Multiple delivery channels for a dynamic multimedia content presentation

• US 10,037,123 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2018
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emmi Solutions, LLC (Wolters Kluwer Nv)
• Original Assignee: Emmi Solutions, LLC (Wolters Kluwer Nv)
• Inventors: Blew, Gregory A.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUOC H
• Application Number:
  US15/890,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20180164955A1
• Time in Patent Office: 174 Days
• Field of Search: 709217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00198 Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a designer may utilize an authoring tool to create or edit an interactive media pack (“IMP”). The authoring tool may facilitate creation of multiple versions of an IMP or IMP part. These versions may each be specific to a particular delivery-channel. For example, in an embodiment, a first version may be specific to an IMP presentation made via a graphical user-interface of an application on a mobile device, and a second version may be specific to an IMP presentation made via an interactive voice response system. In some instances, versions for a particular IMP or IMP part may be understood to be linked. That is, progress of an IMP presentation may be tracked so that a user may switch between a first version and second version while losing little, if any, progress in the presentation.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

(A) one or more memory devices storing;

(i) a collection of nodes including;

a first set of nodes representing a first version of an interactive media pack (IMP) and a second set of nodes representing a second version of the IMP;

(ii) a set of rules for selecting one or more nodes from the collection of nodes to activate during presentation of the IMP; and

(iii) a delivery-channel status representing a delivery-channel selected for presenting the IMP, the delivery-channel being a type of interface for presenting the IMP; and

(B) one or more servers communicatively coupled to the one or more memory devices, wherein the one or more servers are configured to do the following to facilitate presentation of the IMP at a client device;

(i) select, from the collection of nodes, a next node to activate during the presentation of the IMP based on an analysis of a set of factors including the set of rules and the delivery-channel status, such that the one or more servers;

(a) select the next node from the first set of nodes when the delivery-channel status indicates that a first delivery-channel is active; and

(b) select the next node from the second set of nodes when the delivery-channel status indicates that a second delivery-channel is active; and

(ii) activate the next node, wherein the one or more servers transmit to the client device for presentation one or more content assets associated with the next node.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more rules specify that:

(i) the first set of nodes is associated with the first delivery-channel, and (ii) the second set of nodes is associated with the second delivery-channel.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first delivery-channel is selected from a group comprising:

email, interactive voice response, a web-based player, or a dedicated application for IMP presentation; and

wherein the second delivery-channel is a delivery-channel different from the first delivery-channel.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the next node is an input-node configured for obtaining one or more facts via user input.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of factors further includes progress data representing a tracked progress of the presentation of the IMP.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the progress data identifies a node most recently activated during the presentation of the IMP.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more content assets associated with the next node include:

text, an image, a video, an animation, or some combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more content assets associated with the next node include audio content.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more servers include a rules engine, wherein the analysis of the set of factors is performed by the rules engine.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more servers include a content provision unit that transmits via the indicated delivery-channel the one or more content assets associated with the next node.

11. A method comprising:

receiving, at one or more servers, a request for content of a presentation of an interactive media pack (IMP);

performing an analysis by one or more servers to select a next node of the IMP, including;

(i) analyzing a set of rules and a delivery-channel status to identify a delivery-channel that has been selected for presenting the IMP, the delivery-channel being a type of interface for presenting the IMP;

(ii) analyzing the set of rules and a plurality of sets of nodes to select a set of nodes representing a version of the IMP configured to be presented via the identified delivery-channel, wherein the set of nodes is selected from the plurality of sets and wherein each set of nodes within the plurality of sets represents a different version of the IMP; and

(iii) analyzing the set of rules and the selected set of nodes to select from the selected set of nodes the next node of the IMP; and

transmitting, by the one or more servers, one or more content assets to be presented during the presentation of the IMP, wherein the one or more content assets are associated with the next node of the IMP.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more rules specify that:

the selected set of nodes is a first set of nodes associated with a first delivery-channel; and

(ii) a second set of nodes in the plurality of sets is associated with a second delivery-channel different from the first delivery-channel.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first delivery-channel is selected from a group comprising:

email, interactive voice response, a web-based player, or a dedicated application for IMP presentation; and

wherein the second delivery-channel is a delivery-channel different from the first delivery-channel.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a second request for content of the presentation of the IMP;

analyzing the set of rules and the delivery-channel status to detect that the second delivery-channel has been selected for presenting the IMP;

analyzing the set of rules and the plurality of sets of nodes to select from the plurality of sets of nodes the second set of nodes;

analyzing the set of rules and the second set of nodes to select from the second set of nodes a second next node of the IMP; and

transmitting a second one or more content assets to be presented during the presentation of the IMP, wherein the second one or more content assets are associated with the second next node of the IMP.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the next node is an input-node configured for obtaining one or more facts via user input.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein analyzing the set of rules and the selected set of nodes to select the next node of the IMP further comprises:

analyzing progress data representing a tracked progress of the presentation of the IMP.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein analyzing the progress data comprises:

analyzing the progress data to identify a node most recently activated during the presentation of the IMP.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein transmitting the one or more content assets comprises:

transmitting text, transmitting an image, transmitting a video, transmitting an animation, or some combination thereof.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein transmitting the one or more content assets comprises:

transmitting audio content.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein performing the analysis to select the next node of the IMP comprises implementing a first server for performing the analysis, and wherein transmitting the one or more content assets comprises implementing a second server for transmitting the one or more content assets.