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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1991
Bradley J Beitel, Woodside, CA (US);
Mark S Bishop, Austin, TX (US);
John J Deacon, Austin, TX (US);
Robert D Gordon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kenneth B Smith, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lonnie S Walling, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Michael D Wilkes, Austin, TX (US);
Peter C Yanker, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Nancy A Burns, Austin, TX (US);
Charles L Haug, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A user/PC interface system is described which enables the creation and performance of a synchronized audio/visual story on the PC. The interface enables the initial storage of a plurality of visual images. Then, it enables the creation of an audio presentation which includes labels and time indications, certain of which are employed for synchronization purposes. The system is responsive to a label to execute a predetermined command upon the appearance of the label in the audio presentation. The PC is then operated to perform the audio presentation, that performance automatically causing the display of visual images upon the occurrence of labels and time indications. A table-based authoring system is also described for preparation of both the above noted audio and visual presentations. The system relies upon columnar presentations of a tabular form, each column indicating a separate control function (or comment) relating to the audio/visual presentation.