The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Ephraim Feig, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeane Shu-chun Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Yimin Gan, Beijing, CN;
Dong Xie, Beijing, CN;
Ephraim Feig, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeane Shu-Chun Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Yimin Gan, Beijing, CN;
Dong Xie, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A hypervideo player for playing hypervideos containing both video and hypervideo hyperlinks provides user selectable run-time options for the form of hypervideo hyperlink emphasis region display attributes displayed at the time of viewing. The hypervideo player may reside on a host system. The hypervideo player integrates video file(s) and hypervideo hyperlink data file(s) to form a hypervideo. The hypervideo player decodes a video file, encodes the decoded video file with a corresponding hypervideo hyperlink data file at key frames of the video file to form a hypervideo, displays the hypervideo on a display device and provides the user, at the time of viewing, with at least one user selectable option for the form of hypervideo hyperlink emphasis region display attributes. The hypervideo player preferably employs interpolation between key frames to determine the display position of the hypervideo hyperlink emphasis region(s) in non-key frames of the hypervideo. The use of key frame encoding and interpolation to determine the display position between key frames, enable the hypervideo hyperlink emphasis region(s) to be displayed at all desired locations of the hypervideo even though the hypervideo hyperlink data is encoded only at key frames.