Method and apparatus for generating a multimedia document
First Claim
1. A method for generating a multimedia document, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving a stream of video images and associated audio data;
b) sampling the stream of video images to produce a plurality of sampled video images;
c) sampling the associated audio data to produce digitized audio;
d) mapping the plurality of sampled video images with the digitized audio to produce mapped video images and digitized audio; and
e) storing the mapped video images and digitized audio as a multimedia document.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating a multimedia document that includes video image samples and associated audio is accomplished by decoding video signals into decoded video representations, sampling the decoded video representations at a rate below the motion video frame rate, and storing the video samples as a video document. For example, a JPEG (Joint picture expert group) document. In addition to creating video documents, the present method and apparatus also digitizes received audio signals and stores the digitized audio as an audio document. For example, as an AIFF (audio interchange file format audio format which is used with MAC OS™) audio document, a WAV (which is used with Windows™) audio document, or a RealAudio™ (which is the Internet standard for delivering continuous audio) audio document. Once the video document(s) and audio document(s) are created, they are mapped together and stored as a multimedia document, which may be a hypertext document, such as an HTML (hypertext markup language) document.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for generating a multimedia document, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a stream of video images and associated audio data;
b) sampling the stream of video images to produce a plurality of sampled video images;
c) sampling the associated audio data to produce digitized audio;
d) mapping the plurality of sampled video images with the digitized audio to produce mapped video images and digitized audio; and
e) storing the mapped video images and digitized audio as a multimedia document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A circuit for generating a multimedia document comprising:
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a decoder operably coupled to receive video signals and to produce decoded video representations thereof;
audio digitizer operably coupled to receive audio signals and to produce digitized audio therefrom;
an audio processing circuit operably coupled to receive the digitized audio and convert the digitized audio into an audio format document;
a video processing circuit operably coupled to receive the decoded video representations and to convert the decoded video representations into a video format document; and
a multimedia document circuit operably coupled to reference the video format document and the audio format document to produce a multimedia document. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 18)
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16. A digital storage medium that stores programming instructions that, when read by a processor, causes the processor to generate a multimedia document, the digital storage medium comprises:
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first means for storing programming instructions that, when read by the processor, causes the processor to sample a stream of video images to produce a plurality of sampled video images;
second means for storing programming instructions that, when read by the processor, causes the processor to sample associated audio data to produce digitized audio, wherein the associated audio data is associated with the stream of video images;
third means for storing programming instructions that, when read by the processor, causes the processor to map the plurality of sampled video images with the digitized audio to produce mapped video images and digitized audio; and
fourth means for storing programming instructions that, when read by the processor, causes the processor to store the mapped video images and digitized audio as a multimedia document.
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17. A method for generating a multimedia document, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a stream of video images, associated audio data, and associated text data;
b) sampling the stream of video images to produce a plurality of sampled video images;
c) sampling the associated audio data to produce digitized audio data;
d) mapping the plurality of sampled video images, the digitized audio, and the associated text together to produce mapped video, audio, and text; and
e) storing the mapped video, audio, and text as a multimedia document.
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