149 results about "Authoring system" patented technology

A system and method for authoring and playback of multimedia content together with sharing, interconnecting and navigating the content using a computer network is disclosed. Creation, presentation and sharing of multimedia content and applications takes place within an active authoring environment, where data is always “live,” and any piece of content can be played alongside any other piece of content at any time. In this environment, there are no formal delineations between one “presentation” and another based on such things as file boundaries, other data storage constructs or the like. Instead, any piece of content can potentially be part of the “current” presentation at any time simply by being “started.” As a result, three factors become critically important: (1) the framework in which content is organized, stored and distributed; (2) the control mechanisms by which content is played and presented, and (3) as with any authoring system, the methods and means by which users create and edit content. In each of these areas, the present invention makes significant innovations which are highly complementary, resulting in a new type of software application that seamlessly integrates authoring, playback and networking in an active, shared, rich media environment optimized for personal communications.

An authoring method includes generating an authoring interface configured for assisting a user to author a text string in a source language for translation to a target string in a target language. Initial source text entered by the user is received through the authoring interface. Source phrases are selected that each include at least one token of the initial source text as a prefix and at least one other token as a suffix. The source phrase selection is based on a translatability score and optionally on fluency and semantic relatedness scores. A set of candidate phrases is proposed for display on the authoring interface, each of the candidate phases being the suffix of a respective one of the selected source phrases. The user may select one of the candidate phrases, which is appended to the source text following its corresponding prefix, or may enter alternative text. The process may be repeated until the user is satisfied with the source text and the SMT model can then be used for its translation.

A multimedia authoring system uses a graphic interface display which is implemented as a part of a flow editor and is used to create and to program interactive multimedia presentations and coursework. The authoring system also includes other editors (e.g., a database editor, an expression editor, and an object editor) used to perform other editing functions required to create presentations. The system also includes control systems (e.g., an applications mover, a videodisc controller, and a help system) which also enable the user to create, program, execute and manipulate interactive multimedia presentations. Finally, the system includes an evaluator which evaluates a programmed presentation and implements the presentation. A process of creating and evaluating a presentation using selectable icons from an icon menu area of the display screen and a grid area of the display screen includes receiving an input selecting an icon from the icon menu area, storing in the memory a data structure associated with the selected icon, displaying a new icon corresponding to the data structure on the grid area, and performing an action represented by an action identifier included in the data structure.

A computer system provides the ability to construct and edit a Data Definition File (DDF) containing hierarchically related elements of data, some of which are dynamic in that they must execute in order to produce or retrieve data. A client computer system having knowledge of a DDF appropriate for its uses sends a request to a server, which contains or can retrieve the DDF requested by the client. The request contains parameters used by the server to customize the resulting keyed data file for the client's purposes. Upon receipt of the request, the server copies the DDF into a coupled memory, performs requested parameter substitutions, and executes dynamic elements to produce resulting data elements. The process is repeated recursively for all elements of the hierarchical structure, until no dynamic elements remain, then the resulting keyed data file is returned to the client for its uses. Data elements may be derived from a plurality of sources, and these sources may be combined and manipulated using a plurality of data operations, including relational algebra or structured query language, enabling joins and merges between multiple sources and formats. An Authoring System is provided which assists in the construction and validation of DDFs.

The invention enables the inclusion of voice and remaining audio information at different parts of the audio production process. In particular, the invention embodies special techniques for VRA-capable digital mastering, accommodation of PCPV / PCA and / or SCRA signals in audio CODECs, VRA-capable encoders and decoders, and VRA in DVD and other digital audio file formats. The invention facilitates an end-listener's voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) adjustment upon the playback of digital audio media formats by focusing on new configurations of multiple parts of the entire digital audio system, thereby enabling a new technique intended to benefit audio end-users (end-listeners) who wish to control the ratio of the primary vocal / dialog content of an audio program relative to the remaining portion of the audio content in that program. The invention facilitates storage of VRA audio programs on optical storage media, authoring systems for VRA-capable DVDs, playback hardware integrated into VRA-capable optical disc apparatus, and VRA playback hardware for use with non-VRA capable optical disc playback apparatus.

A system for authoring, distributing, and replaying derivative hypermedia content comprises an authoring system for recording dynamic annotations and a distribution system for distributing the recorded dynamic annotations. The present system includes a playing system for playing the dynamic annotations which have been distributed. The system is applicable to the Internet or World-Wide Web (WWW) and / or to Intranet use.

The invention enables the inclusion of voice and remaining audio information at different parts of the audio production process. In particular, the invention embodies special techniques for VRA-capable digital mastering, accommodation of PCPV / PCA and / or SCRA signals in audio CODECs, VRA-capable encoders and decoders, and VRA in DVD and other digital audio file formats. The invention facilitates an end-listener's voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) adjustment upon the playback of digital audio media formats by focusing on new configurations of multiple parts of the entire digital audio system, thereby enabling a new technique intended to benefit audio end-users (end-listeners) who wish to control the ratio of the primary vocal / dialog content of an audio program relative to the remaining portion of the audio content in that program. The invention facilitates storage of VRA audio programs on optical storage media, authoring systems for VRA-capable DVDs, playback hardware integrated into VRA-capable optical disc apparatus, and VRA playback hardware for use with non-VRA capable optical disc playback apparatus.

A software system which automates the process of creating electronic screen based product, such as e-learning tutorials and electronic presentations, by analysing source content documents, generating screens and dynamically inserting relevant graphics onto resulting screens. There is no necessity for the user to tag on the source document where a screen should begin or end. The system can also automatically create interactive activities that the tutorial student can complete and be assessed by. The system represents a four step procedure from the point of view of the user. Firstly the user has the option of setting preferences, box (34). Secondly, the user nominates the source document(s) they wish to be converted, box (36). Thirdly, once the system has generated the screens, box (38) through to box (60), the user can edit the resulting screens, box (62). Finally, the user requests the system to publish the screens, box (62), to a nominated industry standard format, box (66).

A grammar authoring system uses multiple sources of information to aid grammar authoring. This produces a semantic grammar derived semi-automatically with a relatively small amount of data.

An e-learning system provides learning content and interactive learning games to users using computer systems and voice-over IP (VOIP) telephones and other devices. The e-learning system includes an authoring system allowing the creation of customized learning content and interactive learning games. A content presentation module presents learning content to users of computers and VOIP telephones and other devices. A data collection module receives user data from the VOIP device indicating the user's performance with the interactive games. In a further embodiment, a user data presentation module analyzes the user data and presents a report including user data. The interactive learning games are designed to reinforce and measure users' understanding of the instructional content provided by the content presentation module. In some applications, the learning content pertains to functions of the VOIP device and the interactive learning games simulate the functions of the VOIP device.

The Common Point Authoring system functions to provide Livestock Informational Objects via the use of a centralized repository of uniquely identified, immutable Livestock Informational Objects. This system automates the authoring, maintenance, and distribution of the Livestock Informational Objects by using an Internet-based paradigm and a centralized repository of uniquely-identified, immutable Data Elements. The Common Point Authoring system provides a set of software modules that the manufacturers can use to author, maintain, and distribute Livestock Informational Objects and their customers, as Members of the system of Livestock Informational Objects, can use to retrieve, maintain, and distribute the Livestock Informational Objects. The system's interconnectivity allows for the use of an Internet-based paradigm for the purchase and sale among Members of the system of Livestock Informational Objects as commodities, and for reducing the burden costs among Members of compliance with government regulations.

The system and method of the present invention relates to the determining the specific ordering and execution of events from temporal constraints, filtering functions, and execution heuristics. To facilitate specification of event order objects be can associated with events in an object authoring system which provides for interaction, conditional behavior, and fuzzy relationships by dividing all time into past, present, and future. A user or developer can then perform all their work in the editable area marked “now.” Items that may have happened prior to the current work show up in the “past” area and items which might happen in the future show up in the “future” area. A user can then associate and / or dissociate objects associated with events in the editable area, for instance by simply loosely specifying temporal relationships or constraints amongst objects rather than specifying an exact temporal sequence directly.

Application data used by enterprise applications running on one or more servers can be synchronized with application data deployed from other locations. Application data can be transmitted as XML files over HTTP to facilitate synchronization with web-enabled servers. Multiple service data repositories can be synchronized with application data residing in a master data repository that runs within an enterprise application. Server-to-server data synchronization functionality is also provided through the use of proxy data repositories. Application data files can be deployed from an author system to remote servers. Newly-authored application data files can be versioned in the author system using a source control system and selectively deployed to various servers by the author in conjunction with a multi-stage testing process in preparation for deployment of the application data to a production server.

A computer based system and method for contract authoring. The method can receive an external contract document in electronic form, wherein the external contract document comprises a plurality of text portions relating to a plurality of contract component types, respectively. The method can accessing a knowledge base describing a plurality of text patterns which identify with the plurality of the contract component types, respectively. Moreover, the method can process the external contract document utilizing the knowledge base to automatically identify the plurality of the contract component types for the plurality of the text portions in the contract document, respectively.

A template-based art creation system is used for the real-time creation of advertising art images, resulting in an automatically created, high resolution, pre-press ready art file for use in directly creating printing plates for commercial printing presses. The system includes a server module and client module. At the client module, a user creates and / or modifies a simulated advertising template, which includes a low-resolution background image for a particular type of advertisement (e.g., based on business type) and rendering data specifying where text and graphic elements are placed with respect to the background image. The user customizes the template by adding, positioning, and formatting text and graphic elements over the background image. Subsequently, information relating to the customized template is transmitted to the server module, which produces the pre-press ready art file. The file is a high-resolution equivalent of the low-resolution customized template as prepared by the user via the client module.

A method for constructing a plurality of objects, in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of providing a plurality of fragments, providing at least one fragment, determining an order for constructing objects based on at least one inclusion relationship between an object and the at least one fragment and constructing the plurality of objects based on the at least one inclusion relationship and the determined order for constructing the objects. A program storage device is also described. A system for constructing a plurality of objects, in accordance with the present invention, includes a content authoring system for generating fragments and providing include relationships between the fragments. A dependency parser is included for receiving the fragments and parsing the include relationships. A dependency analyzer is provided for determining an efficient order for constructing the plurality of objects from the fragments based on the include relationships. A constructor constructs the plurality of objects in the order determined by the dependency analyzer.

A collaborative authoring system and method is disclosed. A collaboration server stores objects and applications open the objects stored on the collaboration server as documents. Collaborative authoring is enabled through a combination of coarse-grained server locks on objects stored in a collaboration server for short term server transactions and fine-grained application specific internal locks to lock portions of documents for authoring sessions. When an application begins an authoring session, an object stored in the collaboration server is opened as a document in an application, a server lock is applied to the object, internal locks are applied to portions of the document, and the server lock is removed from the object.

A DVD authoring system in a processor-based system removes an author from consideration of the DVD Specification during authoring. According to a preferred embodiment, the authoring system provides an authoring engine having an interactive graphical authoring interface, a data management engine, an emulator, a compiler, a multiplexer and a simulator. Using summary authoring data, the compiler builds a skeleton-form PGC layout structure comprising control PGC abstractions and router PGC abstractions. The compiler then resolves the PGC abstractions according to source-target connections. During playback on a DVD player, the PGC abstractions form elements in a connection-switching abstraction superstructure. Accordingly, in response to DVD-consumer and other control events, a source PGC preferably determines target PGC information and then transfers control, via virtual connections through necessary router PGC abstractions, to a target PGC abstraction. The target PGC abstraction then correspondingly initiates playback of a movie chapter or displays a menu.

The present invention includes a system and a method for automatically authoring video compositions from longer units of digitized video (or a source video) by using short segments of video (or video “cliplets”). The video composition authoring process provides an aesthetically-pleasing layout of data elements to create a video composition. The data elements include multimedia elements, parameter information and description information. Any data elements that are missing but required are automatically selected by the system. The user may then review preliminary video composition results and refine the results if desired. The video composition authoring system includes an element selection and layout module for selecting the data elements in the video composition, and an iterative refinement module that allows the user to change and refine the preliminary results.

A system and method for supplying media content from disparate sources includes tagging media content with an identifier tag useful in synchronization with additional media content, and useful in delivery of the media content. In other aspects, the media content is transmitted to a distribution mechanism adapted to distribute the media content to media delivery devices. In yet another aspect, the media delivery device is adapted to obtain additional media content from a disparate source, adapted to synchronize the media content with the additional media content according to the identifier tag, and adapted to deliver the media content to a consumer according to the identifier tag.

A software system which automates the process of creating electronic screen based product, such as e-learning tutorials and electronic presentations, by analysing source content documents, generating screens and dynamically inserting relevant graphics onto resulting screens. There is no necessity for the user to tag on the source document where a screen should begin or end. The system can also automatically create interactive activities that the tutorial student can complete and be assessed by. The system represents a four step procedure from the point of view of the user. Firstly the user has the option of setting preferences, box (34). Secondly, the user nominates the source document(s) they wish to be converted, box (36). Thirdly, once the system has generated the screens, box (38) through to box (60), the user can edit the resulting screens, box (62). Finally, the user requests the system to publish the screens, box (62), to a nominated industry standard format, box (66).

The invention enables the inclusion of voice and remaining audio information at different parts of the audio production process. In particular, the invention embodies special techniques for VRA-capable digital mastering, accommodation of PCPV / PCA and / or SCRA signals in audio CODECs, VRA-capable encoders and decoders, and VRA in DVD and other digital audio file formats. The invention facilitates an end-listener's voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) adjustment upon the playback of digital audio media formats by focusing on new configurations of multiple parts of the entire digital audio system, thereby enabling a new technique intended to benefit audio end-users (end-listeners) who wish to control the ratio of the primary vocal / dialog content of an audio program relative to the remaining portion of the audio content in that program. The invention facilitates storage of VRA audio programs on optical storage media, authoring systems for VRA-capable DVDs, playback hardware integrated into VRA-capable optical disc apparatus, and VRA playback hardware for use with non-VRA capable optical disc playback apparatus.

There is disclosed a document authoring system mainly comprising a server including an authoring management program to prepare a document including tables, and terminals connected via the Internet and including browsing software (browser). The authoring management program comprises a data management function portion which interprets instruction data concerning change / addition sent from these terminals and attaches a unique identification number to the data, an editing management function portion (DOM of XML) which adds / changes XML format data by a request from the terminal, a data conversion function portion (XSLT, CSS, XML parser) which converts the XML format data into HTML format data, a script tool (script group) which supplies an auxiliary operation function to the terminal, and a publication function portion (Web browser, server program) which publicates the HTML format data on the Internet in an accessible mode.

The field of distributed authoring systems, and more particularly the implementing of authoring controls within the authoring system. Moreover, there is provided a selection mechanism which employs control structures for dynamically selecting content and supplying display components to form a customized and dynamically changeable display on a display mechanism of said authoring system.

An e-learning system provides learning content and interactive learning games to users using computer. The e-learning system includes an authoring system allowing the creation of customized learning content and interactive learning games. A content presentation module presents learning content to users. A data collection module receives user data indicating the user's performance with the interactive games. A user data presentation module analyzes the user data and presents a report including user data. The data presentation module may also present rankings of user data for interactive games. The interactive learning games are designed to reinforce and measure users' understanding of the instructional content provided by the content presentation module. While playing interactive games, access to corresponding instructional material can be enabled to enhance users' retention or disabled to assess users' knowledge. Open games can be used to calibrate user responses to model responses and to aggregate and evaluate users' suggestions.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for authoring data collection devices, deploying data collection devices for the collection of data, retrieving data collection devices and collected data, and / or managing collected data and relationships between data collectors and data providers. Client data is collected from a client remotely via any network-enabled input device and retrieved by a service provider prior to an encounter between the client and the service provider. Client data is collected preferably through deployment of client data collection forms authored by service providers by means of a form creation system in which specialty specific data containers stored in one or more libraries are arranged via a drag-and-drop interface to establish a form. Client data can be configured for passage to third party data storage and / or processing systems. Clients can be referred to other service providers with data being pre-populated into the other service providers' data collection forms.

A text creation system and method is described. Input text is provided in an authoring language and may be provided in one or more rendering languages and / or writing styles. The input text is analyzed to determine the semantic content of the input, and the semantic information is stored in a database. In one embodiment, templates are provided to acquire input and information about the template and the semantic data of the input, along with a database of equivalent meanings in different languages, are utilized to instantly generate output in a number of languages. One embodiment is a method and system of presenting advertisements in multiple languages.

Application data used by enterprise applications running on one or more servers can be synchronized with application data deployed from other locations. Application data can be transmitted as XML files over HTTP to facilitate synchronization with web-enabled servers. Multiple service data repositories can be synchronized with application data residing in a master data repository that runs within an enterprise application. Server-to-server data synchronization functionality is also provided through the use of proxy data repositories. Application data files can be deployed from an author system to remote servers. Newly-authored application data files can be versioned in the author system using a source control system and selectively deployed to various servers by the author in conjunction with a multi-stage testing process in preparation for deployment of the application data to a production server.

An authoring, execution, and participation software system and corresponding method for the capture and execution of real-world events (e.g., crises) involving individuals such as senior private and / or public sector leaders is presented. The authoring system and method are used to model a scenario, incorporating knowledge from domain experts, relevant media, and external computation / simulation engines. The execution system and method execute scenarios created by the authoring system and method and provide a communication hub for the participation system and method. The participation system and method provide individuals, such as senior leaders and their staff, with appropriate views into the unfolding scenario and appropriate decisions to be made. The system and method also include features that allow for research and analysis with respect to, for example, efficient crisis response tactics.

A system for providing a data broadcast service for digital television receivers. The system includes a data authoring system for creating a program description, a data service encoder for combining the description with other information and encoding it, and a multiplexer for using the encoded data service information into a transport data stream. A receiver at the client end receives the transport data stream and extracts the data and the audiovisual program and builds a summary for the viewer.