CN1326562A - System for providing user with active and passive access to cached content - Google Patents
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Abstract
A system (42) as provided for viewing cached content passively and actively. Content from the Internet (60) or other information sources is stored on the disk drive (55) of a computer. The computer is programmed to make snap shots of selected content and to generate a cache movie of the content by sequentially providing snap shots on a display device (47). A user is provided with application software for the computer to customize the cache movie by selecting music for playback during the cache movie. The tempo of the cache movie is synchronized with the selected music and can be varied, depending on the type of music selected by the user. The user can selectively stop and start (54) the cache movie to actively browse content corresponding to the snap shots therein. Hyper-links in the snap shots permit access to related cached content. The user can then resume playback of the cache movie for passive viewing of cached content.
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Technical field of the present invention
The present invention relates to a kind ofly be used to allow the user to check system with the access cache content on one's own initiative and passively.
Background of invention
The user is generally serving as positive role from the Internet or during other network acquired information.For example, the user operates the prompt that mouse or keyboard are produced by the Internet browser application software (for example, search engine) and webpage with response on computer screen.By so doing, user search and selection available information on the Internet is used for checking and downloading when the user browses.
By contrast, the user serves as passive role through TV or other broadcast technology acquired information the time.For example, program was broadcasted through broad band television (for example, through satellite, microwave, VHF/UHF or CATV (cable television) (CATV) system) in the time of broadcasting service supplier appointment.Therefore, the user must in advance time be tuned to specific television channel to watch program.The user can achieve one's goal and be transferred to different channels.Yet the user can only be limited to watch those programs of now broadcasting.For avoiding watching at that time program, user's videocassette recorder (VCR) of programming usually is to catch on videocassette and recording television programs.When the user VCR that must programme begins and end record to specify VCR.
Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, traditional access to the Internet relates to the user and utilizes subscriber computer (for example, personal computer or PC) information that browser software 22 on 24 is searched for internet-type on one's own initiative, the information of this internet-type is provided to 20n by the 20a of content provider, 20b, 20c.The user is through network 26 and the Internet and/or be able to the content of access the Internet type with the world wide web (www)s of 28 expressions.For illustrative purposes, the information of internet-type is understood as that from any digitizing of for example Web or other data source and the content that can check (for example, HTML(Hypertext Markup Language), webpage, video, audio frequency, text, software download, photo, animation etc.).Webpage (Web page or leaf) is interpreted as and is used to other software language, form and the agreement (for example, JAVA, tradable graphical format (GIF), file transfer protocol (FTP) (FTP)) that help data file to transmit data between computing machine.Shown in the square frame 30 of Fig. 2, can on the disc driver of subscriber computer 24, store or the information of high-speed cache internet-type.Referring to the frame 32 of Fig. 2, browser software 22 allows users by clicking the icon on the screen or utilizing mouse or the cache information page or leaf is checked in address that other input equipment is squeezed into resource locator (URL) 31.In traditional TV scheme, the user watches passively when information shows with entertainment form.The user prefers the have to time quantum of view content, disposition of user or the like according to content type, the user that will watch, and uses the diverse ways acquired information.
The needs that have a kind of concentration techniques, it provides for the user or is passive or initiatively select the information of access the Internet type and the digital content of other type, because two kinds of methods of this of visit information respectively have its relative merits.For example, the user will check the information of the internet-type that presents automatically easily, and not need spended time and make great efforts to take various actions to watch cache information, such as with the icon on the click screen to jump to different contents.In addition, the user can continue to utilize its mouse or other input equipment to read the information of internet-type and other digital content on one's own initiative in detail according to the time and the order of its selection.
Traditional Internet Protocol relates to after each user has specifically asked content and content to be sent to each user.Therefore, same content sends to different users respectively in the different time.When identical content repeatedly sends to a large amount of request users, be used to transmit internet information and be disabled use to user's the network bandwidth, this is the situation of welcome website just.Make to this welcome numerical information of many users broadcastings simultaneously and more effectively use the user's communications path.This welcome content can comprise news report, weather forecast, stock market report, kinds of goods and service advertisement, or the like.Though the information of internet-type and the broadcasting service of other data are occurring being used for, exist needs to a kind of user interface, its permission user is to active and passive information is watched and visit is concentrated.
The present invention has overcome the deficiency that the existing method of cache content is provided to the user, and has realized a plurality of advantages that are better than these methods.According to the present invention, user's passive viewing easily provides the high-speed cache film of the preview of selected content, this high-speed cache film high-speed cache be stored in computing machine or multimedia system on or by remote storage.In addition, the user can utilize mouse or other input equipment at any time to end passive preview behavior to read the content of selecting from preview content on one's own initiative in detail.The user is then can voluntary recovery passive watches this content pre-viewing.
According to an aspect of the present invention, generate the high-speed cache film by the candid photograph image (snap shot) of creating and make up selected content.This candid photograph image appears on the display device then successively.
According to another aspect of the present invention, capturing the visual speed that is presented also can be synchronous with the film sound tracks that the user selects by user's selection.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of user interface, be used for through selected cache content of high-speed cache movie preview and the actual content of visit corresponding to the candid photograph image of high-speed cache film.This user interface allows user to jump to different candid photograph image in the high-speed cache film by the diverse location of clicking slider bar.Capture image and can also characterize by class name corresponding to its content.Can arrange the order of the candid photograph image in the high-speed cache film by classification.User interface can provide the slider bar that has class name part, and the candid photograph image of selected content belongs to this classification.The user can click the slider bar part to begin to show the candid photograph image that should locate mutually.
According to another aspect of the present invention, capture image and be to selected file on the subscriber computer and application file generation, and can comprise the candid photograph image of the control panel that is used for the device controlled by subscriber computer.
According to another aspect of the present invention, display frame be can dispose and image or high-speed cache film captured more than one to show.This user interface is selected for the user provides different layouts.
From the detailed description below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, various aspects of the present invention, advantage and novel feature will become and be more readily understood, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the block scheme that is used for the legacy system of access the Internet type content;
Fig. 2 is the caption of traditional approach, by this mode acquired information from the Internet browsed or out of Memory source;
Fig. 3 is the caption of system according to an embodiment of the invention, and this system is used for providing the information that comprises internet information through high-speed broadcast data flow user;
Fig. 4 is the caption of a kind of mode according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, and computing machine provides the cache content that supplies preview and visit in this mode to the user;
Fig. 5 is the block scheme of cache content according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 illustrate high-speed cache film according to an embodiment of the invention and with music synchronously;
Fig. 7 describes according to an embodiment of the invention, can be a high-speed cache film candid photograph image frame, exemplary;
The computer screen of the exemplary user interfaces that Fig. 8 and 9 describes according to an embodiment of the invention, provides during the high-speed cache film;
Figure 10 and 11 shows the exemplary computer screen that is generated by subscriber computer according to an embodiment of the invention;
Figure 12 and 13 shows according to an embodiment of the invention, can come across the exemplary candid photograph image in the high-speed cache film.
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Referring to Fig. 3, system 40 according to the present invention allows the user to obtain the information or the content of one or more types, such as the information of the internet-type that is used to be stored in cache, this information is machine 42 or such as the computer control system of set-top box and viewed and visit as calculated.The content of high-speed cache is the information that deposits in such as the nonvolatile memory of hard disk drive.Cache content can be stored in user's computer 42 according to the present invention or computing machine 42 can be in the remote storage of a network-accessible.This content can for example offer computing machine 42 through high-speed broadcast channel.Provide described broadcasting method 44,46 and 48, to be used for exemplary object in conjunction with Fig. 3.Be to be understood that many aspects of the present invention do not require that content obtains broadcasting.The invention provides a kind of user interface 50, be used for visiting the high quality sound, data and the image that are stored in such as the memory storage 55 of hard disk drive.This user interface comprises input media 54 and at least one output unit 56 such as loudspeaker 59 and display device 47 such as mouse.
Continuation is referring to Fig. 3, Content aggregation device (aggregator) or gateway 58 through the Internet 60 and other data source network of Ethernet (for example, such as) obtain content from various content providers.The content that Content aggregation device 58 can obtain selecting is such as local items report, local weather forecast, stock market information, music, consumption information, distance learning program or the like.This content can utilize one or multiple high-speed data transmission method to send the user to through broadcast singal, such as satellite direct digital broadcast system 44, CATV net (for example, concentric cable) 46 or public switched telephone network (PSTN) cable 48 (for example, optical fiber, copper or coaxial link).Telephone operator can utilize asynchronous digital subscriber link (ADSL) technology or other digital subscriber chained technology (being XDSL).Other transmission method can comprise VHF/UHF radio network, microwave network, optical networking or the like.
It should be understood that more than one Content aggregation device 58 can be used to organize the content of watching and visiting for the user.According to an aspect of the present invention, Content aggregation device 58 tissues are used for the streamed data of high-speed data, by the 66 generally expressions of Fig. 3.Though the described data transmission system 44,46 and 48 of Fig. 3 is described to simplex system, the user can two-way visit by the content of Content aggregation device 58 tissues.For example, the communication path such as PSTN68 can be used for request and received content simultaneously.When typically relating to each user expectation accessed content, traditional the Internet scheme the Internet 60 is connected to server 26 through PSTN68.Perhaps, can send to Content aggregation device 58 through PSTN68, and the content of request can for example be received through high-speed data-flow 66 in sts satellite transmission system 44 to requests for content.According to an aspect of the present invention, be broadcast to this user from the content of Content aggregation device 58, and the return link such as PSTN68 is not provided.For helping user in selecting content, Content aggregation device 58 is set up the program that highlights through the available content of Content aggregation device.This program is called a difficult problem (teaser) hereinafter and is broadcast to the user with other content at least periodically.The method that produces this difficult problem according to another aspect of the present invention is described below.The user can watch this difficult problem to determine from which content of Content aggregation device 58 will be stored in the disc driver 55 through user interface.
According to the present invention, computing machine 42 is programmed generating screen on display device 47, thus the content that allows the user to watch storage, and select about being stored in the content type in the computer memory 55.In order to help to watch cache content, computing machine 42 is programmed to generate from the content that is stored in disc driver 55 or other memory storage and captures image (for example, the image conversion with the HTML page or leaf is to represent such as the non-interactive type of bitmap or jpeg file) and generate a high-speed cache film.The high-speed cache film is the candid photograph image of a series of expression caching device contents.Describe a method below in conjunction with Fig. 4-6, can produce the high-speed cache film, and similarly Content aggregation device 58 can generate a difficult problem by the method subscriber computer 42.Computing machine 42 can also generate screen (for example, Figure 10 and 11 screens of describing), and it allows User Defined to show user's the high-speed cache film and the mode of content through output unit 56.
As mentioned above, the content request user of traditional approach browsing internet type plays the part of positive role, for example watches each webpage by clicking chosen content.According to an aspect of the present invention, improved the process of browsing content, thought that the user provides or initiatively or passively watch ability with the access cache content through subscriber computer 42.Referring to Fig. 4, preferably be stored in (for example, disc driver 55) the computer memory through the content that network channel or other devices obtain from content supplier (for example the Content aggregation device 58).Fig. 5 has shown the content from data stream that just offers computing machine 42.This computing machine comprises disc driver 55 or other memory storage, and the part of memory storage can be a cache part 52.Cache part 52 can also be on the memory storage that is independent of disc driver 55.For example select in advance and the broadcasted content of user by radio network partly is stored in the cache part 52, as the data file that hereinafter is called contents fragment 93.When this content has been upgraded by the Content aggregation device and has been offered subscriber computer 42, can automatically be upgraded from the content of the Content aggregation device 58 that is stored in memory storage 55, promptly rewrite.A contents fragment 93 is preferably the difficult problem that Content aggregation device 58 provides.Disc driver is also stored and is used 95 (for example, word processing and signal procedure) and such as the data file 97 of text and image file, it can be by importing computing machine 42 such as the different device of CDROM, keyboard or other input media.
Continuation is referring to Fig. 4, and computing machine 42 produces software 70 according to the present invention with local film and programmes, so that produce the high-speed cache film by the candid photograph image that makes up from any catalogue on disc driver 55 or other memory storage and file.Local film produces software and is called high-speed cache film generator (CMG) 70 hereinafter.Computing machine 42 is programmed the candid photograph image with one or more crucial pages of making each contents fragment 93, and this candid photograph of storage visual (square frame 71) on disc driver 55.Represent by creating webpage, be about to text, image, HTTP and other data and be converted to the image file that utilizes bitmap, JPEG or other form, produce and capture image.According to the present invention, computing machine 42 is captured image by the CMG70 programming with combination on output unit 56 and demonstration, thinks that the user provides the high-speed cache film (square frame 81) of contents fragment in the preview cache 52.The user therefore can the passive viewing cache content expression.
The also programming according to the present invention of computing machine 42 is to store a plurality of Software tools 73 of downloading or storing as required.Software tool preferably includes image continuity (segue) storehouse 75, audio repository 77 and such as the synchronization means 79 of editor's decision list (EDL), to provide candid photograph image in the isochronous cache film to meet the instruction of the music of playing during the high-speed cache film.Following in conjunction with Fig. 8 and 9 described, computing machine 42 is programmed, with the music that allows to play during the user by selecting high-speed cache film or quiet (for example, quiet loudspeaker 59) frame display is provided for output unit 56 at speed and other option such as screen prompt symbol, control and image continuity of output unit 56 in self-defined high-speed cache film, and candid photograph or the high-speed cache film.
For creating the high-speed cache film, computing machine 42 is programmed, with demonstration and user's 77 other audio frequency film sound trackss of selecting from the audio program storehouse of capturing image on the computer monitor of synchronous output device 56.Instruction (for example, EDL instruction) from synchronization means 79 provides such as the synchronous code by the standardized smpte time code of animation and Television Engineer association (SMPTE).Yet also can use other method for synchronous.Fig. 6 illustrates the generation of high-speed cache film.Having shown that first captures image 96, is that some other with 98 overall expressions of order demonstration subsequently captured image afterwards.Candid photograph image 96 is created in the seclected time of the background music that replaying user is selected on the output unit 56, such as the time 01:02:28:16 in the music segments, shown in SMPTh code 99.Therefore, be illustrated in the rhythm of the candid photograph image of output unit 56, through synchronization means instruction, with the user be that the music rhythm that the playback during the high-speed cache film is selected mates.Correspondingly, when following by rock music rather than chamber music, the candid photograph image of high-speed cache film with the speed of frame F.F. or variation obtain showing (for example, this speed than film carry out faster).Selected two users of identical content pre-viewing to produce different high-speed cache films according to speed and accompanied by music.Content aggregation device 58 can utilize synchronous same procedure to create a difficult problem, and promptly the selected speed that can match with the film sound tracks style that the Content aggregation device is selected produces the candid photograph image of content.
Yet, as mentioned above, the user can select not have loudspeaker 59 sound watch the high-speed cache film.Capturing image can carry out synchronously according to user's input, rather than synchronous with the audio sound instrument.For example, as shown in Figure 7, when not wishing film sound tracks is arranged, provide slider bar 67 to control the displaying speed of high-speed cache film.By moving up or down cursor 69, the user can select the speed of high-speed cache film, so that respectively faster (for example, 3 frame per seconds) or show with slower speed (for example, per three seconds one frames).Computing machine 42 can be programmed, with a kind of frame or capture graphic demonstration speed and combine with a specific cursor position.
According to another embodiment of the invention, generate a high-speed cache film by computing machine 42, computing machine 42 comprises application 95 and the data file 97 on the disc driver 55, and from the contents fragment of cache 52 or other storer.CMG70 is according to the file and/or the application of the storage of file type, directory location or beginning or last date edited or the like Standard Selection.Wish to be included in file and/or application in the high-speed cache film for the user, produce and capture image.Describe such one among Fig. 7 and captured image.The candid photograph image of each file of creating or revise before for example, the user can selecting to watch the selected date.The user can watch the part of each file then passively, determines for example whether can delete a file.Just seeking specific image, text or other data as the user and forget data storage where the time, the high-speed cache film of disc driver file also is useful.The user can also select to capture the form of image.For example, can only can offer output unit 56 to first page candid photograph image of each selected data file.Expression can be used for allowing the user to watch the some pages or leaves of high-speed cache cin positive film at each file of preview, as shown in Figure 7 from the file watched of storage or the candid photograph image of four pages or leaves.The high-speed cache film can also comprise the icon of representative application or the candid photograph image of other image.
According to CMG70, computing machine 42 can produce the high-speed cache film before the high-speed cache film is watched in user's request, and therefore when this generation and user wish that the preview cache content is irrelevant.Perhaps, computing machine 42 response user requests produce high-speed cache film (for example, when the candid photograph image of the data file that has selected Date of Revision in the Computer Memory Unit 55 is watched in user's request) through CMG70.The high-speed cache film changes to follow-up generation from an one generation when content changing.In addition, some different high-speed cache films can reside in the cache 52 simultaneously, to show when the user selects.Can utilize the candid photograph image of different video to create all ＂ amusement ＂ high-speed cache films, and can create my document ＂ high-speed cache film of ＂ for user's professional work.If the video that the user keeps high speed buffer storage file to like with preview, then ＂ amusement ＂ high-speed cache film needn't resemble frequent change my the document ＂ high-speed cache film of ＂.
Fig. 8 and 9 produces and the exemplary candid photograph image of establishment through the high-speed cache film according to the present invention.These screens have been described the window of the candid photograph image of the selected content that just is being demonstrated.This screen comprises slider bar 160 and moves past the cursor 162 of slider bar 160 with expression high-speed cache film process back and forth, and broadcast/stop button 159 and mute button 161.Can remove button 159, and alternately stop and starting the high-speed cache film by allowing the user to double-click cursor 162.The user can click cursor 162 and freeze this screen of ＂ with ＂, and then clicks cursor 162 and recover this part of playback.The user can also click any part of slider bar 160, to watch the candid photograph image corresponding to this part of high-speed cache film.Computing machine 42 is programmed by CMG70, with storage about having the data of the candid photograph image of the cursor position on the slider bar 160 in a series of candid photograph images.The candid photograph image that Fig. 9 explanation was showed before the described candid photograph image of Fig. 8 is shown in these two each positions of capturing the cursor 162 on the slider bar 160 in the image.Therefore, this user can click a position on the slider bar 160 and jump to the candid photograph image of showing when cursor 162 positions, and needn't watch in the end all candid photograph images of showing between a cursor position and the new cursor position.
Except the rhythm of the style of selecting quiet or playing back music during the high-speed cache film and high-speed cache film, the mode that the present invention also provides other for the user is with self-defined candid photograph and show this content.Referring to Figure 10, computing machine 42 is programmed to generate the preferred screen 100 of audio frequency on display device 47, and it provides a plurality of selections about high-speed cache film accompanied by music for the user.The user by selecting the film sound tracks button 104 of mute button 114 or high-speed cache film, comes the self-defined his or her process of listening to during showing the high-speed cache film.The preferred screen of audio frequency also provides the menu 106 of dissimilar film sound tracks, such as Latin America music, Middle East music, African clan music, southern peaceful music, Southeast Asia music or the like.Selection can also comprise specific artist and recording.In the example of the preferred screen 100 of audio frequency shown in Figure 10, the user has selected the 3 ＂ film sound trackss of ＂ Latin America.Provide a sliding button 112, to adjust the volume of film sound tracks.
The candid photograph of Fig. 6 image 96 and 98 and the candid photograph image of Fig. 8 and 9 be described to full screen for exemplary object and show.As shown in the figure, a plurality of candid photograph images can show displaying with full screen simultaneously.CMG70 can generate more than one high-speed cache film in a display frame.According to one aspect of the invention, different framing selects to be provided for the user, selects for it, and this operating speed of the computing machine that follows 42 that provides is provided at a hobby in the frame with the user at what different candid photograph image or contents fragments.
With reference to Figure 11, computing machine 42 is programmed, and to generate the preferred screen 130 of layout, creates display frame or the high-speed cache film with an above contents fragment to allow the user, placement with (that is the coordinate on the display) self-defined these projects window on screen in different screen destinations.Layout menu 132 allows the user to select from the layout of various designs in advance or user's design.For example, can provide window on three screens of a row, be used for showing respectively video data, such as playing news program, broadcasting local items program and broadcasting sports highlights program from three contents fragments 93 along the left side of screen.Window can be placed on the top of screen on another screen, so that show stock market information from another contents fragment 93 with text formatting for example.Window is represented as window ＂ 1 ＂, ＂ 2 ＂, ＂ 3 ＂ and ＂ 4 ＂ in the preview window 136 and the 2 ＂ layouts that replace corresponding to the ＂ of menu 132 are selected on these screens in shown example.Resolution menu 134 permission users change the resolution of display device 47, to be used for passive and active content viewing application program of the present invention.When the user withdraws from of the present invention passively and initiatively during the content viewing application program, computing machine 42 is programmed so that resolution is got back to and starts the previous setting of using before the content viewing application program initiatively.Conversion resolution ＂ button 138 allowed the user to forbid the change of resolution through menu 134 when ＂ started.＂ is more, and ＂ button 138 allows the user to turn to another screen that the self-defined selection of more layouts is provided, such as allowing the user to create self-defined layout or revise predefined layout.The user is provided with the selection of the size and dimension of window on the setting of window on the conversion screen and the screen.For example, the user can select the different content assigned priorities watch to the user.For example, being considered to the user is that important contents may be provided in the window the most outstanding on the screen.Window can be generated as the minimized window in the background on other the screen, can utilize mouse 53 to click these windows and make it to amplify being used for and watch temporarily.In addition, the user can select different image continuities to select.For example, the user can be in the different animation transition mechanisms of selecting to capture between the image from image continuity routine library 75.Before showing that another captures image, by reduce or candid photograph image that diminuendo is just showing at present up to display device 47 blank, make the expression that is converted to of capturing between the image.Capturing image can also leave display device 47 then and show by passing through or sliding.
Continuation can provide the candid photograph image 170 with content choice mechanism with reference to Figure 12 on display device 47, with guiding user when selecting broadcasting can transmit the content that is used to store.Capture image 170 the two row menus 172 and 174 of showing different content are provided.Utilizing upward respectively, knob down 176 and 178 comes scroll through menus 172 and 174.Computing machine 42 utilizes user's selection, and storage is from the corresponding information of Content aggregation device 58 in caching device 52 for example.Content in the menu 172 and 174 can be categorized into such as ＂ children ＂ and ＂ news ＂ by Content aggregation device 58.For example the content type name of my document ＂ of ＂ and ＂ control panel ＂ and class name can be generated and are presented on the slider bar 160 by computing machine 42.Type name can dynamically be generated and demonstration on slider bar 160 according to selected cache content by CMG70.User type from slider bar 160 is selected, and allows the user to jump to the candid photograph image of the content that meets selected type in the high-speed cache film.
As above described with reference to Fig. 5, cache content can comprise the file or the application of for example control panel of the device that is used to be subjected to computing machine 42 controls, such as the wireless receiver card that is used for receiving broadcast content, TV tuner card, audio card and household safe or environmental control system or the like.The candid photograph image that is used for the control panel of outside or peripherals can be included in the high-speed cache film and independent type (for example, ＂ control panel ＂) is provided on slider bar 160.Therefore, the user can be scanned a plurality of control control panels and capture image and browse actual content corresponding to this, so that control setting.
Figure 12 and 13 has illustrated and has utilized the available multimedia of CMG70 of the present invention.The candid photograph image can result from different medium types and be presented on the single candid photograph image.Different medium types can be real time data stream, HTML, GIF, text, Quicktime, Flash, SMPTE, EDL or the like that stock market's speed for example is provided.
In conjunction with Fig. 3 as previously mentioned, the certain user can visit the information of the internet-type of selecting through one-way broadcast systems.The data of the internet-type of selection can for example be provided by Content aggregation device 58, because the information of enough some types of user expectation, thereby broadcast this information simultaneously and in the communication system of point-to-point type, asking to provide data more effective to unique user on the basis to many users' ratios.System 40 sends selected information and does not need from this user to content supplier or the information request of collector or other signal to the user.
Though the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiment, be to be understood that the present invention is not limited to its details.Advised various modifications and replacement in the top description, those of ordinary skills also can remember other modification and replacement.All this replacements are included in by in the defined scope of the present invention of appended claims.
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1. one kind provides the passive of cache content and the method for visit initiatively for the user, this content comprise any can from the Internet and other network, can digitizing and utilize the physical media of memory device stores and the content that the out of Memory source is checked and carried out, this method may further comprise the steps:
Chosen content, described content comprises contents fragment;
The candid photograph image of at least a portion of each fragment that generates a plurality of described contents fragments is to represent described a plurality of contents fragment;
The described candid photograph image of storage in memory storage; And
High-speed cache film of described a plurality of contents fragments is provided and described candid photograph image is offered an output unit successively by making up the described image of capturing, this output unit comprises at least one display device and an audio output device.
2. the method for claim 1 further may further comprise the steps:
During showing described high-speed cache film, receive the control signal of user's input; With
The control signal that responds described user's input is ended the displaying of described high-speed cache film.
3. method as claimed in claim 2 further comprises providing described output unit corresponding to one in the described candid photograph image selected step of capturing first described contents fragment of image.
4. method as claimed in claim 3, the wherein said step that provides comprises the step of obtaining described related content fragment from the local storage device that is connected to a computing machine, the described output unit of described computer-controllable system.
5. method as claimed in claim 3 wherein saidly provides step to comprise to utilize a computing machine to obtain the step of described related content fragment, the described output unit of described computer-controllable system through a network from a remote storage.
6. method as claimed in claim 3, the wherein said step that provides may further comprise the steps:
Determine that from selected described candid photograph image a relevant described contents fragment is to offer described output unit;
Obtain described relevant contents fragment from this memory storage, described relevant contents fragment is stored in this memory storage; With
Utilize described output unit that described relevant contents fragment is provided.
7. method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said obtaining step comprise the step of obtaining described related content fragment from a local memory storage that is connected to a computing machine, and described computing machine is connected to described output unit.
8. method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said obtaining step comprise utilizes a computing machine to obtain the step of described related content fragment through a network from remote storage, and described computing machine is connected to described output unit.
9. method as claimed in claim 2 further may further comprise the steps:
Receive the control signal of another user's input; With
The control signal that responds described another user's input recovers to show described high-speed cache film.
10. method as claimed in claim 2 further may further comprise the steps:
Browse selected described content;
Receive the control signal of another user's input; With
Respond the displaying that the control signal of described another user input is recovered described high-speed cache film.
11. the method for claim 1, wherein said a plurality of contents fragments comprise the HTML page or leaf, and described generation step comprises the step that the image transitions of at least one described HTML page or leaf is become at least one bitmap file and jpeg file.
12. method as claimed in claim 11, wherein at least one described candid photograph image and relative described contents fragment are included in the hyperlink of another described contents fragment.
13. the method for claim 1 further comprises the step of no-load speed, makes that to utilize audio program to generate described candids photograph with this speed on described output unit visual.
14. method as claimed in claim 13, wherein said synchronizing step comprise that further instruction produces described step of capturing image according to editor's decision table.
15. method as claimed in claim 14, wherein a plurality of audio programs can be stored in the memory storage and playback on described audio output device, described instruction comprises the subset of instructions corresponding to each of described a plurality of audio programs, described instruction changes the rhythm that described candid photograph image produces on described display device, and further may further comprise the steps:
One control signal in the described a plurality of audio programs of selection of reception user input; And
Speed with a control being subjected to described subset of instructions produces described candids photograph image, and this instruction is corresponding to one that selectes in described a plurality of audio programs.
16. method as claimed in claim 2 further may further comprise the steps:
Show a slider bar on described output unit, described output unit has the cursor that moves around on described slider bar, and this cursor is to move corresponding to the speed of showing described candid photograph image during the described high-speed cache film;
Utilize an input equipment to click described slider bar;
End to show described high-speed cache film; With
On described display device, show a described candid photograph image.
17. method as claimed in claim 16, further comprise receiving the control signal and execution at least one operation in response to its a plurality of operations that the user imports, described a plurality of operations comprise another the described candid photograph image that recovers the described high-speed cache film of displaying, displaying selection and begin to browse described content.
18. method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said slider bar comprises that corresponding to each described cursor position of capturing image described click step comprises that a described cursor position clicking selection is to provide a corresponding described candid photograph image on described display device.
19. the method for claim 1, wherein this content can obtain from least one Content aggregation device and gateway, described selection step comprises from one lists the step of selecting the menu of this content, and this menu is received from least one of Content aggregation device and gateway.
20. method as claimed in claim 19, wherein said selection step further are included in the step of the described chosen content of storage in the local memory storage that is connected to a computing machine, this computing machine is connected to described output unit.
21. method as claimed in claim 19, wherein this content characterizes with a plurality of class names, further may further comprise the steps:
According to the described candid photograph image of each described classification combination, be used for showing at described high-speed cache film successively;
Show a slider bar on described output unit, described output unit has the cursor that moves around on described slider bar, and this cursor is to move corresponding to the speed of showing described candid photograph image during the described high-speed cache film;
On described slider bar, provide the name part to represent the described classification of described chosen content;
Utilize an input equipment to click one of them described name part on the described slider bar; With
A described candid photograph image showing a corresponding described classification on described display device is represented this classification by a selected described name part.
22. one kind is used for representing the system of content with self-defining multimedia form to the user, this content comprises information, multimedia, data file and the application of internet-type, and this system comprises:
One user's interface device comprises an output unit and an input media, and described output unit comprises at least one display device and an audio output device;
One memory storage is used to store the content that comprises contents fragment;
One treating apparatus, it is connected to described user's interface device and described memory storage, and described treating apparatus can generate corresponding to the candid photograph image of each described contents fragment with by provide described candid photograph image to create a high-speed cache film in proper order to described display device.
23. the system as claimed in claim 22, wherein said treating apparatus can be through controlling connected external device (ED) and peripherals for the control panel that provides for each described external device (ED) and peripherals in the described memory storage, on described display device, produce different described candid photograph image corresponding to each described control panel, and allow described user by selecting to interrupt described high-speed cache film, visit a corresponding described control panel to provide to described display device, visit described control panel through described high-speed cache film with the corresponding described candid photograph image of a selected described control panel with from described memory storage.
24. the system as claimed in claim 22, described treating apparatus is programmed according to the application program that has described memory storage, described treating apparatus can generate different described candid photograph images to represent each described application program and to allow described user through described high-speed cache film that interrupting described high-speed cache film by selection provides a described candid photograph image and execution to carry out a selected described application program from a corresponding described application program of described memory storage to provide to described display device corresponding to a described application program of selecting.
25. the system as claimed in claim 22, further comprise a remote storage and a network, this remote storage is used to store at least one described contents fragment, this network is used to connect described treating apparatus and described remote storage, described treating apparatus can be ended to show described high-speed cache film and one described candid photograph image is provided and visit an its corresponding described contents fragment by obtain described contents fragment from one of described memory storage and described remote storage to described display device.
26. the system as claimed in claim 22, wherein said content offers described user through broadcast program, described treating apparatus can be programmed and comprise with generation and to instruct described user to select which described broadcast program is stored in described memory storage and the screen of the prompt that provides to described output unit through described input media, and it is visual that described treating apparatus can generate different described candid photograph of each described broadcast program of selecting corresponding to described user.
27. the system as claimed in claim 22, wherein said memory storage has a plurality of digital audio programs that are used to provide dissimilar music, described treating apparatus can be programmed allowing described user to carry out of a plurality of selections at least, these selections comprise the described different a plurality of audio programs of output which as described high-speed cache film during around background music, the described audio output device of noise reduction whether, when upgrade described memory storage to described memory storage by downloading at least one new audio program, with be the volume level that described audio output device is provided with when the background music play around described.
28. system as claimed in claim 27, wherein said treating apparatus can be programmed so that produce the described speed of image and the synchronization of rate of described audio program of capturing on described display device.
29. system as claimed in claim 28, wherein said treating apparatus utilizes synchronization means to instruct synchronous described generation of capturing image.
30. system as claimed in claim 29, the synchronization means instruction of a plurality of subclass of corresponding each the described audio program of wherein said memory device stores, described treating apparatus produces described candid photograph image with different speed according to one of them described a plurality of subclass of the described audio program of corresponding described user's selection on described display device.
31. the system as claimed in claim 22, wherein said treating apparatus can be programmed the screen that comprises window at least one screen with generation, position of window is corresponding to the destination of screen on the above screen of described screen, described treating apparatus can be selected the screen destination that is used to place window on the described screen to instruct described user at the screen that generates at least one preference layout on the described display device, shows at least one described contents fragment and described candid photograph image wherein with self-defined described treating apparatus.
32. system as claimed in claim 31, wherein said treating apparatus can be programmed to allow described user to select at least one shape and size of window on the described screen.
33. system as claimed in claim 31, wherein said treating apparatus can be programmed producing a plurality of high-speed cache films residing in described memory storage, and shows more than one described a plurality of high-speed cache films simultaneously on described display device.
34. the system as claimed in claim 22, wherein said content can obtain from least one of Content aggregation device and gateway, described treating apparatus can be programmed with generation and comprise the information exercise question of corresponding described contents fragment and the menu of program, described treating apparatus generates at least one candid photograph image and is used for being stored in described memory device, the described information exercise question that at least one described contents fragment is selected from described menu through described input media corresponding to described user.
35. system as claimed in claim 34, wherein said content is relevant with the different classification with each class name, the described treating apparatus described image of capturing capable of being combined is used for showing at described high-speed cache film successively according to described classification separately, on described output unit, to show slider bar with a cursor, cursor shows that described speed of capturing image moves past described slider bar back and forth during with corresponding described high-speed cache film, on described slider bar, provide the name part to represent each described classification of selected described content, therefore when utilizing described input media to click the described name part of of described slider bar, described treating apparatus provides of a corresponding described classification described candid photograph image, represents described classification by the above name part of described display device.
36. system as claimed in claim 35, connected external device (ED) of wherein said treating apparatus may command and peripherals, and on described display device, produce the control panel be used for each described external device (ED) and peripherals, to generate different described candid photograph images corresponding to each the described control panel that is illustrated in described display device, a described name part corresponding to control panel is provided on described slider bar, and allows described user partly to visit described control panel by the described control panel of selecting described slider bar through described high-speed cache film.
37. the system as claimed in claim 22, wherein at least one described candid photograph image and the described contents fragment that shows at described output unit comprises that from the link of its part to one described contents fragment described treating apparatus can end to show described high-speed cache film automatically when described user selects described link.
38. system as claimed in claim 37, wherein said treating apparatus can be programmed allowing described user to browse described contents fragment, to respond described user through the request of described input equipment and recover to show described high-speed cache film.
39. the system as claimed in claim 22, wherein said memory storage can be programmed the image continuity routine library that comprises a plurality of image continuity functions with storage, described treating apparatus can be programmed to allow described user to select from described a plurality of image continuity functions, described treating apparatus can be realized the described a plurality of image continuity functions that described user selects, so that the visual transition between the different described candid photograph images to be provided.
40. system as claimed in claim 39, wherein said a plurality of image continuity function is included in the size that reduces the current screen that described treating apparatus generates during the described high-speed cache film on described display device, the described contents fragment of being watched all is blank up to described current screen, produce described current screen and move, and weak described current screen is blank haply up to described display device to make it to look like by described display device.
41. the system as claimed in claim 22, wherein said treating apparatus can generate a high-speed cache film rate controlled button on described display device, described treating apparatus can be programmed to allow described user to select a plurality of speed to produce described high-speed cache film in described display device, and described treating apparatus can provide described speed of capturing image through the input control of described rate controlled button according to the user.
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