Generating multimedia documents
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method performed on a computer system of generating multimedia documents, the method comprising:
- representing an object in a multimedia document using a standard format;
enabling the object to be manipulated in a native format different from the standard format;
receiving configuration parameters from a user; and
upon an occurrence of a predetermined event, converting the native format to the standard format based on the received configuration parameters.
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Multimedia documents, for example, HTML pages, are created by a user in a graphic development environment running on a computer system by representing an object (e.g., an image) in a standard format while enabling the user to view and manipulate the object in a rich, native format which is different from the standard format. After the user has manipulated the object as desired, the native format representation of the object is automatically converted to the standard format and is used to represent the object in the multimedia document.
-
Citations
39 Claims
-
1. A method performed on a computer system of generating multimedia documents, the method comprising:
-
representing an object in a multimedia document using a standard format; enabling the object to be manipulated in a native format different from the standard format; receiving configuration parameters from a user; and upon an occurrence of a predetermined event, converting the native format to the standard format based on the received configuration parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
-
-
22. A method of generating multimedia documents on a computer system, the method comprising:
-
providing an author with an interactive graphic development environment for developing a multimedia document that includes an object represented in a standard format; in response to input from the author, invoking from within the graphic development environment an application that enables the object to be manipulated in a native format different from the standard format; automatically converting a representation of the object from the native format to the standard format upon detecting that a predetermined operation has been performed by the application; and concurrently maintaining at least two files representative of the object including a first file in which the object is represented in the native format and at least one other file in which the object is represented in the standard format. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
-
-
26. A multimedia document development system comprising:
-
multiple representations of a multimedia component including a standard-format representation and a native-format representation; a graphical environment for constructing a multimedia document using multimedia components in their respective standard formats; helper applications invocable from within the graphical environment for manipulating the multimedia components in their respective native formats; and a conversion process for automatically converting a native-format representation of a multimedia component to a standard-format representation of a multimedia component in response to a recognition that a new native-format representation of a multimedia component has been generated. - View Dependent Claims (27)
-
-
28. Computer software for a multimedia development system, the computer software residing on a computer-readable medium and comprising instructions for causing a computer to perform the following operations:
-
display a media object in a standard format; invoke a helper application that allows a user to manipulate the media object in a native format different from the standard format; monitor for the existence of a new native-format version of the media object; upon detecting the existence of a new native-format version of the media object, convert the new native-format version of the media object to a new standard-format version of the media object; and display the new standard-format version of the media object. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
-
-
32. A computer-based method for use with an object included in a multimedia document within an editing environment associated with a common file format, the object being associated with an application program having a different native file format, the method comprising:
-
maintaining two files representative of the object, one file in the common file format, the other file in the different native format; and synchronizing content of the two files in response to work done on the document by a user working in the editing environment.
-
-
33. A computer-implemented method of developing multimedia documents, the method comprising:
-
representing a plurality of media elements in a multimedia document using one or more standard formats recognized by a first editor application; enabling at least one of the media elements in the multimedia document to be edited by another editor application in a native format different from the media element'"'"'s standard format; and upon occurrence of a predetermined event, converting the media element'"'"'s native format to the media element'"'"'s standard format. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
-
Specification