UPDATING CONTENT OF A LIVE ELECTRONIC PRESENTATION

• US 20130346868A1
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: SCHERPA, JOSEF A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,146,615 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2368 Multiplexing of audio and video streams

Abstract

A method for updating the content of a live presentation can begin with an electronic presentation system establishing an electronic presentation session between a presenter and an audience. The presenter can control the presentation of digital content stored in a presentation source file within a user interface that facilitates the electronic presentation session. During the presentation, content changes for the digital content of the presentation source file can be received. The digital content of the presentation source file can be dynamically updated with the received content changes without interrupting the presentation of the digital content to the audience.

Claims

1. In a presentation session between a presenter and an audience facilitated by an electronic presentation system, where a presenter of the presentation session controls, via a user interface, a presentation of digital content stored in a presentation source file, a method comprising:

in the presentation session, receiving content changes for the digital content of a the presentation source file; and

dynamically updating the digital content of the presentation source file with the received content changes without interrupting presentation of the digital content to the audience, wherein at least one of the receiving and the dynamically updating is performed by a computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initializing a state of the electronic presentation session between the presenter and each member of the audience to allow the audience to only view the digital content being presented.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving of the content changes during the presentation further comprises:

upon receipt of an edit request from an audience member via the user interface, ascertaining permissions of the audience member for editing the digital content of the presentation source file, wherein the permissions for editing the presentation source file are defined by at least one of the electronic presentation system, a file management system housing the presentation source file, and an operating system;

responsive to the ascertained permissions of the audience member indicating that the audience member is allowed to edit the digital content, changing the state of the electronic presentation session for the audience member that sent the edit request to allow editing of the digital content, wherein the state of the electronic presentation session for a remainder of the audience remains unchanged; and

providing the audience member with a content editor appropriate for a type of the presentation source file, wherein the content changes are made to the presentation source file within the content editor.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

responsive to the ascertained permissions of the audience member indicating that the audience member is not allowed to edit the digital content, denying the edit request from the audience member, wherein the state of the electronic presentation session for the audience member remains unchanged from the initialized state.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the content changes during the presentation further comprises:

detecting an update to the presentation source file made by at least one secondary user, wherein the update represents the content changes made to the presentation source file using a content editor external to the electronic presentation system and the electronic presentation session, wherein the update occurs simultaneous with the presentation, wherein the presentation source file is capable of being simultaneously accessed by multiple software applications and multiple users.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the content changes during the presentation further comprises:

presenting at least one indicator to the presenter but not to the audience, wherein the presented at least one indicator describes the content changes to the digital content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the digital content further comprises:

bifurcating the received content changes into updates to a portion of the digital content yet to be presented and updates to a portion of the digital content already presented; and

updating the portion of the digital content yet to be presented in a different manner from the portion of the digital content already presented.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the portion of the digital content yet to be presented is updated during the electronic presentation session, and wherein the portion of the digital content already presented is updated after the electronic presentation session has ended.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the electronic presentation session further comprises:

receiving, from the presenter, values for an edit list that defines audience members of the electronic presentation session that are allowed to modify the digital content of the presentation source file.

10. A system for updating the content of a live presentation comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one storage device comprising program instructions executable by the at least one processor;

a presentation source file containing digital content, wherein the presentation source file is stored in the at least one storage device;

at least a portion of the program instructions configured to detect at least one content change to the digital content of the presentation source file;

a predefined edit list defining users allowed to modify the digital content of the presentation source file, wherein said predefined edit list is stored in the at least one storage device; and

an electronic presentation system, comprising the at least one processor and at least a portion of the program instructions, configured to manage a electronic presentation session between a presenter and an audience, wherein the electronic presentation system only allows audience members indicated on the predefined edit list to submit the at least one content change to the digital content of the presentation source file during a presentation, wherein the at least one content change is dynamically applied to the digital content of the presentation source file without interruption to the presentation.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the electronic presentation system dynamically controls a state of the electronic presentation session, wherein the state of the electronic presentation session for an audience member submitting the at least one content change is temporarily modified to enable submission without changing the state of the electronic presentation session for other members of the audience.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the electronic presentation system further comprises:

a plurality of content editors for modifying various types of presentation source files; and

a user interface configured to facilitate the presentation of the presentation source file and provide audience members specified on the predefined edit list with a content editor from the plurality of content editors to submit the at least one content change for the presentation source file.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the user interface is further configured to provide only the presenter with at least one indicator expressing the at least one content change, wherein the at least one indicator displays the at least one content change to the presenter, wherein the presenter is able to approve or reject each content change prior to application of the at least one content change to the presentation source file.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the digital content comprises streaming video.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing computer usable program code, the computer usable program code comprising:

computer usable program code configured to establish a electronic presentation session between a presenter and an audience, wherein the presenter controls a presentation of digital content stored in a presentation source file within a user interface that facilitates the electronic presentation session;

computer usable program code configured to, during the presentation, receive content changes for the digital content of the presentation source file; and

computer usable program code configured to dynamically update the digital content of the presentation source file with the received content changes without interrupting the presentation of the digital content to the audience.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein establishing the electronic presentation session further comprises:

computer usable program code configured to initialize a state of the electronic presentation session between the presenter and each member of the audience to allow the audience to only view the digital content being presented.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the receiving of the content changes during the presentation further comprises:

computer usable program code configured to, upon receipt of an edit request from an audience member via the user interface, ascertain permissions of the audience member for editing the digital content of the presentation source file, wherein the permissions for editing the presentation source file are defined by at least one of an electronic presentation system, a file management system housing the presentation source file, and an operating system;

computer usable program code configured to, responsive to the ascertained permissions of the audience member indicating that the audience member is allowed to edit the digital content, change the state of the electronic presentation session for the audience member that sent the edit request to allow editing of the digital content, wherein the state of the electronic presentation session for a remainder of the audience remains unchanged; and

computer usable program code configured to provide the audience member with a content editor appropriate for a type of the presentation source file, wherein the content changes are made to the presentation source file within the content editor.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to, responsive to the ascertained permissions of the audience member indicating that the audience member is not allowed to edit the digital content, deny the edit request from the audience member, wherein the state of the electronic presentation session for the audience member remains unchanged from the initialized state.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein updating the digital content further comprises:

computer usable program code configured to bifurcate the received content changes into updates to a portion of the digital content yet to be presented and updates to a portion of the digital content already presented; and

computer usable program code configured to update the portion of the digital content yet to be presented in a different manner from the portion of the digital content already presented.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the portion of the digital content yet to be presented is updated during the electronic presentation session, and wherein the portion of the digital content already presented is updated after the electronic presentation session has ended.