Systems, methods and computer program products for managing multimedia content
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1. A system for producing a multimedia presentation comprising:
- a computer program for organizing multimedia data in a hierarchical structure in association with an electronic storage device; and
a computer program automatically creating menu information from the selected multimedia data based upon the hierarchical structure.
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Abstract
The present invention is a multimedia management system for storing, manipulating, displaying, and packaging multimedia content. The invention includes different aspects of handling and display of multimedia content, both on a PC and in association with external storage media. The system provides a visual inventory of such files to facilitate retrieval of desired content from external removable media such as CD'"'"'s, DVD'"'"'s or removable disk drives. Additionally, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for creating, organizing, distributing, and packaging digital content in a convenient manner.
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36 Claims
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1. A system for producing a multimedia presentation comprising:
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a computer program for organizing multimedia data in a hierarchical structure in association with an electronic storage device; and
a computer program automatically creating menu information from the selected multimedia data based upon the hierarchical structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for producing media containing customized multimedia content comprising:
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a computer program for organizing multimedia data in association with an electronic storage device;
a computer program for encoding selected organized multimedia data into a predetermined format;
a computer program used to create menus for the selected multimedia data for inclusion in the selected multimedia data; and
a computer program for creating an image of the selected organized multimedia data and outputting the image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21)
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19. A system for mastering a removable storage media containing customized multimedia content comprising:
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a computer program organizing multimedia data in a hierarchical structure in association with an electronic storage device;
a computer program for selecting predetermined multimedia data from the organized multimedia data;
a computer program for automatically selecting graphic information from the selected multimedia data based upon the hierarchical structure for use on packaging associated with the removable media; and
a computer program for outputting the selected graphic information for printing packaging associated with the removable media.
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22. A system for enabling sharing of multimedia data over the Internet comprising:
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a computer program for organizing multimedia data in association with an electronic storage device associated with a computer being connected to the Internet;
a computer program for selecting predetermined multimedia data from the multimedia data;
a computer program to set the computer in a shared mode such that the selected multimedia data may be accessed by a user via an Internet connection. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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26. A system for integrating multimedia data into a multimedia management system comprising:
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a computer program for monitoring a computer for multimedia data input thereto;
a computer program for copying detected multimedia data to a multimedia management system database;
a computer program for prompting a user to select options relating to the configuration of the multimedia data and for selecting the output form of the multimedia data.
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32. A data processing system for managing multimedia content comprising:
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a central computing device and a display;
means for organizing multimedia data;
means for mapping multimedia data into a predetermined format; and
means for transferring mapped multimedia data to a removable storage medium.
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33. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied in said medium for organizing multimedia content; and
the computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied in said medium for automatically mapping and transferring multimedia data to a removable storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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34. A method of managing multimedia content, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) developing an organizational structure for said multimedia data;
(b) selecting an operation to create a multimedia presentation using a computer system wherein a plurality of multimedia data files are authored dependent upon the organizational structure;
(c) encoding the authored multimedia data files into a predetermined format; and
(d) transferring said multimedia data to a removable storage medium.
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35. A system for producing removable media having customized multimedia content comprising:
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a computer program for organizing multimedia data in association with an electronic storage device, the program creating a database having a plurality of directories having at least one multimedia data file, the plurality of directories being assigned an attribute selected from the group consisting of directory having at least one subdirectory and a directory having a list of at least one multimedia data file;
a computer program using the assignment of the attribute for mapping the multimedia data files to removable media in a selected format, whereby playback of the multimedia data files in association with the removable media is controlled by the selected format.
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