Sandra A Stasko

US Patent:

20030236792, Dec 25, 2003

Filed:

Apr 28, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/423859

Inventors:

Donald Mangerie - Clarksville MD, US
Sandra Stasko - Ellicott City MD, US

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707/100000

Abstract:

A method, computer program product and system for combining multimedia inputs into an indexed and searchable output is provided. The present invention allows a user to review of an entire (oral) presentation containing several multimedia components (e.g., audio, video, slides, charts, electronic whiteboard, online Web tour, online software demonstration and the like) using only a Web browser, rather than a TV and VCR as is conventionally done. These various multimedia sources are the synchronized to produce an indexed, searchable, and viewable run-time output combining the all of the inputted information. The present invention allows, for example, searching for a particular topic and an immediate review all the slides (and the accompanying video that mentioned that topic), thus enhancing the user's comprehension of the presentation.