Authoring system
First Claim
1. An authoring system for assigning a geo-spatial position to sensory-effect data, said authoring system comprising an author interface for displaying a representation of a real geo-space, sourcing means for sourcing sensory-effect data and assigning means for enabling an author to assign said sensory effect data to a location within the representation corresponding to a real location within the geo-space at which delivery of the sensory-effect data is to be effected.
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Abstract
An authoring system for assigning geo-spatial position to sensory-effect data is disclosed. The sensory-effect data can include one or more of the group of alpha numeric data, image data, sound data, smell data, temperature data, humidity data, wind data, pressure date and light data. The alphanumeric data may comprise computer readable code for, in use, instructing the system to control presentation of the sound, image, smell, humidity, wind, pressure, or light data to an exposee. The authoring system may comprise a user interface on which the geo-space is represented, the interface being arranged in a manner such as to enable, in use, a user to assign the geo-spatial position to the data by placing and manipulating markers on the interface. The authoring system preferably comprises means for defining relationships between markers. The relationship may be one or more of defining a marker as a parent of, and/or a child of, and/or a grandparent of, and/or a grandchild of another marker, whereby respective markers inherit a functionality of their respective parent and/or grandparent.
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28 Claims
- 1. An authoring system for assigning a geo-spatial position to sensory-effect data, said authoring system comprising an author interface for displaying a representation of a real geo-space, sourcing means for sourcing sensory-effect data and assigning means for enabling an author to assign said sensory effect data to a location within the representation corresponding to a real location within the geo-space at which delivery of the sensory-effect data is to be effected.
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21. An authoring tool comprising means for creating a data stream which is a combination of data representing a real geo-space and data representing a sensory effect.
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22. An authoring tool adapted to create a data stream useable by a presentation means to present a sensory effect to an exposee who moves through a real geo-space, said data stream comprising a combination of data representing said real geo-space, and data representing a sensory effect which is assigned to a geo-spatial location in said representation of said real geo-space.
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24. An authoring system as claimed in claim 24 further comprising trigger condition meeting means enabling the author to satisfy a trigger condition within the representation to cause a representation of sensory-effect data associated with said trigger condition to be delivered at said interface.
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25. An authoring system comprising means for assigning a geo-spatial position to sensory-effect data.
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27. A method of assigning a geo-spatial position to sensory effect data comprising the steps of displaying a representation of a real geo-space at an author interface, sourcing sensory-effect data, and assigning said sensory-effect data to a location within the representation corresponding to a real location within the geo-space at which delivery of the sensory-effect data is to be effected.
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28. A method of enabling an author to assign a geo-spatial position to sensory-effect data comprising the steps of providing an author interface for displaying a representation of a real geo-space, providing sourcing means for sourcing sensory-effect data, and providing assigning means for enabling an author to assign said sensory effect data to a location within the representation corresponding to a real location within the geo-space at which delivery of the sensory-effect data is to be effected.
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