Patent ID: 6332147
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer controlled display system for controlling the replay of a session captured on a plurality of media capture devices, wherein at last one of said plurality of media capture devices is a shared representation media, said shared representation media for creating and displaying graphical objects responsive to a user input, said computer controlled display system coupled to one or more players for replaying said session, said computer controlled display system comprising:displaysession input means for receiving temporal data of said captured session, said temporal data comprising timestreams and events;user input means for enabling a user to interact with said computer controlled display system;synchronization means for synchronizing playback of said session by said one or more players;processing circuitry for generating display information from a timestream representing operations performed on said shared representation media, said display information for display in a window on said display, said window operating as a player for replaying the temporal sequence of operations performed on said shared representation media, said replay causing one or more graphical objects created by a user of said shared representation media during said session capture to be displayed in said window, and said window further operating as a user interface for controlling the playback of said session;window control circuitry for detecting a user interaction on at least one of said one or more graphical objects presented during replay in said window, and user interaction causing replay of the temporal sequence of operations on said shared representation media to move to a new point in said temporal sequence of operations.