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Method and system for a multimedia application development sequence editor using spacer tools

  • US 5,889,514 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1996
  • Issued: 03/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A user interface tool on a computer system for simplifying layout of a part of a multimedia title, comprising:

  • a user interface which allows an at a glance relational visual layout of a plurality of parts in terms of a time structure thereof;

    a graphically depicted part action sequence for each of said plurality of parts over a period of time;

    a plurality of spacer tools graphically represented on said user interface, wherein each of said spacer tools represents an action that may be applied to modify the part action sequence of one or more of said parts;

    means, operable by a user of said tool, for dragging said graphical representation of a selected one of said spacer tools;

    means, operable by said user, for dropping said graphical representation of said selected spacer tool onto said graphically depicted part action sequence of a selected one of said parts;

    means, responsive to said dragging and dropping, for;

    displaying a spacer icon and a spacer area corresponding to said selected spacer tool at a location where said selected spacer tool was dropped, andmodifying said part action sequence of said selected part to perform said represented action during a first time frame corresponding to said location;

    means, selectable by said user, for adjusting said first time frame by dragging a size handle graphically depicted on said spacer area to change a width of said spacer area; and

    means, responsive to said adjusting, for further modifying said part action sequence of said selected part to perform said represented action for said adjusted time frame corresponding to said changed width of said spacer area.

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