AUTOMATED DYNAMIC REPRIORITIZATION OF PRESENTATION MATERIALS

• US 20100309436A1
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Allen, Lloyd W. JR., Grigsby, Travis M., Jenkins, Jana H., Miller, Steven M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,081,783 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 353/21
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• 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: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Slides are selectively presented via a slide presentation system based upon a priority level assigned to a slide presentation. The assigned priority level indicates which of the slides to selectively present and includes a first priority level of at least two priority levels associated with the slide presentation. A request is received during the selective presentation of the slides, via an input device associated with the slide presentation system, to change the priority level assigned to the slide presentation to a second priority level of the at least two priority levels. The remaining slides of the slide presentation are selectively presented via the slide presentation system based upon the second priority level. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

selectively presenting slides via a slide presentation system based upon a priority level assigned to a slide presentation, where the assigned priority level indicates which of the slides to selectively present and comprises a first priority level of at least two priority levels associated with the slide presentation;

receiving a request during the selective presentation of the slides via an input device associated with the slide presentation system to change the priority level assigned to the slide presentation to a second priority level of the at least two priority levels; and

selectively presenting remaining slides of the slide presentation via the slide presentation system based upon the second priority level.

2. The method of claim 1, where at least one of the at least two priority levels is associated with each slide of the slide presentation and where selectively presenting the slides via the slide presentation system based upon the priority level assigned to the slide presentation further comprises:

selecting each slide of the slide presentation with an associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level; and

presenting each selected slide with the associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level.

3. The method of claim 2, where presenting each selected slide with the associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level further comprises:

determining that at least one of the selected slides with the associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level shares a dependency with at least one other slide; and

selectively presenting the at least one other slide in association with the at least one of the selected slides with the associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level.

4. The method of claim 1, where at least one of the at least two priority levels is associated with each slide of the slide presentation and where selectively presenting the remaining slides of the slide presentation via the slide presentation system based upon the second priority level further comprises:

determining which of the remaining slides of the slide presentation have an associated priority level equal to or higher than the second priority level; and

selectively presenting the remaining slides determined to have the associated priority level equal to or higher than the second priority level.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request via the input device to measure an amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation;

presenting the slides via a display device associated with the slide presentation system in response to inputs received via the input device;

measuring the amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation; and

associating an estimated time with each slide of the slide presentation based upon the measured amount of time for presentation of each slide.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a request via the input device associated with the slide presentation system to automatically select the second priority level based upon a time value indicative of a time remaining for the slide presentation;

determining an estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after a presently active slide within the slide presentation;

determining a priority level associated with each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after the presently active slide within the slide presentation;

determining, for each of the at least two priority levels, an estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation based upon the estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides associated with each of the at least two priority levels; and

automatically selecting the second priority level based upon the estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation for each of the at least two priority levels that approximates the time remaining for the slide presentation.

7. The method of claim 1, where selectively presenting slides via the slide presentation system based upon the priority level assigned to the slide presentation further comprises:

determining that at least one of the slides comprises a content item associated with the first priority level and a content item associated with the second priority level; and

highlighting the content item associated with the first priority level on the at least one of the slides during presentation of the at least one of the slides.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one request via the input device associated with the slide presentation system to assign at least one of the at least two priority levels to each slide of the slide presentation;

receiving a request via the input device associated with the slide presentation system to assign the first priority level to the slide presentation;

assigning the at least one of the at least two priority levels to each slide of the slide presentation; and

assigning the first priority level to the slide presentation.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one request via the input device associated with the slide presentation system to assign at least one dependency between at least two slides of the slide presentation, where the at least one dependency provides an indication to display both of the at least two slides of the slide presentation in response to a display of one of the at least two slides of the slide presentation; and

assigning the at least one dependency between the at least two of the slides.

10. The method of claim 1, where each of the at least two priority levels further comprise at least one of a textual indicator, a numeric indicator, and a weighted indicator designating at least one of a critical priority level, an important priority level, a helpful priority level, and a background priority level.

11. A system, comprising:

an input device; and

a processor programmed to;

selectively present slides via a display device based upon a priority level assigned to a slide presentation, where the assigned priority level indicates which of the slides to selectively present and comprises a first priority level of at least two priority levels associated with the slide presentation;

receive a request during the selective presentation of the slides via the input device to change the priority level assigned to the slide presentation to a second priority level of the at least two priority levels; and

selectively present remaining slides of the slide presentation via the display device based upon the second priority level.

12. The system of claim 11, where the at least one of the at least two priority levels is associated with each slide of the slide presentation and where, in being programmed to selectively present the slides via the display device based upon the priority level assigned to the slide presentation, the processor is further programmed to:

determine that at least one of the selected slides with the associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level shares a dependency with at least one other slide; and

selectively present the at least one other slide in association with the at least one of the selected slides with the associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level via the display device.

13. The system of claim 11, where the processor is further programmed to:

receive a request via the input device to measure an amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation;

present the slides via the display device in response to inputs received via the input device;

measure the amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation; and

associate an estimated time with each slide of the slide presentation based upon the measured amount of time for presentation of each slide.

14. The system of claim 13, where the processor is further programmed to:

receive a request via the input device to automatically select the second priority level based upon a time value indicative of a time remaining for the slide presentation;

determine an estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after a presently active slide within the slide presentation;

determine a priority level associated with each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after the presently active slide within the slide presentation;

determine, for each of the at least two priority levels, an estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation based upon the estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides associated with each of the at least two priority levels; and

automatically select the second priority level based upon the estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation for each of the at least two priority levels that approximates the time remaining for the slide presentation.

15. A system, comprising:

an input device; and

a processor programmed to;

selectively present slides via a display device based upon a priority level assigned to a slide presentation, where the assigned priority level indicates which of the slides to selectively present and comprises a first priority level of at least two priority levels associated with the slide presentation and where at least one of the at least two priority levels is associated with each slide of the slide presentation;

determine that at least one of the selectively presented slides with an associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level shares a dependency with at least one other slide;

selectively present the at least one other slide in association with the at least one of the selectively presented slides with the associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level via the display device;

receive a request during the selective presentation of the slides via the input device to change the priority level assigned to the slide presentation to a second priority level of the at least two priority levels;

determine an estimated time associated with each of a plurality of remaining slides of the slide presentation after a presently active slide within the slide presentation;

determine a priority level associated with each of the plurality of remaining slides of the slide presentation after the presently active slide within the slide presentation;

determine, for each of the at least two priority levels, an estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation based upon the estimated time associated with each of the plurality of remaining slides associated with each of the at least two priority levels;

automatically select the second priority level based upon the estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation for each of the at least two priority levels that approximates the time remaining for the slide presentation; and

selectively present the plurality of remaining slides of the slide presentation via the display device based upon the second priority level.

16. A computer program product comprising a computer useable storage medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

selectively present slides via a display device based upon a priority level assigned to a slide presentation, where the assigned priority level indicates which of the slides to selectively present and comprises a first priority level of at least two priority levels associated with the slide presentation;

receive a request during the selective presentation of the slides via an input device to change the priority level assigned to the slide presentation to a second priority level of the at least two priority levels; and

selectively present remaining slides of the slide presentation via the display device based upon the second priority level.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, where the at least one of the at least two priority levels is associated with each slide of the slide presentation and where, in causing the computer to selectively present the slides via the display device based upon the priority level assigned to the slide presentation, the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

select each slide of the slide presentation with an associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level; and

present each selected slide with the associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level via the display device.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, where, in causing the computer to present each selected slide with the associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level via the display device, the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

determine that at least one of the selected slides with the associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level shares a dependency with at least one other slide; and

selectively present the at least one other slide in association with the at least one of the selected slides with the associated priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level via the display device.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, where the at least one of the at least two priority levels is associated with each slide of the slide presentation and where, in causing the computer to selectively present the remaining slides of the slide presentation via the display device based upon the second priority level, the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

determine which of the remaining slides of the slide presentation have an associated priority level equal to or higher than the second priority level; and

selectively present the remaining slides determined to have the associated priority level equal to or higher than the second priority level via the display device.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

receive a request via the input device to measure an amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation;

present the slides via the display device in response to inputs received via the input device;

measure the amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation; and

associate an estimated time with each slide of the slide presentation based upon the measured amount of time for presentation of each slide.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

receive a request via the input device to automatically select the second priority level based upon a time value indicative of a time remaining for the slide presentation;

determine an estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after a presently active slide within the slide presentation;

determine a priority level associated with each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after the presently active slide within the slide presentation;

determine, for each of the at least two priority levels, an estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation based upon the estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides associated with each of the at least two priority levels; and

automatically select the second priority level based upon the estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation for each of the at least two priority levels that approximates the time remaining for the slide presentation.

22. The computer program product of claim 16, where, in causing the computer to selectively present slides via the display device based upon the priority level assigned to the slide presentation, the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

determine that at least one of the slides comprises a content item associated with the first priority level and a content item associated with the second priority level; and

highlight the content item associated with the first priority level on the at least one of the slides during presentation of the at least one of the slides.

23. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

receive at least one request via the input device to assign at least one of the at least two priority levels to each slide of the slide presentation;

receive a request via the input device to assign the first priority level to the slide presentation;

assign the at least one of the at least two priority levels to each slide of the slide presentation; and

assign the first priority level to the slide presentation.

24. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

receive at least one request via the input device to assign at least one dependency between at least two slides of the slide presentation, where the at least one dependency provides an indication to display both of the at least two slides of the slide presentation in response to a display of one of the at least two slides of the slide presentation; and

assign the at least one dependency between the at least two of the slides.

25. The computer program product of claim 16, where each of the at least two priority levels further comprise at least one of a textual indicator, a numeric indicator, and a weighted indicator designating at least one of a critical priority level, an important priority level, a helpful priority level, and a background priority level.