Method for delivering separate design and content in a multimedia publishing system
First Claim
1. An electronic publication system, comprising:
- a network server having a publication storage area;
at least one publisher computer coupled to the network server having a designer comprising a project editor configured to manage tiles, containers and objects;
a page editor configured to generate title layout pages;
a style sheet editor configured to edit style sheets;
an object editor capable of creating search objects; and
a word processor capable of creating content comprising tagged, hypertext documents;
the designer on the at least one publisher computer configured to create a title comprising at least one of the title layout pages and where the title layout pages are linked and separated from the content; and
a viewer on a viewer computer coupled to the network server configured to retrieve the title from the network server'"'"'s publication storage area, where the viewer downloads the title layout pages and the content as a displayable title, and the title layout pages and the content are stored in a memory area on the viewer computer.
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Abstract
A multimedia publishing system where the format and content can be separated and uploaded to a server by a publisher. Usually, the format used by publishers remains reasonably constant over time, contrasted with the content which changes on a regular basis. As content changes on a regular basis, the publisher uploads only the new content to the server. When clients or customers access the server'"'"'s content, the server downloads the format and content to the user'"'"'s computer. Subsequent downloads of content transmits only the content since the format is cached on the customer'"'"'s computer after the first download. If the publisher desires to change the format at a subsequent time, the next download of content by the customer downloads both the new layout format and the new content. This publication scheme minimizes the transmission of data in bandwidth limited environments.
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29 Claims
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1. An electronic publication system, comprising:
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a network server having a publication storage area;
at least one publisher computer coupled to the network server having a designer comprising a project editor configured to manage tiles, containers and objects;
a page editor configured to generate title layout pages;
a style sheet editor configured to edit style sheets;
an object editor capable of creating search objects; and
a word processor capable of creating content comprising tagged, hypertext documents;
the designer on the at least one publisher computer configured to create a title comprising at least one of the title layout pages and where the title layout pages are linked and separated from the content; and
a viewer on a viewer computer coupled to the network server configured to retrieve the title from the network server'"'"'s publication storage area, where the viewer downloads the title layout pages and the content as a displayable title, and the title layout pages and the content are stored in a memory area on the viewer computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A multimedia publication system, comprising:
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a publisher computer coupled to the network server comprising a designer environment having a project editor configured to manage tiles, containers and objects;
a page editor configured to generate title layout pages;
a style sheet editor configured to edit style sheets;
an object editor configured to create search objects; and
a content editor configured to edit content comprising tagged, hypertext documents;
a project created by the publisher computer'"'"'s project editor;
a plurality of titles and content folders created by the publisher computer;
layout objects created by the page editor the style sheet editor and the project editor;
content objects created by the content editor;
a server connected to the publisher computer having a storage area for storing the project received from the publisher computer;
a customer computer connected to the server having a viewer for displaying the project received from the server storage area, where the content objects and the layout objects of the title are together rendered as displayable portions of the project; and
an automatic tracking system configured to track changes in the content objects and the layout objects. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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