METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY CREATING REAL TIME PRESENTATIONS RESPONSIVE TO SEARCH EXPRESSION

• US 20080092051A1
• Filed: 10/11/2006
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Laurent Frederick Sidon
• Original Assignee: Laurent Frederick Sidon
• Inventors: JOHNSON, CHARLES L, LASRY, RONEN, SIDON, LAURENT FREDERICK
• Granted Patent: US 8,812,945 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/731
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results

Abstract

The disclosure describes a method of dynamically creating real-time presentations responsive to search expressions. The method comprises retrieving information from search engines, parsing the retrieved information to create dynamically a structured document including mark-up tags, and rendering the structured document as a slide show presentation of images by a multimedia presentation module. The structured document may be editable, annotatable, storable, and publishable by a user viewing the slide show presentation on the client device. The information retrieved from the one or more search engines may be restricted to one or more specified web domains. Pertinent textual information about the object of interest may also be retrieved along with the image information for convenient review by the user. Each displayed image in the slideshow presentation may have an embedded hyperlink to the source page of the image.

Claims

1. A method of dynamically creating real-time presentations responsive to search expressions, comprising:

retrieving from one or more search engines information responsive to a search expression, the information including one or more of image URLs, thumbnail URLs, source page URLs, web domain URLs, textual information, tags, metadata, and abstracts;

parsing the information retrieved from the one or more search engines to create dynamically, in real-time, a structured document including mark-up tags;

rendering, in real-time, the structured document as a slide show presentation of images by a multimedia presentation module residing in a client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

the structured document is editable, annotatable, storable, and publishable by a user viewing the slide show presentation on the client device;

the editing capability includes one or more of the ability by the user to select images, add images, to remove images, to resize images, to crop images, to add layered mark-up to images, to combine one or more of the images into a single image, to change the sequence of images, to edit the transitions between images, to add audio clips to the presentation, and to blend in the presentation the images retrieved using the one or more search engines with other images or audio clips retrieved from any other source;

the editing options may be manually or dynamically selected from a template-based edit decision list;

the annotation capability includes the ability by the user to annotate the images with image captions or user comments;

the storing capability includes the ability by the user to store the structured document in a database; and

the publishing capability includes the ability by the user to publish the structured document to a web URL so that the web URL can be shared by the user with other users and the slideshow presentation is viewable, editable, and annotatable by the other users.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information retrieved from the one or more search engines is restricted to one or more specified web domains.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the image information retrieved from the one or more specified web domains includes information on multiple images for an object of interest;

pertinent textual information about the object of interest is also retrieved along with the image information; and

the images and the pertinent textual information associated with the object of interest are displayed together for convenient review by the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the structured document is an XML based document.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a rollover of a mouse by a user on a search expression included in a web page triggers transmission of the search expression to the one or more search engines.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each displayed image in the slideshow presentation has an embedded hyperlink to the source page of the image, for a user to view related information on the source page.

8. A method of dynamically creating real-time presentations responsive to search expressions, comprising:

transmitting a search expression from a client device having a web browser to a web server;

transmitting, in real-time, the search expression from the web server to one or more search engines;

retrieving from the one or more search engines information responsive to a search expression, the information including one or more of image URLs, thumbnail URLs, source page URLs, web domain URLs, textual information, tags, metadata, and abstracts;

parsing the information retrieved from the one or more search engines, to create dynamically, in real-time, a structured document having mark-up tags;

transmitting, in real-time, the structured document from the web server to the client device; and

rendering, in real-time, the structured document as a slide show presentation of images by a client side multimedia presentation module

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the client device is selected from the group consisting of a personal computer, a mobile device, and a television.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the image information retrieved from one or more specified web domains includes information for multiple images for an object of interest;

pertinent textual information about the object of interest is also retrieved along with the image information; and

the images and the pertinent textual information associated with the object of interest are displayed together for convenient review by the user.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the structured document is an XML based document.

9. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the structured document is editable, annotatable, and publishable by a user viewing the slide show presentation on the client device;

the editing capability includes one or more of the ability by the user to add images, to remove images, to resize images, to crop images, to add layered mark-up to images, to combine one or more of the images into a single image, to change the sequence of images, to edit the transitions between images, to add audio clips to the presentation, and to blend in the presentation the images retrieved using the one or more search engines with other images or audio clips retrieved from any other source;

the editing options may be manually or dynamically selected from a template-based edit decision list;

the annotation capability includes the ability to annotate the images with image captions or user comments;

the storing capability includes the ability by the user to store the structured document in a database; and

the publishing capability includes the ability to publish the structured document to a web URL, so that the web URL can be shared with other users and the slideshow presentation is viewable, editable, and annotatable by the other users.

13. A computer-readable medium having a computer program saved thereupon, said computer program comprising instructions for:

retrieving from one or more search engines information responsive to a search expression, the information including one or more of image URLs, thumbnail URLs, source page URLs, web domain URLs, textual information, tags, metadata, and abstracts;

parsing the information retrieved from the one or more search engines to create dynamically, in real-time, a structured document including mark-up tags; and

rendering, in real-time, the structured document as a slide show presentation of images by a multimedia presentation module.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein:

the computer program has additional instructions for editing, annotating, storing, and publishing the structured document by a user viewing the slide show presentation on the client device;

the editing functionality includes one or more of the ability by the user to add images, to remove images, to resize images, to crop images, to add layered mark-up to images, to combine one or more of the images into a single image, to change the sequence of images, to edit the transitions between images, to add audio clips to the presentation, and to blend in the presentation the images retrieved using the one or more search engines with other images or audio clips retrieved from any other source;

the editing options may be manually or dynamically selected from a template-based edit decision list;

the annotation functionality includes the ability to annotate the images with image captions or user comments;

the storing capability includes the ability by the user to store the structured document in a database; and

the publishing functionality includes the ability to publish the structured document to a web URL, so that the web URL can be shared with other users and the slideshow presentation is viewable, editable, and annotatable by the other users.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein:

the image information retrieved from the one or more specified web domains includes information for multiple images for an object of interest;

pertinent textual information about the object of interest is also retrieved along with the image information; and

the images and the pertinent textual information associated with the object of interest are displayed together for convenient review by the user.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein a rollover of a mouse by a user on a search expression included in a web page triggers transmission of the search expression to the one or more search engines.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein each displayed image in the slideshow presentation has an embedded hyperlink to the source page of the image, for a user to view other related information on the source page.

18. A system for dynamically creating customized presentations responsive to search expressions, comprising:

a web server, including;

a module for creating a structured document from information responsive to a search expression retrieved from one or more search engines,

a module for storing the structured document in a database on the web server, and

a module for publishing the structured document to a web URL; and

a client device connectable to the web server by an internet connection, the client device including;

an editing module for editing the structured document, an annotation module for annotating the structured document; and

a multimedia presentation module for rendering the structured document as a slideshow presentation of images in real-time.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein:

the editing module includes one or more of the functionality by the user to add images, to remove images, to resize images, to crop images, to add layered mark-up to images, to combine one or more of the images into a single image, to change the sequence of images, to edit the transitions between images, to add audio clips to the presentation and to blend in the presentation the images retrieved using the one or more search engines with other images or audio clips retrieved from any other source;

the editing options may be manually or dynamically selected from a template-based edit decision list;

the annotation module includes the functionality to annotate the images with image captions or user comments;

the publishing module includes the functionality to publish the structured document to a web URL, so that the web URL can be shared with other users and the slideshow presentation is viewable, editable, and annotatable by the other users.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein:

the image information retrieved from one or more specified web domains includes information about multiple images for an object of interest;

pertinent textual information about the object of interest is also retrieved along with the image information; and

the images and the pertinent textual information associated with the object of interest are displayed together for convenient review by the user.