Media package and a system and method for managing a media package
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1. A media package comprising:
- means for storing or referencing a plurality of presentation elements, the media package being associable with at least one other media package in order to link the plurality of presentation elements between the media package and the at least one other media package, wherein any one of the plurality of presentation elements is manipulable by a user.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a media package arranged to contain presentation elements. The invention also relates to a system and method for authoring, editing, delivering and viewing the media packages, and a graphical user interface which can interface with media packages.
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1. A media package comprising:
means for storing or referencing a plurality of presentation elements, the media package being associable with at least one other media package in order to link the plurality of presentation elements between the media package and the at least one other media package, wherein any one of the plurality of presentation elements is manipulable by a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of delivering a media package comprising means for storing or referencing a plurality of presentation elements, the media package being associable with at least one other media package in order to link the plurality of presentation elements between the media package and the at least one other media package, wherein any one of the plurality of presentation elements is manipulable by a user, wherein the media package further comprises a header section and a binary information store, the header section containing associability information indicating the associability of the media package with the at least one other media package, and the binary information store containing at least one of the plurality of presentation elements, the method comprising:
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delivering at least a sub-set of the associability information to an end user and a representation of at least one of the plurality of presentation elements; and
delivering at least a portion of the binary information store to the user in response to a user request for the at least a portion of the binary information store.
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15. A method of generating a user generated database comprising:
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providing a plurality of media packages;
storing presentation elements of a presentation in respective ones of the media packages; and
linking the media packages so as to associate the presentation elements of the presentation.
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- 16. A system for authoring, editing, storing and delivering a media package comprising means for storing or referencing a plurality of presentation elements, the media package being associable with at least one other media package in order to link the plurality of presentation elements between the media package and the at least one other media package, wherein any one of the plurality of presentation elements is manipulable by a user, the system comprising storage capable of storing the media package, and a software application capable of delivering the media package to a client application on receipt of a request from the client application for the media package.
- 21. A graphical user interface for displaying a plurality of associable media packages that include means for storing or referencing at least one presentation element, the graphical user interface comprising a plurality of display sections selectable by a user, including a first display section containing representations of media packages unique to a user, a second display section containing representations of media packages unique to other users, and a third display section arranged to allow authoring, editing or viewing of the media packages unique to the user or the other users.
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35. A graphical user interface for displaying a plurality of associable media packages that include means for storing or referencing at least one presentation element, the graphical user interface comprising a menu system viewable by selecting any one of the plurality of associable media packages, the menu system providing the functionality to view or manipulate the selected one of the plurality of associable media packages displayed therein, wherein the menu is associated with the selected one of the plurality of associable media packages.
- 36. A graphical user interface comprising at least one viewing area arranged to display media content, wherein the layout of the graphical user interface is at least in part determined by the media content displayed in the at least one viewing area and the layout of the graphical user interface includes at least one menu system, the functionality of the menu system being determined by the media content displayed in the at least one viewing area.
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41. A system for viewing a plurality of media packages, comprising a computing system arranged to deliver at least a sub-set of at least one media package to a graphical user interface, wherein the media package comprises means for storing or referencing a plurality of presentation elements, the media package being associable with at least one other media package in order to link the plurality of presentation elements between the media package and the at least one other media package, wherein any one of the plurality of presentation elements is manipulable by a user, and further wherein the media package includes information that is used in establishing at least one characteristic that is operative in the graphical user interface.
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42. A method of unifying presentation elements contained in a plurality of media packages, the media packages comprising means for storing or referencing a plurality of presentation elements, the media package being associable with at least one other media package in order to link the plurality of presentation elements between the media package and the at least one other media package, wherein any one of the plurality of presentation elements is manipulable by a user, the method comprising:
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selecting a series of media packages;
extracting a sub-set of the plurality of presentation elements from the selected media packages;
selecting a series of presentation elements not contained within a media package; and
constructing a further media package containing the extracted sub-set of presentation elements and the selected series of presentation elements not contained within a media package.
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- 43. A system for delivering a presentation including presentation elements from a plurality of media packages, comprising a device including a software application arranged to receive at least a sub-set of at least one media package and to display the at least one sub-set of the at least one media package to a user, wherein the at least one media package comprises means for storing or referencing the presentation elements, the media package being associable with at least one other media package in order to link the presentation elements between the media package and the at least one other media package, wherein any one of the plurality of presentation elements is manipulable by a user.
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47. A method of providing a self-executing media presentation to a user, the method comprising:
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grouping at least one presentation element into a media package, the media package comprising means for storing or referencing the at least one presentation element, the media package being associable with at least one other media package in order to link the plurality of presentation elements between the media package and the at least one other media package, wherein any one of the plurality of presentation elements is manipulable by a user; and
providing the media package to the user, wherein the user may view the at least one presentation element.
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