Patent ID: 7991801
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implementable method for providing captioning of streaming media: simultaneously marrying textual data with multimedia data in a preset time interval in order to form a captioned multimedia data stream, wherein said textual data and said multimedia data are dynamically synchronized with respect to one another and said captioned multimedia data stream; permitting an end-user to modify, administer and control said captioned multimedia data stream and thereby provide effective live capture and delivery of said captioned multimedia data stream by: providing a captioning service text analyzer that enables an administrator to configure a pattern associated with said textual data and separates a plurality of words from said textual data for a display thereof, wherein said captioning service test analyzer intelligently determines an end word from among said plurality of words in said display; providing a delay enhancement tool that permits said user to adjust a speed of said textual data and/or said multimedia data with respect to said captioned multimedia data stream, which enables said end-user to receive, said textual data and/or said multimedia data at a proper speed thereof; and providing a customized graphical user interface for the control, administration and management of said captioned multimedia data stream based on at least one encoding option, at least one caption option, at least one delay control option, and at least one slide option in order to properly synchronize and deliver said textual data and said multimedia data for live streaming for said end-user via said captioned multimedia data stream.