Content Authoring System and Method

• US 20080178069A1
• Filed: 04/17/2007
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Interslice Studios
• Original Assignee: Interslice Studios
• Inventors: Stallings, Richard W.
• Application Number:
  US11/736,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20080178069A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method and computer program product for defining a selected non-sequential content template. The selected non-sequential content template defines a plurality of data objects and includes at least one non-sequential navigation object that allows for non-sequential navigation between at least a portion of the plurality of data objects defined within the selected non-sequential content template.

Claims

1. A content authoring method comprising:

defining a selected non-sequential content template, wherein the selected non-sequential content template defines a plurality of data objects and includes at least one non-sequential navigation object that allows for non-sequential navigation between at least a portion of the plurality of data objects defined within the selected non-sequential content template.

2. The content authoring method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing a plurality of non-sequential content templates in a data repository, wherein the selected non-sequential content template is chosen from the plurality of non-sequential content templates.

3. The content authoring method of claim 2 wherein the data repository is chosen from the group consisting of:

a database and a directory structure.

4. The content authoring method of claim 1 wherein the selected non-sequential content template includes:

two or more discrete animation sequences for applying to at least a portion of the plurality of data objects.

5. The content authoring method of claim 4 wherein the plurality of data objects includes:

a first data object, and

a second data object; and

wherein the two or more discrete animation sequences includes;

a first animation sequence for applying to the first data object, and

a second animation sequence for applying to the second data object.

6. The content authoring method of claim 1 further comprising:

modifying the selected non-sequential content template.

7. The content authoring method of claim 6 wherein modifying the selected non-sequential content template includes at least one of:

adding one or more additional data objects to the selected non-sequential content template;

adding one or more discrete animation sequences to the selected non-sequential content template;

deleting one or more of the plurality of data objects from the selected non-sequential content template;

deleting one or more discrete animation sequences from the selected non-sequential content template; and

modifying one or more of the plurality of data objects defined within the selected non-sequential content template to include customer content.

8. The content authoring method of claim 7 wherein the customer content is chosen from the group consisting of:

customer text;

customer images;

customer animations;

customer video tracks; and

customer audio tracks.

9. The content authoring method of claim 1 wherein the selected non-sequential content template is configured to assist a user in creating content.

10. The content authoring method of claim 9 wherein the content is a slideshow presentation file.

11. The content authoring method of claim 9 wherein the content is a word processor file.

12. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

defining a selected non-sequential content template, wherein the selected non-sequential content template defines a plurality of data objects and includes at least one non-sequential navigation object that allows for non-sequential navigation between at least a portion of the plurality of data objects defined within the selected non-sequential content template.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 further comprising instructions for:

storing a plurality of non-sequential content templates in a data repository, wherein the selected non-sequential content template is chosen from the plurality of non-sequential content templates.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the data repository is chosen from the group consisting of:

a database and a directory structure.

15. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the selected non-sequential content template includes:

two or more discrete animation sequences for applying to at least a portion of the plurality of data objects.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the plurality of data objects includes:

a first data object, and

a second data object; and

wherein the two or more discrete animation sequences includes;

a first animation sequence for applying to the first data object, and

a second animation sequence for applying to the second data object.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising instructions for:

modifying the selected non-sequential content template.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the instructions for modifying the selected non-sequential content template includes instructions for at least one of:

adding one or more additional data objects to the selected non-sequential content template;

adding one or more discrete animation sequences to the selected non-sequential content template;

deleting one or more of the plurality of data objects from the selected non-sequential content template;

deleting one or more discrete animation sequences from the selected non-sequential content template; and

modifying one or more of the plurality of data objects defined within the selected non-sequential content template to include customer content.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein the customer content is chosen from the group consisting of:

customer text;

customer images;

customer animations;

customer video tracks; and

customer audio tracks.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 wherein the selected non-sequential content template is configured to assist a user in creating content.

21. The computer program product of claim 20 wherein the content is a slideshow presentation file.

22. The computer program product of claim 20 wherein the content is a word processor file.