Presentation System
First Claim
1. A method of presenting content on a presentation system comprising multiple display devices, the method comprising:
- providing first media content for display on a first display device; and
associating an executable command with the first media content or part thereof;
wherein the executable command is operable to cause output of second media content on a further display device, the command being executed in response to the first media content being output on the first display device or a user action initiated during said output.
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Abstract
A presentation system comprises a personal computer (PC) (1) and a display arrangement (3). The display arrangement (3) includes a large main monitor (5) and four small satellite monitors (7a-7d) arranged around the main monitor. Each monitor (5, 7a-7d) is a thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) and is separately connected to the PC (1) by a respective cable and video driver (not shown). An operating system is stored on the PC (1), as are two application programs, referred to herein as the interactive process visualisation (IPV) program and the multi-monitor support (MMS) program. The IPV program is an application which enables the user to show a presentation in the main monitor (5). This presentation can include a range of media, such as images, animations, video streams and so on. In addition, the IPV program is arranged to run an executable command which invokes one or more instantiations of the MMS program. The purpose of the MMS program is to enable convenient control over what is displayed on a selected one of the satellite monitors (7a-7d). Thus, the command in the IPV program can be used to invoke up to four separate instantiations of the MMS program to control what is displayed on up to four satellite monitors (7a-7d). By incorporating suitable commands at different sections of the main IPV presentation, for example when a particular slide is shown, it is possible to synchronise content displayed on the main monitor (5) with other (e.g. related) content displayed on the satellite monitors (7a-7d).
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13 Claims
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1. A method of presenting content on a presentation system comprising multiple display devices, the method comprising:
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providing first media content for display on a first display device; and associating an executable command with the first media content or part thereof; wherein the executable command is operable to cause output of second media content on a further display device, the command being executed in response to the first media content being output on the first display device or a user action initiated during said output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12)
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10. A method of controlling a computer presentation system employing a main display device and one or more auxiliary display devices, the method comprising:
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generating a first presentation for display on the main display device, the first presentation including first displayable content; and generating one or more auxiliary presentations for display on a respective one of the auxiliary display devices; wherein the step of generating the first presentation includes associating the displayable content or part thereof with an auxiliary presentation which is thereafter displayable on one of the auxiliary display devices when said presentation content is displayed on the main display device.
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13. A presentation system comprising:
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a control system; a first display device connected to the control system; and one or more further display devices connected to the control system; wherein the control system is operable to (a) display first media content on the main display device, (b) associate an executable command with the first media content or part thereof, (c) in response to the first media content being displayed or a user action initiated during said display, causing execution of the executable command to cause output of second media content on one of the further display devices.
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Specification