Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for retrieving and
displaying multimedia information. According to an embodiment of the
present invention, a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided that
displays multimedia information that may be stored in a multimedia
document. According to the teachings of the present invention, the GUI
enables a user to navigate through multimedia information stored in a
multimedia document. The GUI provides both a focused and a contextual
view of the contents of the multimedia document.