A method and system for encoding a book for reading by an electronic book having an internal machine-readable dictionary includes receiving data representative of text and graphical information of the book. First machine-readable data representative of a plurality of words are encoded to provide a customized dictionary which augments the internal machine-readable dictionary. Second machine-readable data representative of the text are encoded. The second machine-readable data includes a plurality of pointers which point to a corresponding plurality of words in the machine-readable dictionary and the customized dictionary. Third machine-readable data representative of the graphical information are encoded. An access authorization level is provided for reading at least one of the first machine-readable data, the second machine-readable data, and the third machine-readable data.

Method and system for encoding a book for reading using an electronic book

A digital audio player ( 10 ) and a method for processing encoded digital audio data. The audio data player has a hard disk or other data storage medium ( 32 ) for storing data files, a microcontroller ( 22 ), buffer memory ( 25 ) for anti-skip protection, and an audio decoder ( 12 ). The encoded audio data files and associated decoder files are downloaded from a personal computer or similar device to the audio data player hard drive ( 32 ). The data structure generally includes a first audio data file having an information segment and an audio data segment. The information segment, generally called a tag, may include textual and graphic information related to the audio data segment. The present invention further includes an additional data frame in the information segment storing one or more audio data files, or “audio tag files”. The audio tag files stored in the information segment include encoded audible or voice recordings that vocalize other tag information related to the audio data segment. The informational audio tag files can be created by processing textual tag information with a text-to-voice converter, or by downloading the informational audio tag files from a server or the Internet. To prevent a data processing device, from inadvertently recognizing the informational audio tag files as stand-alone audio data files, the data structure of the audio tag files may be altered prior to storage in the audio data file.

Method and apparatus for incorporating additional audio information into audio data file identifying information

An electronic book includes a book-shaped housing having a first housing member pivotably connected to a second housing member to open and close in a book-like manner. A touchscreen displays a page of the text represented by the machine-readable data. A user-initiated event selecting a portion of the text is received by the touchscreen. The touchscreen displays the portion of the text in a highlighted form. The processor stores an indicator of the portion of the text to be highlighted in the removable machine-readable storage medium to remain with the text when the removable machine-readable storage medium is removed from the electronic book.

Electronic book having highlighting feature

A method for generating a personalized presentation, comprising providing an Internet browser user interface for selecting an image and a surrounding context; receiving the selected image and surrounding context by an Internet web server; accounting for the user activity in a financial accounting system; and delivering the selected image and surrounding context to the user. The surrounding context may comprise a physical frame for a picture, with a printed version of the selected image framed therein. The accounting step may provide consideration to a rights holder of the selected image, or provide for receipt of consideration from a commercial advertiser. A plurality of images may be selected, wherein the context defines a sequence of display of the plurality of images.

Object customization and presentation system

A system for selectively combining numerous audio tracks recorded on an optical disk (23), including subtracting, by phase inversion, particular tracks from a full mix. Each track might contain a recording of an individual instrument, or a group of instruments. When the disk (23) is played, the player provides the user with menu choices (79) -- which tracks should be played and mixed together. In this way, the user can create his/her own orchestral mix, perhaps omitting an instrument in a 'play along' application, or playing one instrument alone to be mimicked for practice purposes. The disk (23) further includes track definitions in multiple languages (79) so that the same disk (23) can be distributed throughout the world, with menu choices (79) being given in a language selected by the user.

System and method for controlling play of multiple dialog audio tracks of a software carrier

An information storage medium such as a CD-ROM has a storage area divided into a plurality of sections, for storing digital audio information contains picture information and character information, which are stored independently of each other. The digital audio information includes accompaniment information which represents musical accompaniments relative to songs, and the character information includes information which represents words of the songs to be reproduced in time with the musical accompaniments, in the form of characters, figures, colors, or a combination thereof. An information reproducing apparatus for playing back the information storage medium controls the speed at which the character information is to be outputted, the shape of characters and figures representing the character information, the colors thereof, or a combination thereof.

Information storage medium and apparatus for reproducing information therefrom

An information storage medium such as a CD-ROM has a storage area which stores digital audio information including music digital audio information and a plurality of music piece information having mark information for retrieving the accompaniment information, and a digital contents information table including music title information which represents titles of the music piece information with image information or voice sound information. The storage area is divided into a plurality of sections. Some of the sections which precede the other sections in time store the digital contents information table. The other sections store the digital audio information. An apparatus for reproducing information from the information storage medium selectively reads the music piece information based on the mark information.

Apparatus for reproducing from a storage medium information corresponding to each stored musical arrangement and for mixing voice data with music data

A CD-ROMXA disk stores digital audio information including a plurality of music piece information, a digital contents information table including word-of-song information which represents the words of the music piece information and word-of-song address information for specifying the time-base position of the word-of-song information, and music address information for specifying the time-base position of the music information, the music address information corresponding to the word-of-song address information. The CD-ROMXA disk is typically loaded in a musical accompaniment playback apparatus, or "karaoke" playback apparatus. When the disk is played back, the recorded digital audio information is reproduced to play back a desired musical accompaniment. A word-of-song start address position in the word-of-song address information is specified for thereby starting reproducing the music piece information from a music start address position which corresponds to the word-of-song start address position. A word-of-song end address position in the word-of-song address information is specified for thereby stopping reproducing the music piece information at a music end address position in the word-of-song address information which corresponds to the word-of-song end address position.

Apparatus for reproducing digital audio information related to musical accompaniments

An information reproducing apparatus reproduces information from an information storage medium such as a CD-ROM which has a storage area divided into a plurality of sections, for storing digital audio information and digital image information which includes a plurality of image change control information and picture information. The information reproducing apparatus has a controller for selecting one of the image change control information to control the picture information during a transition period thereof.

Apparatus for reproducing information in response to selected image change control information

A CD-ROMXA disk stores digital audio information including a plurality of music piece information, a digital contents information table including word-of-song information which represents the words of the music piece information and word-of-song address information for specifying the time-base position of the word-of-song information, and music address information for specifying the time-base position of the music information, the music address information corresponding to the word-of-song address information. The CD-ROMXA disk is typicaly loaded in a musical accompaniment playback apparatus, or "karaoke" playback apparatus. When the disk is played back, the recorded digital audio information is reproduced to play back a desired musical accompaniment. A word-of-song start address position in the word-of-song address information is specified for thereby starting reproducing the music piece information from a music start address position which corresponds to the word-of-song start address position. A word-of-song end address position in the word-of-song address information is specified for thereby stopping reproducing the music piece information at a music end address position in the word-of-song address information which corresponds to the word-of-song end address position.

Apparatus for reproducing information

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