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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:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Manuel Van Thong, Arlington, MA (US);
Pedro Moreno, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/526 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/526 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for refining time alignments of closed captions. The method automatically aligns closed caption data with associated audio data such that the closed caption data can be more precisely indexed to a requested keyword by a search engine. Further, with such a structure, the closed captions can be made to appear and disappear on a display screen in direct relation to the associated spoken words and phrases. Accordingly, hearing impaired viewers can more easily understand the program that is being displayed.