SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING KNOWN PATH DATA IN DELIVERING ENHANCED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TO MOBILE DEVICES
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1. A computing device implemented Mobile Media Documentary tour authoring tool, comprising:
- a data acquisition module for acquiring data;
a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface enabling the graphical selection of at least some of the acquired data and Mobile Media Documentary tour features;
an integrator module for integrating the graphically selected acquired data and features into a Mobile Media Documentary tour, the Mobile Media Documentary tour including audio data, video data, graphical data, textual data, and interactive content associated with spatial data for a known path;
a packaging module for packaging the Mobile Media Documentary tour into a portable data format compatible with a plurality of different types of user devices; and
an installer module that customizes a Mobile Media Documentary tour stored in the portable data format, the customizing based on user device attributes, the customized Mobile Media Documentary tour installed on a user device following customization.
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Abstract
An authoring tool supporting the creation, editing and use of a “Mobile Media Documentary” (MMD) is discussed. An MMD is an interactive tour of physical and virtual locations that is accompanied by multimedia content mapped to spatial data for a known path. The multimedia content includes character-driven audio narrative supplemented by graphics, text, video and interactive content.
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1. A computing device implemented Mobile Media Documentary tour authoring tool, comprising:
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a data acquisition module for acquiring data; a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface enabling the graphical selection of at least some of the acquired data and Mobile Media Documentary tour features; an integrator module for integrating the graphically selected acquired data and features into a Mobile Media Documentary tour, the Mobile Media Documentary tour including audio data, video data, graphical data, textual data, and interactive content associated with spatial data for a known path; a packaging module for packaging the Mobile Media Documentary tour into a portable data format compatible with a plurality of different types of user devices; and an installer module that customizes a Mobile Media Documentary tour stored in the portable data format, the customizing based on user device attributes, the customized Mobile Media Documentary tour installed on a user device following customization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer readable medium holding instructions for a Mobile Media Documentary tour, the medium comprising:
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instructions for a known path with corresponding spatial information; instructions for a plurality of multimedia elements including audio, video, text, still images and interactive content, wherein the plurality of multimedia elements are mapped to the spatial information; and instructions for displaying a map of the known path to a user on a mobile device as a part of a Mobile Media Documentary tour, the map indicating the users current location on said known path, wherein the tour presents the one or more multimedia elements to the user based on the user'"'"'s location without requiring a network connection. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of interacting with a Mobile Media Documentary tour, the method comprising:
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transferring the Mobile Media Documentary tour to a user device, wherein the Mobile Media Documentary tour comprises audio data, video data, graphic data, textual data, and interactive content associated with spatial data for a known path; viewing the Mobile Media Documentary tour content in the user device; interacting with the Mobile Media Documentary tour. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A computer readable medium holding instructions for a Mobile Media Documentary tour, the medium comprising:
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instructions for a known path with corresponding spatial information; instructions for receiving from a user following said known path a request to geotag at least one media element to a specified location on said known path; instructions for geotagging the at least one multimedia element by associating the at least one media element with spatial data corresponding to the specified location; instructions for receiving graphic indications of a second known path from a user, the second known path associated with corresponding spatial information and including a plurality of multimedia elements mapped to the spatial information for the second known path, the plurality of multimedia elements including audio, video, text, still images and interactive content, and the at least one geotagged media element; and instructions for displaying a map of the second known path to a user on a mobile device as a part of a Mobile Media Documentary tour, the map indicating the users current location on said known path, wherein the tour presents the one or more multimedia elements to the user based on the user'"'"'s location without requiring a network connection.
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