Apparatys and method for off-line synchronized capturing and reviewing notes and presentations
First Claim
1. An apparatus for time synchronization of a presentation delivery system and notes taken by a note-taker, comprising:
- means for providing said presentation to at least the note taker;
means for taking of notes of said presentation provided by said presentation delivery system by time-tagging a location of a paper notebook, wherein said time-tagging is relative to a clock associated with said means for taking of notes; and
means for synchronizing a reference clock associated with said presentation delivery system with said clock associated with said means for taking of notes;
wherein said means for taking of notes operates with respect to said clock associated with means for said taking of notes during an interval when note-taking occurs.
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Abstract
The application and method disclosed herein teach the capturing of notes in synchronization to a presentation, or any other form of message delivery, that enables a synchronized review between the presentation and notes made thereof. A synchronization between a presenter'"'"'s and a note taker'"'"'s clocks through a time server allows for the off-line note taking using a plurality of note taking devices while maintaining synchronization. Due to this off-line synchronization between a presentation and notes taken thereof it is possible to locate both the note taken at a certain time in the presentation and vice versa, making notes relevant to a portion of the presentation when they were taken.
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1. An apparatus for time synchronization of a presentation delivery system and notes taken by a note-taker, comprising:
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means for providing said presentation to at least the note taker;
means for taking of notes of said presentation provided by said presentation delivery system by time-tagging a location of a paper notebook, wherein said time-tagging is relative to a clock associated with said means for taking of notes; and
means for synchronizing a reference clock associated with said presentation delivery system with said clock associated with said means for taking of notes;
wherein said means for taking of notes operates with respect to said clock associated with means for said taking of notes during an interval when note-taking occurs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for synchronizing a note taking device and a presentation delivery system, comprising the steps of:
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reading current values of a clock associated with said note taking device and a reference clock associated with said presentation delivery system;
calculating a time correction value based on an offset value between said reference clock and said note taking device clock;
reading data elements from said note taking device; and
adjusting a time tag of each said data element in accordance with said time correction value;
wherein said note taking device operates with respect to said note taking device clock while note taking occurs. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for synchronizing a note taking device and a presentation delivery system by use of time stamps, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining current note taking device time from said note taking device;
obtaining current reference time from said presentation delivery system;
either of obtaining previous note taking device time and the previous reference time, or setting said previous note taking device time and said previous reference time to a predefined value;
correcting each time stamp by a calculated time offset value;
storing said current note taking device time as the previous note taking device time; and
storing said current reference time as the previous reference time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer software product for synchronizing a note taking device and a presentation delivery system, the computer software product containing a plurality of computer instructions that comprise a method for executing the steps of:
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reading a current value associated with a note taking device clock and a current value of a reference clock associated with said presentation delivery system;
calculating an offset value between said reference clock and said note-taking device clock;
calculating a time correction value based on said time offset value with regard to said reference clock of;
reading data elements from said note taking device; and
adjusting time tags of each data element based on said time correction value;
wherein said note taking device operated with respect to said note taking device clock during an interval in which note taking occurs. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for beginning the display of a presentation on a presentation delivery system from a desired point corresponding to a location on a digital paper by a note taking device, the method comprising the steps of:
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associating said note taking device with a location on a digital paper;
actuating said note taking device to capture said location;
transferring said location to said presentation delivery system;
correlating said location with a point within said presentation; and
displaying said presentation from said point. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32)
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28. A computer software product for beginning the display of a presentation on a presentation delivery system from a desired point corresponding to a location on a digital paper by a note taking device, the computer software product containing a plurality of computer instructions that comprise a method for executing the steps of:
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associating note taking device with a location on a digital paper;
actuating said note taking device to capture said location;
transferring said location to said presentation system;
correlating said location with a point within said presentation; and
displaying said presentation from said point. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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