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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Aditya Sankar, Bangalore, IN;
Archana Prasad, Redmond, WA (US);
Narendranath D. Govindachetty, Bangalore, IN;
Joseph Joy, Bangalore, IN;
Aditya Sankar, Bangalore, IN;
Archana Prasad, Redmond, WA (US);
Narendranath D. Govindachetty, Bangalore, IN;
Joseph Joy, Bangalore, IN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A multimedia system specifies a multimedia experience stream by a narrative definition that defines a narrative presentation having sub-narratives. Each sub-narrative may incorporate multiple streams of different types of media with each stream defining a 'path' through content of that media type. The multimedia system directs the presentation of the sub-narratives by interfacing with presentation components for each media type through a custom interface component for that media type that implements a common application interface. When a user pauses a presentation, the user can manually navigate around the content of a stream from the current location at the time of the pause to another location. When the user resumes the presentation, the multimedia system automatically transitions from the navigated-to location to the current location at the time of the pause to resume the presentation from where it was paused.