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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1998
Ihor Petelycky, Etobicoke, CA;
Michael Harris, North York, CA;
Scott Northmore, Port Carling, CA;
Graeme Elliot, Toronto, CA;
Daniel Staheli, Sharon, CA;
Jeff Smith, Stouffville, CA;
Alan Page, Toronto, CA;
Prasad Maruvada, Richmond Hill, CA;
Yongjian Zhai, Mississauga, CA;
MGI Software Corporation, Richmond Hill, CA;
Abstract
A method for digital multimedia composition including selecting multimedia data segments, arranging the selected multimedia data segments on a single storyline strip, inserting transitions between adjacent multimedia data segments on the storyline strip, and combining the selected multimedia data segments based on their arrangement on the storyline strip and based on the inserted transitions, to produce a multimedia output file from the storyline strip. A system is also described and claimed.