SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MULTIMEDIA "HOT SPOT" ENABLEMENT

• US 20100005408A1
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Negrillo, Belmer Perrella Garcia, Howard, Dane M., Williams, Brian F., Peacock, Luke, Lanahan, James W.
• Granted Patent: US 9,639,505 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2428 Query predicate definition using graphical user interfaces, including menus and forms G06F16/2423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 : Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 : involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

A method for creating a multimedia presentation element, comprises selecting a presentation element icon; adding information to a presentation element box defined by a presentation boundary within a first multimedia element of the multi-media presentation having a plurality of multimedia elements, the presentation element boundary resulting from the selection of the presentation element icon; and associating the presentation element box with the first multimedia element such that the presentation element box remains associated to the first multimedia element during navigation from different multimedia elements of the plurality of multimedia elements, is described herein

Claims

1. A method for creating a multimedia presentation element, comprising:

selecting a presentation element icon;

adding information to a presentation element box defined by a presentation element boundary within a first multimedia element of the multi-media presentation having a plurality of multimedia elements, the presentation element boundary resulting from the selection of the presentation element icon; and

associating the presentation element box with the first multimedia element such that the presentation element box remains associated to the first multimedia element during navigation from different multimedia elements of the plurality of multimedia elements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the navigation from different multimedia elements is linear from right-to-left or linear from left-to-right.

3. The method of claim 1, further including linking the presentation element box to an external website or webpage.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation element icon is a “

hot spot”

icon.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the presentation element boundary identifies an associated “

hot spot”

area within the first multimedia element.

6. The method of claim 5, further includes adding multimedia within the “

hot spot”

area.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the multimedia is audio, photos, text, or video.

8. A system for creating a multimedia presentation element, comprising:

a storage device;

a processing element having a processing program and access to the storage device; and

a processing-readable medium having executable instructions thereon to direct the processing system when used by the processing element to;

select a presentation element icon;

add information to a presentation element box defined by a presentation element boundary within a first multimedia element of the multi-media presentation having a plurality of multimedia elements, the presentation element boundary resulting from the selection of the presentation element icon; and

associate the presentation element box with the first multimedia element such that the presentation element box remains associated to the first multimedia element during navigation from different multimedia elements of the plurality of multimedia elements.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the navigation from different multimedia elements is linear from right-to-left or linear from left-to-right.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing-readable medium is used by the processing element to link the presentation element box to an external website or webpage.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the presentation element icon is a “

hot spot”

.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the presentation element boundary identifies an associated “

hot spot”

area within the first multimedia element.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processing-readable medium is used by the processing element to add multimedia to the “

hot spot”

area.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the multimedia is audio, photos, text, or video.

15. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

selecting a presentation element icon;

adding information to a presentation element box defined by a presentation boundary within a first multimedia element of the multi-media presentation having a plurality of multimedia elements, the presentation element boundary resulting from the selection of the presentation element icon; and

associating the presentation element box with the first multimedia element such that the presentation element box remains associated to the first multimedia element during navigation from different multimedia elements of the plurality of multimedia elements.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the navigation from different multimedia elements is linear from right-to-left or linear from left-to-right.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further including linking the presentation element box to an external website or webpage.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the presentation element icon is a “

hot spot”

.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the presentation element boundary identifies an associated “

hot spot”

area within the first multimedia element.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, further includes adding multimedia to the “

hot spot”

area.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the multimedia is audio, photos, text, or video.