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US 2003/0149802 A1Published application
Integration of audio or video program with application program
AssigneeTalkway, Inc.
InventorsMichael John Curry, Rudy D. Martin, Douglas Z. Pan, Richard T. Simoni JR.
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Abstract
The integration of an audio or video program with an application program is disclosed. The application program and the audio or video program may run on an operating system. The audio or video program is integrated with the application program. A user of the application program interacts with the audio or video program as though the audio or video program were part of the application program.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- an operating system;
- an application program running on the operating system;
- and,
- an audio or video program running on the operating system, the audio or video program integrated with the application program,
- such that a user of the application program interacts with the audio or video program as though the audio or video program were part of the application program.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- detecting when an event related to a predetermined application program occurs;
- in response to detecting when the event has occurred,
- presenting one or more audio or video controls for use in conjunction with the predetermined application program, such that an audio or video program encompassing the one or more audio or video controls is integrated with the predetermined application program.
A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for an audio or video computer program comprising:
- means for detecting when an event related to a predetermined application program occurs;
- means for presenting one or more audio or video controls for use in conjunction with the predetermined application program,
- such that the audio or video computer program of which the one or more audio or video controls are a part is integrated with the predetermined application program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.