Patent ID: 6184879
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A multi-media title editing apparatus comprising:style creation means for creating a style in which a multi-media title screen is defined by using a set of display areas in which display methods for various multi-media data elements are designated;style storage means for storing said style that is created by said style creation means;element storage means for storing elements from which said multi-media data elements are selected;element management means for selecting one or more of said multi-media data elements in response to a user's command;style interpretation means for interpreting said style by detecting a type of multi-media data defined by said style for each of said display areas;user input means for creating a title, said user input means including a graphical user interface so that the user is able to input said user's command;data comparison means for comparing said type of each of said multi-media data defined by said style for each of said display areas with a type of data of said one or more of said elements selected by said element management means;indication means for indicating on said graphical user interface that a selected multi-media data element can be displayed at a selected one of said display areas when the data type of said selected multi-media data element is the same as that of said multi-media data defined by said style for each of said display areas; andscenario storage means for storing a scenario for said title, said scenario including a series of display commands which include a time at which a multimedia data element is to be displayed or not, an element ID indicative of said multi-media data element, a display attribute ID indicative of how to display said multi-media element with designation of one of said display areas, and action information by which said multi-media data element is to be displayed or not.