Webtour: a system to record and playback dynamic multimedia annotations on web document content

Abstract

In this paper, we present the key ideas involved in the design and implementation of “WEBTOUR,” a system to record, playback, store, search, and distribute personalized dynamic multimedia annotations on web documents in the form of guided web tours. Using WEBTOUR, web document designers can easily augment the contents of standard web documents by recording such annotations on each document. Upon playback, all media components that comprise the annotation are synchronized and overlaid on top of the web documents. We also present several application scenarios where WEBTOUR is both useful and cost effective.