Navigating multimedia content using a graphical user interface with multiple display regions

A user interface for reviewing time-correlated multimedia content, comprising:

• a first display region configured to render a first content sequence comprising a video stream;
• a second display region configured to display a second content sequence comprising a plurality of index entries;
• a third display region configured to display a third content sequence comprising material that is supplementary to the video stream;
• the video stream, the index entries and the supplementary material being time-correlated with each other;
• and
• the display regions being responsive to user selection of a particular index entry to display a time-correlated place in the video stream and a time-correlated place in the supplementary material.

A user interface for reviewing time-correlated multimedia content, comprising:

• a display device having a display surface;
• one or more multimedia content sources;
• a processor operable connected to receive and display at least three time-correlated content sequences from the one or more multimedia content source;
• the processor being configured to perform the following:
• displaying static portions of the three time-correlated content sequences, respectively, in corresponding windows on the display surface, each static portion displayed being time-correlated with each of the other static portions displayed;
• in response to user selection of a particular place in one of the content sequences, displaying correlating places in the other content sequences;
• and
• in response to a user command, playing the time-correlated content sequences in time with each other.

A method of reviewing time-correlated multimedia content, comprising the following steps:

• displaying at least a portion of a first time-correlated multimedia content sequence in a first window on a display surface;
• displaying at least a portion of a second time-correlated multimedia content sequence in a second window on a display surface;
• displaying at least a portion of a third time-correlated multimedia content sequence in a third window on a display surface;
• and
• in response to user selection of a particular place in one of the multimedia content sequence, displacing a time-correlating place in each of the other multimedia content sequence.

A method of recording and reviewing a meeting, comprising the following steps:

• recording the meeting as an audio/video sequence;
• transcribing a textual transcript of the meeting;
• creating index entries relating to the meeting;
• time-correlating the audio/video sequence, the textual transcript, and the index entries with each other;
• simultaneously displaying static portions of the audio/video sequence, the textual transcript, and the index entries, each static portion being displayed in a different display region, each static portion displayed being time-correlated with the other static portions displayed;
• in response to user selection of a particular place in the textual transcript or the index entries, displaying time-correlating places in the audio/video sequence, the textual transcript, and the index entries;
• and
• sequentially playing the audio/video sequence, the textual transcript, and the index entries from the place selected in the textual transcript or the index entries.