address of said text image; means for cutting said text image into said discrete pieces; means for determining a starting point address and an ending point address of said discrete pieces of said image based upon said beginning position address of said source material image; means for recording said starting and said ending point addresses in a look-up table; means for selecting a discrete portion of said text image; means for determining the address of said selected discrete portion; means for converting said address of said selected discrete portion to an offset value from said beginning position address of said source material image; means for comparing said offset value with said recorded start and end point addresses of said discrete pieces in said look-up table; means for selecting an external reference that corresponds to said look-up table start and end point addresses; and means for displaying said external reference.
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16. In a language learning method, a method for linking source material to reference material for display, comprising the steps of:
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determining the beginning position address of a text image, said text image including a plurality of discrete pieces having links to external reference materials comprising any of textual, audio, video, and picture information; cutting said source material image into said discrete pieces; determining a starting point address and an ending point address of said discrete pieces of said image based upon said beginning position address of said text image; recording said starting and said ending point addresses in a look-up table; selecting a discrete portion of said text image; determining the address of said selected discrete portion; converting said address of said selected discrete portion to an offset value from said beginning position of said text image; comparing said offset value with said recorded start and end point addresses of said discrete pieces in said look-up table; selecting an external reference that corresponds to said look-up table start and end point address; and displaying said external reference.
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17. A system for linking textual source material to external reference materials for display, the system comprising:
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means for determining a beginning position address of a textual source material stored in an electronic database; means for cutting the textual source material into a plurality of discrete pieces; means for determining starting point addresses and ending point addresses of the plurality of discrete pieces based upon the beginning position address; means for recording in a look-up table the starting and ending point addresses; means for linking the plurality of discrete pieces to external reference materials by recording in the look-up table, along with the starting and ending point addresses of the plurality of discrete pieces, links to the external reference materials, the external reference materials comprising any of textual, audio, video, and picture information; means for selecting a discrete portion of an image of the source material; means for determining a display address of the selected discrete portion; means for converting the display address of the selected discrete portion to an offset value from the beginning position address; means for comparing the offset value with the starting and ending point addresses recorded in the look-up table to identify one of the plurality of discrete pieces; means for selecting one of the external reference materials corresponding to the identified one of the plurality of discrete pieces; and means for displaying on a computer the selected one of the external reference materials. - View Dependent Claims (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)
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62. A computer-implemented method for linking textual source material to external reference materials for display, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a beginning position address of textual source material stored in an electronic database; cutting the textual source material into a plurality of discrete pieces; determining starting point addresses and ending point addresses of the plurality of discrete pieces based upon the beginning position address; recording in a look up table the starting and ending point addresses; linking the plurality of discrete pieces to external reference materials by recording in the look-up table, along with the starting and ending point addresses of the plurality of discrete pieces, links to the external reference materials, the external reference materials comprising any of textual, audio, video, and picture information; selecting a discrete portion of an image of the textual source material; determining a display address of the selected discrete portion; converting the display address of the selected discrete portion to an offset value from the beginning position address; comparing the offset value with the starting and ending point addresses recorded in the look-up table to identify one of the plurality of discrete pieces; selecting one of the external reference materials corresponding to the identified one of the plurality of discrete pieces; and displaying on a computer the selected one of the external reference materials. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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101. A system for linking textual source material to external reference materials for display, the system comprising:
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means for determining a beginning position address of a textual source material stored in an electronic database; means for cutting the textual source material into a plurality of discrete pieces; means for determining a starting point address and an ending point address of at least one of the plurality of discrete pieces based upon the beginning position address; means for recording in a look-up table the starting and ending point addresses; means for linking at least one of the plurality of discrete pieces to at least one of a plurality of external reference materials by recording in the look-up table, along with the starting and ending point addresses of the at least one of the plurality of discrete pieces, a link to the at least one of the plurality of external reference materials, the plurality of external reference materials comprising any of textual, audio, video, and picture information; means for selecting a discrete portion of an image of the source material; means for determining a display address of the selected discrete portion; means for converting the display address of the selected discrete portion to an offset value from the beginning position address; means for comparing the offset value with the starting and ending point addresses recorded in the look-up table to identify one of the plurality of discrete pieces; means for selecting one of the at least one of the plurality of external reference materials corresponding to the identified one of the plurality of discrete pieces; and means for displaying on a computer the selected one of the plurality of external reference materials. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145)
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146. A computer-implemented method for linking textual source material to external reference materials for display, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a beginning position address of textual source material stored in an electronic database; cutting the textual source material into a plurality of discrete pieces; determining a starting point address and an ending point address of at least one of the plurality of discrete pieces based upon the beginning position address; recording in a look up table the starting and ending point addresses; linking at least one of the plurality of discrete pieces to at least one of a plurality of external reference materials by recording in the look-up table, along with the starting and ending point addresses of the at least one of the plurality of discrete pieces, a link to the at least one of the plurality of external reference materials, the plurality of external reference materials comprising any of textual, audio, video, and picture information; selecting a discrete portion of an image of the textual source material; determining a display address of the selected discrete portion; converting the display address of the selected discrete portion to an offset value from the beginning position address; comparing the offset value with the starting and ending point addresses recorded in the look-up table to identify one of the plurality of discrete pieces; selecting one of the at least one of the plurality of external reference materials corresponding to the identified one of the plurality of discrete pieces; and displaying on a computer the selected one of the plurality of external reference materials. - View Dependent Claims (147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184)
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