Method, Device, Program Product, and Server for Generating Electronic Document Container Data File

• US 20140250152A1
• Filed: 08/22/2013
• Published: 09/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SKYCOM Corp. (TKC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: SKYCOM Corp. (TKC Corporation)
• Inventors: Kaneyasu, Tsutomu
• Application Number:
  US13/972,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20140250152A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums

Abstract

An electronic-document-container-data-file generating method for generating a data file using a computer where the data file is to be read by a playback program operating on a computer includes: acquiring at least electronic document data as content data; generating editable memo data as content data, the memo data being associated with the acquired electronic document data; generating a container portion configured to hold a plurality of items of content data including the acquired electronic document data and the generated memo data; generating definition information for defining a method for playing back and/or a method for editing the plurality of items of content data during playback by the playback program; and generating an electronic-document-container data file including the generated container portion and the generated definition information.

Claims

1. An electronic-document-container-data-file generating method for generating a data file using a computer, the data file for being read by a playback program operating on a computer, the data-file generating method comprising steps of:

acquiring at least electronic document data as content data;

generating editable memo data as content data, the memo data being associated with the acquired electronic document data;

generating a container portion configured to hold a plurality of items of content data including the acquired electronic document data and the generated memo data;

generating definition information for defining a method for playing back and/or a method for editing the plurality of items of content data during playback by the playback program; and

generating an electronic-document-container data file including the generated container portion and the generated definition information.

2. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of editing the generated definition information.

3. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 1, wherein the step of generating definition information includes a step of performing an editing-restriction process on the generated definition information.

4. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 1, wherein the step of generating definition information includes a step of holding any one or more items of definition information, the definition information including:

a between-pages interval for automatic playback of the electronic document;

information for specifying, in association with a specified playback page of a one electronic document, a playback page of another electronic document to be played back;

information for specifying, in association with a specified playback page of a one electronic document, a playback area of another moving image in another as content to be played back;

information for specifying, in association with a specified playback page of a one electronic document, a playback area of another sound file in another as content to be played back; and

information for specifying, after a specific playback page of a one electronic document, a playback page of another electronic document to be played back.

5. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 2, wherein the step of generating definition information includes a step of holding any one or more items of definition information, the definition information including:

a between-pages interval for automatic playback of the electronic document;

information for specifying, in association with a specified playback page of a one electronic document, a playback page of another electronic document to be played back;

information for specifying, in association with a specified playback page of a one electronic document, a playback area of a moving image in another as content to be played back;

information for specifying, in association with a specified playback page of a one electronic document, a playback area of a sound file in another as content to be played back; and

information for specifying, after a specific playback page of a one electronic document, a playback page of another electronic document to be played back.

6. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 3, wherein the step of generating definition information includes a step of holding any one or more items of definition information, the definition information including:

a between-pages interval for automatic playback of the electronic document;

information for specifying, in association with a specified playback page of a one electronic document, a playback page of another electronic document to be played back;

information for specifying, in association with a specified playback page of a one electronic document, a playback area of a moving image in another as content to be played back;

information for specifying, in association with a specified playback page of a one electronic document, a playback area of a sound file in another as content to be played back; and

information for specifying, after a specific playback page of a one electronic document, a playback page of another electronic document to be played back.

7. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 1, wherein the step of generating an electronic-document-container data file container portion includes a step of generating a definition-information holding portion configured to hold the definition information.

8. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 1, wherein the container portion is also configured to hold bookmark data for specifying a browsing location within electronic document data.

9. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of generating an index-data holding portion configured to hold index data for searching within the content held in the container portion.

10. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 8, further comprising a step of generating an index-data holding portion configured to hold index data for searching within the content held in the container portion.

11. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 7, wherein the step of generating a definition-information holding portion includes a step of generating a reconfiguration-definition-information holding unit configured to hold definition information for reconfiguring the electronic-document-container data file to be readable by an electronic document reader in a case where the playback program is an electronic document reader.

12. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 1, wherein the container portion includes an editing-restricted electronic-document-data holding unit configured to hold editing-restricted electronic document data as the electronic document data, the editing-restricted electronic document data being electronic document data at least a part of which is editing-restricted.

13. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 8, wherein the container portion includes an editing-restricted electronic-document-data holding unit configured to hold editing-restricted electronic document data as the electronic document data, the editing-restricted electronic document data being electronic document data at least a part of which is editing-restricted.

14. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 9, wherein the container portion includes an editing-restricted electronic-document-data holding unit configured to hold editing-restricted electronic document data as the electronic document data, the editing-restricted electronic document data being electronic document data at least a part of which is editing-restricted.

15. The electronic-document-container-data-file generating method according to claim 10, wherein the container portion includes an editing-restricted electronic-document-data holding unit configured to hold editing-restricted electronic document data as the electronic document data, the editing-restricted electronic document data being electronic document data at least a part of which is editing-restricted.

16. An electronic-document-container-data-file generating device for generating a data file using a computer, the data file for being read by a playback program operating on a computer, the data file-generating device comprising:

an electronic-document-data acquiring unit configured to acquire at least electronic document data as content data;

a memo-data generating unit configured to generate editable memo data as content data, the memo data being associated with the acquired electronic document data;

a container-portion generating unit configured to generate a container portion, the container portion being configured to hold a plurality of items of content data including the acquired electronic document data and the generated memo data;

a definition-information generating unit configured to generate definition information for defining a method for playing back and/or a method for editing the plurality of items of content data during playback by the playback program; and

an electronic-document-container-data-file generating unit configured to generate an electronic-document-container data file including the generated container portion and the generated definition information.

17. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium for generating a data file using a computer, the data file for being read by a playback program operating on a computer, the computer readable program code for causing a computer to execute a process comprising steps of:

acquiring at least electronic document data as content data;

generating editable memo data as content data, the memo data being associated with the acquired electronic document data;

generating a container portion, the container portion being configured to hold a plurality of items of content data including the acquired electronic document data and the generated memo data;

generating definition information for defining a method for playing back and/or a method for editing the plurality of items of content data during playback by the playback program; and

generating an electronic-document-container data file including the generated container portion and the generated definition information.

18. A server device comprising the computer readable program code according to claim 17, deliverable on a network.