Indirect manipulation of data using temporally related data, with particular application to manipulation of audio or audiovisual data

A system for indirectly modifying a second set of data that is temporally related to a first set of data, comprising:

• means for modifying the first set of data in a predetermined manner to produce a modified first set of data;
• means for aligning the first set of data with the second set of data to establish a temporal correspondence between the first and second sets of data, wherein a temporal correspondence does not exist between the first and second sets of data prior to alignment of the first and second sets of data;
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• means for automatically modifying data from the second set of data that is aligned with data from the modified first set of data, in accordance with the modification of the first set of data, to produce the modified second set of data.

A computer readable storage medium on which are stored instructions for indirectly modifying a second set of data that is temporally related to a first set of data, comprising:

• instructions for modifying the first set of data in a predetermined manner to produce a modified first set of data;
• instructions for aligning the first set of data with the second set of data to establish a temporal correspondence between the first and second sets of data, wherein a temporal correspondence does not exist between the first and second sets of data prior to the step of aligning;
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• instructions for automatically modifying data from the second set of data that is aligned with data from the modified first set of data, in accordance with the modification of the first set of data, to produce the modified second set of data.

A method for indirectly modifying a second set of data that is temporally related to a first set of data, comprising the steps of:

• modifying the first set of data in a predetermined manner to produce a modified first set of data;
• aligning the first set of data with the second set of data to establish a temporal correspondence between the first and second sets of data, wherein the step of aligning further comprises the steps of:
• dividing the first set of data into a plurality of parts;
• dividing the second set of data into a plurality of parts such that each part of the second set of data approximately temporally corresponds to a part of the first set of data;
• aligning corresponding parts of the first and second sets of data;
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• automatically modifying data from the second set of data that is aligned with data from the modified first set of data, in accordance with the modification of the first set of data, to produce the modified second set of data.

A method for indirectly modifying a second set of data that is temporally related to a first set of data, comprising the steps of:

• modifying the first set of data in a predetermined manner to produce a modified first set of data;
• aligning the first set of data with the second set of data to establish a temporal correspondence between the first and second sets of data, wherein at least part of the step of modifying the first set of data is performed at the same time as at least part of the step of aligning the first set of data with the second set of data;
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• automatically modifying data from the second set of data that is aligned with data from the modified first set of data, in accordance with the modification of the first set of data, to produce the modified second set of data.

A method for indirectly modifying a second set of data that is temporally related to a first set of data, comprising the steps of:

• modifying the first set of data in a predetermined manner to produce a modified first set of data;
• identifying parts of the second set of data that correspond approximately to parts of the first set of data that have been modified;
• aligning the modified parts of the first set of data and the corresponding identified parts of the second set of data to establish a temporal correspondence between the first and second sets of data;
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• automatically modifying data from the second set of data that is aligned with data from the modified first set of data, in accordance with the modification of the first set of data, to produce the modified second set of data.

A method for indirectly modifying a second set of data that is temporally related to a first set of data, wherein the first set of data is a text data set, comprising the steps of:

• modifying the first set of data in a predetermined manner to produce a modified first set of data;
• aligning the first set of data with the second set of data to establish a temporal correspondence between the first and second sets of data;
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• automatically modifying data from the second set of data that is aligned with data from the modified first set of data, in accordance with the modification of the first set of data, to produce the modified second set of data, wherein the step of automatically modifying data from the second set of data further comprises including in the modified second set of data all data from the second set of data except data which is aligned with data in the first set of data that is not included in the modified first set of data.

A method for indirectly modifying a second set of data that is temporally related to a first set of data, wherein the first set of data is a text data set, comprising the steps of:

• modifying the first set of data in a predetermined manner to produce a modified first set of data;
• aligning the first set of data with the second set of data to establish a temporal correspondence between the first and second sets of data;
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• automatically modifying data from the second set of data that is aligned with data from the modified first set of data, in accordance with the modification of the first set of data, to produce the modified second set of data, wherein the step of automatically modifying data from the second set of data further comprises including in the modified second set of data all data from the second set of data that is between data corresponding to adjacent data in the modified first set of data.