Self instructional authoring software tool for creation of a multi-media presentation
First Claim
1. A computerized software system which is used to produce electronic presentations which contain audio and/or visual media elements to illustrate the text items;
- said software being authored with a multi-media tool, having interactive self-training features for the end user so that he/she may use the system without the need for any formal training;
said software containing libraries of audio and visual media used to embellish, scrapbook-style, the material essence of the presentation;
said software using and generating data files and elements for presentations, lining and including a full spectrum of audio and visual media;
said software generating its own code for a compressed format output, capable of being posted to a web site, burned to a CD or delivered by email;
said software linking to other software on the user'"'"'s computer for the purpose of integrating the functions within the primary program;
said software system supplying the style templates for the end user to select the style of output presentation and mode(s) of delivery.
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Abstract
This invention is a multi-lingual self-training, interactive, multi-media authoring tool that uses computerized methods and systems to produce multi-media presentations which can be outputted in any combination and at the user'"'"'s discretion can be e-mailed, posted to a website, printed or written onto external media such as a disk or CD. The invention may be referred to as an electronic scrapbook but is not limited to that functionality. The invention uses a graphical user interface and creates interactive dialogue between the user and the software. It uses the user'"'"'s own selected media; specific types supported are defined by the user. Media assets can be selected from a file or captured in real-time during the presentations creation and written to a file. Presentation elements written to files are tagged with identifiers defined by the user. By using a keyword search feature, the user'"'"'s family of presentations and/or a data bank of presentations can be searched against category criteria. All relevant presentations can then be compiled onto a single submission. A processor plays back the presentation and facilitates editing. The system then automatically generates the web code needed for the production of the composited presentation(s) including buttons and thusly it integrates all assets to produce an interactive multi-media presentation. The user can select various format styles of output and preview assets. The software can be run from a web-connected server or from any 233 mHz or better personal computer configured with appropriate peripheral equipment.
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1. A computerized software system which is used to produce electronic presentations which contain audio and/or visual media elements to illustrate the text items;
- said software being authored with a multi-media tool, having interactive self-training features for the end user so that he/she may use the system without the need for any formal training;
said software containing libraries of audio and visual media used to embellish, scrapbook-style, the material essence of the presentation;
said software using and generating data files and elements for presentations, lining and including a full spectrum of audio and visual media;
said software generating its own code for a compressed format output, capable of being posted to a web site, burned to a CD or delivered by email;
said software linking to other software on the user'"'"'s computer for the purpose of integrating the functions within the primary program;
said software system supplying the style templates for the end user to select the style of output presentation and mode(s) of delivery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- said software being authored with a multi-media tool, having interactive self-training features for the end user so that he/she may use the system without the need for any formal training;
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