Patent ID: 6892351

Claim:
A method for creating a multimedia presentation having video frames and video segments with synchronized audio, said method comprising the steps of: (g) receiving audio-video data; (h) separating said audio-video data into an audio stream and a video sequence; (i) dividing said video sequence into video segments, each of said video segments comprising a group of slide frames; (j) for each of said video segments; (d1) calculating an audio significance measure using said audio stream related to each of said video segments; (d2) using at least said audio significance measure, selecting either of each said video segments in its entirety or extracting at least one slide frame from said corresponding group of frames; (k) synchronizing said audio stream and selected video segments and said at least one slide frame; and (l) synchronously reproducing selected video segments and said at least one slide frame and said audio stream as said multimedia presentation.