Method for multimedia presentation development based on importing appearance, function, navigation, and content multimedia characteristics from external files
First Claim
1. A method for creating a multimedia title, comprising the steps of:
- storing all appearance, function or navigation data multimedia characteristics to be used by the multimedia title and all information content multimedia characteristics to be used by the multimedia title into one or more files external to the multimedia title; and
reading and processing the appearance, function or navigation data multimedia characteristics and the information content multimedia characteristics for use by the multimedia title in accordance with one or more program files external to the multimedia title,wherein linkages are not explicitly defined for the multimedia title.
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Abstract
A single-frame multimedia title contains all of the multimedia elements required for a given multimedia title or type of multimedia title. External Data Files, External Content Files, and External Program Files are stored external to the single-frame and are read into the single-frame when needed. Because data and content files are external to the single-frame, the single-frame has very limited or no linking requirements since the multimedia title does not require the association of any particular appearance, function, navigation, or content characteristics with multimedia elements in the single-frame. Also, the external storage of data, content, and programming files allows changes to the content of the multimedia title to be quickly and easily implemented by simply changing the appropriate External Data Files, External Content Files, or External Program Files, whether the changes be local or global in nature.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for creating a multimedia title, comprising the steps of:
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storing all appearance, function or navigation data multimedia characteristics to be used by the multimedia title and all information content multimedia characteristics to be used by the multimedia title into one or more files external to the multimedia title; and reading and processing the appearance, function or navigation data multimedia characteristics and the information content multimedia characteristics for use by the multimedia title in accordance with one or more program files external to the multimedia title, wherein linkages are not explicitly defined for the multimedia title. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A multimedia title system, comprising:
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a multimedia title having one or more multimedia elements; one or more files external to the multimedia title that contain all appearance, function or navigation data multimedia characteristics to be used by the multimedia title and all information content multimedia characteristics to be used by the multimedia title; and a program file external to the multimedia title that is used by a software engine to read and process the appearance, function or navigation multimedia characteristics and the information content multimedia characteristics into the multimedia title as needed, wherein an appearance, function or navigation data multimedia characteristic of the multimedia title may be changed by changing one or more appearance, function or navigation data multimedia characteristics of the appearance, function or navigation data multimedia characteristics stored in the one or more files external to the multimedia title and an information content multimedia characteristic of the multimedia title may be changed by changing one or more information content multimedia characteristics of the information content multimedia characteristics stored in the one or more files external to the multimedia title, wherein linkages are not explicitly defined for the multimedia title. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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