Multi-media project management and control system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for coordinating access among a plurality of staff members, who work together to produce multi-media presentations, to a plurality of multi-media objects of a multi-media presentation which comprises at least one presentation page, said at least one presentation page capable of being rendered as a multi-media display on a display device, said apparatus comprising:
- means for producing a page layout for a presentation page, said page layout comprising a plurality of multi-media objects, each multi-media object having header, content and geometry sections which define multi-media object characteristics, a content of an image created from said multi-media object, and a locus of said image created from said multi-media object on said multi-media display, respectively;
means for defining at least one multi-media object for inclusion in said presentation page, comprising;
means for identifying a multi-media object,means for presenting a set of multi-media object characteristics to an author for said identified multi-media object,means for associating, in response to said author selecting ones of said multi-media object characteristics for said identified multi-media object, said selected multi-media object characteristics with said identified multi-media object;
means for integrating said at least one multi-media object with said page layout to create said presentation page;
means for coordinating access to said multi-media objects among a number of said plurality of staff members, each of said multi-media object content and said multi-media object header for a selected multi-media object being able to be accessed and modified simultaneously by a plurality of different staff members to achieve coordinated changes related to said selected multi-media object.
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Abstract
A multi-media presentation system is disclosed for coordinating access to multi-media presentation data and related information. The multi-media presentation data typically includes text, image data and layout data. The related information is stored in an item header file, as well as in a number of records. The system includes a network of computers including computers dedicated to performing certain tasks related to obtaining multi-media presentation data and such related information. To coordinate the multi-media presentation process, the ability to modify content contained in an item file is limited while certain of the records that include useful information related to the same item file are separately available for other network staff members. The system also generates watch records to notify staff members of the current status of, availability of, or to provide other information related to, a multi-media object of interest.
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1. An apparatus for coordinating access among a plurality of staff members, who work together to produce multi-media presentations, to a plurality of multi-media objects of a multi-media presentation which comprises at least one presentation page, said at least one presentation page capable of being rendered as a multi-media display on a display device, said apparatus comprising:
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means for producing a page layout for a presentation page, said page layout comprising a plurality of multi-media objects, each multi-media object having header, content and geometry sections which define multi-media object characteristics, a content of an image created from said multi-media object, and a locus of said image created from said multi-media object on said multi-media display, respectively; means for defining at least one multi-media object for inclusion in said presentation page, comprising; means for identifying a multi-media object, means for presenting a set of multi-media object characteristics to an author for said identified multi-media object, means for associating, in response to said author selecting ones of said multi-media object characteristics for said identified multi-media object, said selected multi-media object characteristics with said identified multi-media object; means for integrating said at least one multi-media object with said page layout to create said presentation page; means for coordinating access to said multi-media objects among a number of said plurality of staff members, each of said multi-media object content and said multi-media object header for a selected multi-media object being able to be accessed and modified simultaneously by a plurality of different staff members to achieve coordinated changes related to said selected multi-media object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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