METHODS FOR AUTHORING AND INTERACTING WITH MULTIMEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF DOCUMENTS
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1. A method comprising:
- displaying at least one visual, audible, or audiovisual document elements from an input document in graphical user interface; and
selecting one or more elements and for inclusion in or deletion from a multimedia representation.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for assisting a user with authoring a multimedia representation of documents. In one embodiment, the method comprises displaying one or more visual, audible, or audiovisual document elements from an input document in graphical user interface; and selecting one or more elements and for inclusion in a multimedia representation.
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying at least one visual, audible, or audiovisual document elements from an input document in graphical user interface; and selecting one or more elements and for inclusion in or deletion from a multimedia representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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selecting at least one visual, audible, or audiovisual document element from an input document for inclusion into a multimedia representation; and displaying an interactive user interface to playback a combination of the multimedia representation and the input document under user control. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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a multimedia thumbnail generator to compose a multimedia representation from one or more visual, audible, or audiovisual document elements automatically selected from an input document based on one or more constraints; and a graphical user interface, coupled to the multimedia thumbnail generator, to present the automatically selected document elements and to receive a user input to edit the multimedia representation. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus comprising:
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a multimedia thumbnail generator to compose a multimedia representation from one or more visual, audible, or audiovisual document elements selected from an input document based on one or more constraints and a user input; and a graphical user interface, coupled to the multimedia thumbnail generator, to present the multimedia representation and to switch between the presentation of the multimedia representation and presentation of the input document under user control. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An article of manufacture having one or more recordable media with instructions thereon which, when executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method comprising:
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automatically selecting at least one visual, audible, or audiovisual document element from an input document for inclusion into a multimedia representation based on one or more constraints; and providing a graphical user interface to view the automatically selected documents and to edit the multimedia representation. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. An article of manufacture having one or more recordable media with instructions thereon which, when executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method comprising:
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selecting at least one visual, audible, or audiovisual document element from an input document for inclusion into a multimedia representation based on one or more constraints; and providing an interactive user interface to playback a combination of the multimedia representation and the input document under user control. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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