AUTHORING PACKAGE FILES

• US 20090292980A1
• Filed: 05/20/2008
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Kukulski, Timothy Walter, Donahue, Clark P., Hebbar, Vivek, Walsh, Daniel, McAfee, Robert K., Poling, Amy, Dulaney, Marissa, Swineford, Randy L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,479,087 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/10 Text processing natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/123 Storage facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals

Abstract

Various embodiments described herein include systems, methods, software, and data structures of and for authoring and presentation of package files. Some such embodiments include instantiating a package file and receiving a presentation specification to include in the package file, the presentation specification displayable within a media playing application to provide a representation of display elements defined in the package file. Such embodiments may further include receiving content files, defining display elements for each content file, and associating each content file with a respective display element. A package file may then be generated, published, and/or displayed as a function of the presentation specification.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a bus;

a memory coupled to the bus;

at least one processor coupled to the bus;

an authoring module stored in the memory and executable on the at least one processor to;

instantiate a package file;

associate a presentation specification with the package file, the presentation specification to be rendered by a presentation application to present a representation of display elements of the package file,

associate a content file with a display element of the package file;

receive input specifying a package file option; and

publish the package file in accordance with the package file option.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the package file includes a plurality of options that, when configured, define a portion of a presentation specification view.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the plurality of package file options include a display option.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the portion of the presentation specification view includes at least one of:

a cover page view;

a header to be included in the presentation specification view;

content of the header; and

a color scheme for the presentation specification view.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the package file is a page description language document, and the presentation specification and the content file are embedded within the page description language document.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the publishing of the package file includes:

embedding the content file, the presentation specification, the display elements and associations to content files, and the package file option within the package file; and

storing the package file.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the storing of the package file includes storing the package file on a server accessible over a network.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the publishing of the package file includes:

communicating the package file over a communications network from the system to a further system.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a presentation module stored in the memory and executable on the processor to;

present a view of the of the package file, the view to be generated as a function of the presentation specification.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the authoring module and the presentation module communicate with one another via an interface, and the authoring module is to communicate changes to be reflected in the view of the package file to the presentation module via the application programming interface.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the view of the package file within the presentation module is to receive data to modify and add data to defined display elements of the presentation specification.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the authoring module is to receive input to modify properties of the view of the presentation specification; and

the presentation module is to receive input to modify properties of a portion of a presentation specification view and the display element of the presentation specification.

13. A method comprising:

receiving and embedding a content file in a package file;

receiving a selection of and embedding a presentation specification within the package file;

associating the content file with a display element of the presentation specification;

populating a portion of the presentation specification as a function of option input; and

publishing the package file.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving and embedding of the content file in the package file includes receiving and embedding a folder including the content file in the package file.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

associating a first embedded folder with a first display element of a first presentation specification;

associating a second presentation specification with the first embedded folder for display of a further content file included in the first embedded folder; and

associating the further content file of the embedded folder with a display element of the second presentation specification.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the package file is a page description language file.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the content file is a file other than page description language file.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the populating of the portion of the presentation specification includes:

receiving input defining a view for display when the package file is initially displayed within an application.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the publishing of the package file includes storing the package file on a data storage device, the package file including at least:

the presentation specification;

the content file;

metadata defining the association of the content file with the display element of the package file; and

metadata representative of the received presentation specification option input.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the package file, when published, is executable within a presentation application to provide views including representations of the content file embedded therein.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the package file is a page description language file and the presentation application is a page description language file reading application.

22. The method of claim 13, wherein the presentation specification includes code executable to provide display functionality for the display element and the associated content file.

23. The method of claim 13, wherein the presentation specification includes a media element renderable by a media player interface of an application to display the package file.

24. A system comprising:

a memory device;

a processor coupled to the memory;

a package file held in the memory device, the package file including;

a first presentation specification including display elements;

content item files; and

metadata associating the content item files with respective display elements of the first presentation specification and defining display properties of the first presentation specification;

a presentation module held in the memory and executable by the processor to;

render a representation of at least a portion of the package file as a function of the first presentation specification, the content item files, and the metadata; and

present the package file in an authoring mode to receive input with regard to display elements and respective associations to content items; and

an authoring module held in the memory and executable by the processor to;

receive a selection of a second presentation specification;

communicate with the presentation module via an interface to reflect changes with respect to the displayed representation of the package file and received in the authoring module, and to populate changes received from the presentation module to the authoring module; and

publish modified and created package files.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the presentation module and authoring module are modules of a software application held in the memory device.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the first and second presentation specifications each include instructions executable by a viewing application to cause the respective presentation specifications to be instantiated and displayed within a graphical user interface of the viewing application.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the first and second presentation specification each include instructions executable by the viewing application to modify an appearance of the respective presentation specification in response to a determinable event.

28. The system of claims 26, wherein the viewing application is a page description language reader application.

29. A computer-readable medium, with instructions thereon, which when executed, cause a computer to:

instantiate a presentation specification in a first user interface portion in response to input received in a second user interface portion;

receive a selection in the first user interface portion of a display element of the presentation specification to associate a content file with;

receive a selection of a content file and modify the selected display element to include an association to the selected content file; and

build a page description language file in response to a command received in the first and second user interface portions, the page description language file including the presentation specification, the content file, and the association of the content file to the display element of the presentation specification.

30. The computer-readable medium of claim 29, the instructions when further executed by the computer:

receive input in the second user interface portion defining properties of the presentation specification; and

wherein the page description language file further includes data representative of the input defining the properties of the presentation specification.

31. The computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the presentation specification includes instructions executable within a page description language reader application to instantiate and display the presentation specification within a graphical user interface of the page description language reader application.

32. The computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the presentation specification further includes instructions executable within the page description language reader application to modify a displayed appearance of the presentation specification in response to an event.