Ex parte GIBBON et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1998-1323                                                        
          Application 08/252,861                                                      


          The disclosed invention pertains to a method and                            
          apparatus for representing a sequence of frames having at                   
          least first and second information-bearing media components.                
          More particularly, the invention forms a correspondence                     
          between representative frames based on the first information-               
          bearing media component and segments of the second                          
          information-bearing media component.                                        
          Representative claims 1 and 25 are reproduced as                            
          follows:                                                                    
               1.  A method of representing a sequence of frames                      
          having at least first and second information-bearing media                  
          components, in which the first and second information-bearing               
          media components are different from one another, said method                
          comprising the steps of:                                                    
               selecting a plurality of representative frames                         
          representing information contained in the first information-                
          bearing media component;                                                    
               forming a correspondence between each of the                           
          representative frames and a segment of the second information-              
          bearing media component; and                                                
               recording said representative frames, said segment of                  
          the second information-bearing media component and the                      
          correspondence therebetween.                                                
               25.  A method of displaying a compressed rendition of                  
          a sequence of frames having at least different first and                    
          second information-bearing media components, said method                    
          comprising the steps of                                                     

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