System for inserting interactive media within a presentation

• US 20050154679A1
• Filed: 01/08/2004
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Stanley Bielak
• Original Assignee: Stanley Bielak
• Inventors: Bielak, Stanley
• Application Number:
  US10/755,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20050154679A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/59
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

A computer system for creating a presentation containing interactive media such as polls or quizzes comprising the following steps: taking a video stream including a plurality of video frames, each said video frame including a time stamp; and sequentially displaying said video frames on said display device, starting from an initial video frame of said video stream; adding additional placeholder slides corresponding to user polls, quizzes or website links accessible via a remote server; and uploading the presentation into the remote server which is accessible to end users.

Claims

1. A computer system for creating a presentation containing interactive media such as polls or quizzes.

taking a video stream including a plurality of video frames, each said video frame including a time stamp;

and sequentially displaying said video frames on said display device, starting from an initial video frame of said video stream;

adding additional placeholder slides corresponding to user polls, quizzes or website links accessible via a remote server; and

uploading the presentation into the remote server which is accessible to end-users.

2. A method for playing a presentation including polls or quizzes comprising:

receiving a presentation in from a remote server;

sequentially playing the frames, starting from an initial frame of the stream of data;

selecting from a table of contents being displayed on a display device of a local computer, content related to a poll or quiz to be accessed by the end user;

The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of storing the quiz or poll results for further analysis.

3. A method communicates with presentation program and the server when the presentation is viewed.

communicating the request for poll or quiz to the remote server;

receiving the stream of data from the server, related to the poll or quiz;

responding to the poll or quiz at the local by the end user and uploading the poll or quiz results on the remote server

displaying status messages of the communications with the server to the user monitoring and recording usage of when each user exits a presentation routing user messages to appropriate people

automatic program shutdown if the user attempts to play an encrypted presentation if they do not have an authorized license.

4. A method for publishing and deploying presentations collecting indexing and other data from a server database and displaying it to the presentation'"'"'s author

creating indexes for users to look up presentations based on content an authoring log-on that validates authors

5. A method for hosting presentations

user tracking and monitoring

indexing for users to look up select presentations

encrypting presentation content and deploying licenses for viewing protected content