Hypermedia document authoring
First Claim
1. A document authoring device for a document which contains a goals outline and a presentation outline, comprising:
- a user interface;
a memory;
a controller coupled to the user interface and the memory, wherein the controller links the goals outline and the presentation outline of the document together based on an input received through the user interface and data stored in the memory to at least partially author the document, and further wherein the goals outline comprises information content of the document and the presentation outline comprises appearance characteristics of the document.
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Abstract
A hypermedia authoring system enables an author to generate a document using a goals outline and a presentation outline. The goals outline is generated by instantiating document prototypes. A display of the goals outline permits the author to select a prototype document from a directory of prototype documents and instantiate the selected prototype document that corresponds to a node of the goals outline. The instantiated document prototype is linked to cards in a card database. The presentation outline is displayed as Bento-boxes. Each Bento-box includes spacer objects which are defined spatially and temporally. The spacer objects may be linked to cards. The goals outline is related to the presentation outline based on commonly linked cards. The Bento-boxes may be linked to each other in a stack or hyperlinked to other Bento-boxes via anchors. A display of all the Bento-boxes of a hypermedia document shows a linkage path established by the hyperlinks between Bento-boxes/Bento-box stacks. If both the presentation outline and the goals outline are displayed, selecting a Bento-box or a node of the goals outline causes related nodes or Bento-boxes, respectively, to be highlighted. If a complete goals/presentation outline is selected, the highlighting shows a measure of completeness between the presentation outline and the goals outline. A navigation facility is also provided such as a kitchen, an office or a studio.
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14 Claims
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1. A document authoring device for a document which contains a goals outline and a presentation outline, comprising:
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a user interface;
a memory;
a controller coupled to the user interface and the memory, wherein the controller links the goals outline and the presentation outline of the document together based on an input received through the user interface and data stored in the memory to at least partially author the document, and further wherein the goals outline comprises information content of the document and the presentation outline comprises appearance characteristics of the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of authoring a document which contains a document goals outline and a document presentation outline, comprising:
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storing data in a memory;
receiving an input through a user interface; and
linking the goals outline to the document presentation outline based on the input and the data to at least partially author the document, wherein the document goals outline comprises information content and the document presentation outline comprises appearance characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of authoring a document, comprising:
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storing data in a memory;
receiving inputs through a user interface;
linking a goals outline to a presentation outline based on the and the data;
receiving external information by the controller;
generating a card based on the external information; and
storing the card as data in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 14)
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13. A method of authoring a document, comprising:
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storing data in a memory;
receiving inputs through a user interface;
linking a goals outline to a presentation outline based on the inputs and the data; and
displaying on the display device a meta-level display of the goals outline and the presentation outline.
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