Rendering and interacting with transmedia content data
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for rendering a representation of and interacting with transmedia content on an electronic device, the method comprising the following steps:
- receiving transmedia content data at the electronic device, the transmedia content data comprising;
a plurality of transmedia content data items;
linking data which define time-ordered content links between the plurality of transmedia content data items, the plurality of transmedia content data items being arranged into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content data items and different content links therebetween;
a visualization model of the transmedia content data; and
a hierarchical structure of the linked transmedia content subsets presented as a visual metaphor, wherein the hierarchical structure is arranged in memory with elements of a lowest level of the hierarchical structure being transmedia content data items, elements of a second-lowest level being linked transmedia content subsets describing time ordered links between the transmedia content data items of child elements, and elements of a third-lowest level being clusters of sufficiently similar linked transmedia content subsets and clusters of linked transmedia content subsets; and
rendering, at the electronic device, a first representation of the transmedia content data by processing the visualization model of the transmedia content data and the hierarchical structure to map some or all of the transmedia content at a first level of the hierarchical structure onto the representation of the transmedia content, wherein layout data for the visualization model is generated such that;
at a first level, grouped clusters of transmedia content subsets are represented as a three-dimensional object,at a second level, each cluster of linked transmedia content subsets is represented as an area on a surface of the three dimensional object,at a third level, each linked transmedia content subset is represented by a sub-area within an area of a parent tree element on a surface of a planet, andat a fourth level, each transmedia content data item is represented by a point within the sub-area of the parent tree element on the surface of the three dimensional object.
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Abstract
A method is provided for rendering a representation of and interacting with transmedia content on an electronic device. Transmedia content data is received at the electronic device. The transmedia content data comprises: a plurality of transmedia content data items; linking data which define time-ordered content links between the plurality of transmedia content data items, whereby the plurality of transmedia content data items are arranged into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content data items and different content links therebetween; a visualization model of the transmedia content data; and a hierarchical structure of the linked transmedia content subsets and clusters of linked transmedia content subsets. A representation of the transmedia content data is rendered at the electronic device by processing the visualization model of the transmedia content data and the hierarchical structure to map some or all of the transmedia content at a first level of the hierarchical structure onto the representation of the transmedia content.
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34 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for rendering a representation of and interacting with transmedia content on an electronic device, the method comprising the following steps:
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receiving transmedia content data at the electronic device, the transmedia content data comprising; a plurality of transmedia content data items; linking data which define time-ordered content links between the plurality of transmedia content data items, the plurality of transmedia content data items being arranged into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content data items and different content links therebetween; a visualization model of the transmedia content data; and a hierarchical structure of the linked transmedia content subsets presented as a visual metaphor, wherein the hierarchical structure is arranged in memory with elements of a lowest level of the hierarchical structure being transmedia content data items, elements of a second-lowest level being linked transmedia content subsets describing time ordered links between the transmedia content data items of child elements, and elements of a third-lowest level being clusters of sufficiently similar linked transmedia content subsets and clusters of linked transmedia content subsets; and rendering, at the electronic device, a first representation of the transmedia content data by processing the visualization model of the transmedia content data and the hierarchical structure to map some or all of the transmedia content at a first level of the hierarchical structure onto the representation of the transmedia content, wherein layout data for the visualization model is generated such that; at a first level, grouped clusters of transmedia content subsets are represented as a three-dimensional object, at a second level, each cluster of linked transmedia content subsets is represented as an area on a surface of the three dimensional object, at a third level, each linked transmedia content subset is represented by a sub-area within an area of a parent tree element on a surface of a planet, and at a fourth level, each transmedia content data item is represented by a point within the sub-area of the parent tree element on the surface of the three dimensional object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer-implemented method for sorting and processing a plurality of transmedia content data items, the plurality of transmedia content data items being arranged into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content data items and different time-ordered content links therebetween, the method comprising the following steps:
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calculating similarity between linked transmedia content subsets; generating a hierarchical structure of linked transmedia content subsets and clusters of linked transmedia content subsets based on the calculated similarity; for each linked transmedia content subset and each cluster of transmedia content subsets in the hierarchical structure, generating visual characteristics based on the characteristics of the linked transmedia content subset or cluster of linked transmedia content subsets presented as a visual metaphor, wherein the hierarchical structure is arranged in memory with elements of a lowest level of the hierarchical structure being transmedia content data items, elements of a second-lowest level being linked transmedia content subsets describing time ordered links between the transmedia content data items of child elements, and elements of a third-lowest level being clusters of sufficiently similar linked transmedia content subsets; generating a visualization model of the transmedia content based on the hierarchical structure and the visual characteristics; transmitting, to an electronic device, transmedia content data comprising; the plurality of transmedia content data items, linking data which define the time-ordered content links between the plurality of transmedia content data items, the visualization model, wherein layout data for the visualization model is generated such that; at a first level, grouped clusters of transmedia content subsets are represented as a three-dimensional object, at a second level, each cluster of linked transmedia content subsets is represented as an area on a surface of the three dimensional object, at a third level, each linked transmedia content subset is represented by a sub-area within an area of a parent tree element on a surface of a planet, and at a fourth level, each transmedia content data item is represented by a point within the sub-area of the parent tree element on the surface of the three dimensional object, and the hierarchical structure. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An electronic device comprising a memory and processing circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform the steps of:
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receiving transmedia content data at the electronic device, the transmedia content data comprising; a plurality of transmedia content data items; linking data which define time-ordered content links between the plurality of transmedia content data items, the plurality of transmedia content data items being arranged into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content data items and different content links therebetween; a visualization model of the transmedia content data; and a hierarchical structure of the linked transmedia content subsets presented as a visual metaphor, wherein the hierarchical structure is arranged in memory with elements of a lowest level of the hierarchical structure being transmedia content data items, elements of a second-lowest level being linked transmedia content subsets describing time ordered links between the transmedia content data items of child elements, and elements of a third-lowest level being clusters of sufficiently similar linked transmedia content subsets and clusters of linked transmedia content subsets; and rendering, at the electronic device, a first representation of the transmedia content data by processing the visualization model of the transmedia content data and the hierarchical structure to map some or all of the transmedia content at a first level of the hierarchical structure onto the representation of the transmedia content, wherein layout data for the visualization model is generated such that; at a first level, grouped clusters of transmedia content subsets are represented as a three-dimensional object, at a second level, each cluster of linked transmedia content subsets is represented as an area on a surface of the three dimensional object, at a third level, each linked transmedia content subset is represented by a sub-area within an area of a parent tree element on the surface of a planet, and at a fourth level, each transmedia content data item is represented by a point within the sub-area of the parent tree element on the surface of the three dimensional object.
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