Interactive method and apparatus for mixed media narrative presentation
First Claim
1. A method of presenting a narrative comprising a plurality of successively presentable narrative segments, at least one segment presentable in plural mutually substitutable mediums of expression, the method comprising:
- presenting a user interface for a computing device, said user interface comprising;
(i) a media availability indicator indicating availability of mutually substitutable mediums of expression for presenting said at least one segment of said narrative, and(ii) a medium selector operable by a user of said computing device to select one of said plural mutually substitutable mediums of expression for presenting said at least one segment of said narrative;
recovering the at least one segment in the user selected medium of expression from a memory of the computing device;
transmitting program data enabling presentation of segments of the narrative in a version and an order selected by the user; and
presenting said at least one segment of said narrative in said user selected medium of expression;
wherein, when the user selects one of said plural mutually substitutable mediums of expression in the medium selector, an interface of the media availability indicator presents granularity options for presentation of the narrative.
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Abstract
An interactive interface for a computing device enables a user to select the medium of expression in which a segment of a narrative will be presented. The narrative has a plurality of presentable narrative segments, at least one of which is presentable in multiple mutually substitutable mediums of expression. The interface includes a control enabling a user to select a narrative segment class containing segments of a first medium expression. The selected segments are presented in substitution for respective segments of another narrative segment class of a second medium expression.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of presenting a narrative comprising a plurality of successively presentable narrative segments, at least one segment presentable in plural mutually substitutable mediums of expression, the method comprising:
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presenting a user interface for a computing device, said user interface comprising; (i) a media availability indicator indicating availability of mutually substitutable mediums of expression for presenting said at least one segment of said narrative, and (ii) a medium selector operable by a user of said computing device to select one of said plural mutually substitutable mediums of expression for presenting said at least one segment of said narrative; recovering the at least one segment in the user selected medium of expression from a memory of the computing device; transmitting program data enabling presentation of segments of the narrative in a version and an order selected by the user; and presenting said at least one segment of said narrative in said user selected medium of expression; wherein, when the user selects one of said plural mutually substitutable mediums of expression in the medium selector, an interface of the media availability indicator presents granularity options for presentation of the narrative. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of presenting a narrative comprising a plurality of presentable narrative segments, at least one segment presentable in plural mutually substitutable mediums of expression, the method comprising:
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presenting a user interface for a computing device, said user interface comprising a control enabling a user to select a narrative segment class containing plural segments of a first medium expression; recovering at least one segment in the user selected medium of expression from a memory of the computing device; transmitting program data enabling presentation of segments of the narrative in a version and an order selected by the user; and presenting ones of said plural segments of said narrative segment class in substitution for respective ones of plural segments of another narrative segment class of a second medium expression; wherein, when the user selects the narrative segment class in the user interface, the user interface presents granularity options for presentation of the narrative.
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12. An apparatus for presenting a narrative comprising a plurality of successively presentable narrative segments, at least one segment presentable in plural mutually substitutable mediums of expression, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a computer accessible memory for storing a program instruction and a datum; (b) a data processing unit operable according to a program instruction stored in said memory to present a user interface enabling said user to construct said narrative by selecting ones of said narrative segments, each expressible in a selected medium of expression from the mutually substitutable mediums of expression, the data processing unit further operable to recover at least one segment in the selected medium of expression from the computer accessible memory, and to transmit program data enabling presentation of segments of the narrative in a version and an order selected by the user, wherein, when the user selects the ones of said narrative segments in the user interface, the user interface presents granularity options for presentation of the narrative; and (c) an output device communicatively connected to said data processing unit to present said selected segments of said narrative to said user, each segment presented in a respective user selected medium of expression from the mutually substitutable mediums of expression. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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