Storage and utilization of slide presentation slides

• US 7,590,939 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2005
• Issued: 09/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Stiles, Scott M., Sadler, Jennifer, Sareen, Chaitanya Dev, Lowry, Kent Rogers, McAteer, Sean Erik, Lee, Louisa Chi Yan, Riley, Erin Megan, Graham, Clara, Shanmugam, Ravishankar
• Primary Examiner(s): Pillai; Namitha
• Application Number:
  US11/167,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20060294469A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,544 Days
• Field of Search: 715/500.1, 715/511, 715/732, 715/731, 715/730, 715/910, 715/202, 715/203, 715/229, 707/203, 707/201
• US Class Current: 715/731
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99954 Version management

Abstract

Slide presentation files may be separated into one or more individual slide files, and the one or more individual slide files may be stored in a remote or local slide library. Stored individual slide files are populated with metadata for allowing subsequent search and location of individual slide files. A synchronization relationship may be established between a stored slide file and a copy of the stored slide file used in a slide presentation document. As updates are made to the stored slide file, a user of a copy of the stored slide file may be informed of and provided changes made to the original slide file via the synchronization relationship.

Claims

1. A method of managing content of slide files in a slide presentation application, comprising

accessing, on a first client device, a source slide presentation document file that includes a plurality of original slides that includes author generated content;

parsing the source slide presentation document to identify each of the plurality of original slides;

storing, in an external slide library, each of the plurality of original slides as separate library slide files;

generating a first synchronization relationship between one of the original files and a respective library slide file generated during the parsing of the source presentation document file, wherein the first synchronization relationship includes a first encoded path between the slide of the one of the original files and the respective library slides file;

upon receiving a selection of the respective library slide file in the slide library, inserting a copy of the respective library slide file contained in a slide library into a target slide presentation document located on a second client device;

generating a second synchronization relationship between the copy of the respective library slide file in a destination presentation file and the respective library slide file located in the slide library, wherein the second synchronization relationship includes a second encoded path between the copy of the respective library slide file in the destination presentation file and the respective library slide file in the library;

monitoring a state of the respective library slide file contained in the slide library via the second synchronization relationship;

upon receiving a modification to the author generated content of the original slide in the source presentation document file located on the first client device,

updating the respective library slide file slide file in the slide library with the modification according to the first synchronization relationship, and

updating the copy of the respective library slide file in the destination presentation file with the modification according to the second synchronization relationship.

2. The method of claim 1, whereby establishing a second synchronization relationship between the copy of the respective library slide file inserted into the target slide presentation document and the respective library slide file contained in the slide library includes encoding in the copy of the respective library slide file a path to the respective library slide file contained in the slide library and a date stamp associated with a last modification date for the respective library slide file.

3. The method of claim 2, whereby monitoring the state of the respective library slide file via the second synchronization relationship includes monitoring the state of the respective library slide file via the path to the respective library slide file and the date stamp associated with the last modification date for the respective library slide file.

4. The method of claim 3, if the date stamp associated with the last modification date for the respective library slide file changes, determining whether a new version of the respective library slide file is available.

5. The method of claim 4, prior to replacing the copy of the respective library slide file in the target slide presentation document with a copy of the new version of the respective library slide file, providing a notification that a new version of the respective library slide file is available.

6. The method of claim 5, whereby providing a notification that a new version of the respective library slide file is available includes providing a notification in a graphical user interface of a slide presentation application of the target slide presentation document located on the second client device.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising receiving a selection for replacing the copy of the respective library slide file in the target slide presentation document with a copy of the new version of the respective library slide file on the second client device.

8. A computer readable storage medium containing computer executable instruction which when executed by a computer perform a method of managing content of slide files in a slide presentation application, comprising

accessing, on a first client device, a source slide presentation document file that includes a plurality of original slides that includes author generated content;

parsing the source slide presentation document to identify each of the plurality of original slides;

storing, in an external slide library, each of the plurality of original slides as separate library slide files;

generating a first synchronization relationship between one of the original files and a respective library slide file generated during the parsing of the source presentation document file, wherein the first synchronization relationship includes a first encoded path between the slide of

the one of the original files and the respective library slide file;

upon receiving a selection of the respective library slide file in the slide library, inserting a copy of the respective library slide file contained in a slide library into a target slide presentation document located on a second client device;

generating a second synchronization relationship between the copy of the respective library slide file in a destination presentation file and the respective library slide file located in the slide library, wherein the second synchronization relationship includes a second encoded path between the copy of the respective library slide file in the destination presentation file and the respective library slide file in the library;

monitoring a state of the respective library slide file contained in the slide library via the second synchronization relationship;

upon receiving a modification to the author generated content of the original slide in the source presentation document file located on the first client device,

updating the respective library slide file in the slide library with the modification according to the first synchronization relationship, and

updating the copy of the respective library slide file in the destination presentation file with the modification according to the second synchronization relationship.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, whereby establishing a second synchronization relationship between the copy of the respective library slide file inserted into the target slide presentation document and the respective library slide file contained in the slide library includes encoding in the copy of the respective library slide file a path to the respective library slide file contained in the slide library and a date stamp associated with a last modification date for the respective library slide file.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, whereby monitoring the state of the respective library slide file via the second synchronization relationship includes monitoring the state of the respective library slide file via the path to the respective library slide file and the date stamp associated with the last modification date for the respective library slide file.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, whereby if the date stamp associated with the last modification date for the respective library slide file changes, determining whether a new version of the respective library slide file is available.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, prior to replacing the copy of the respective library slide file in the target slide presentation document with a copy of the new version of the respective library slide file providing a notification that a new version of the respective library slide file is available.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, whereby providing a notification that a new version of the respective library slide file is available includes providing a notification in a graphical user interface of a slide presentation application of the target slide presentation document located on the second client device.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising receiving a selection for replacing the copy of the respective library slide file in the target slide presentation document with a copy of the new version of the respective library slide file on the second client device.

15. A system for managing content of slide files in a slide presentation application, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having computer executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured for;

accessing, on a first client device, a source slide presentation document file that includes a plurality of original slides that includes author generated content;

parsing the source slide presentation document to identify each of the plurality of original slides;

storing, in an external slide library, each of the plurality of original slides as separate library slide files;

generating a first synchronization relationship between one of the original files and a respective library slide file generated during the parsing of the source presentation document file, wherein the first synchronization relationship includes a first encoded path between the slide of the one of the original files and the respective library slide file;

upon receiving a selection of the respective library slide file in the slide library, inserting a copy of the respective library slide file contained in a slide library into a target slide presentation document located on a second client device;

generating a second synchronization relationship between the copy of the respective library slide file in a destination presentation file and the respective library slide file located in the slide library, wherein the second synchronization relationship includes a second encoded path between the copy of the respective library slide file in the destination presentation file and the respective library slide file in the library;

monitoring a state of the respective library slide file contained in the slide library via the second synchronization relationship;

upon receiving a modification to the author generated content of the original slide in the source presentation document file located on the first client device,

updating the respective library slide file in the slide library with the modification according to the first synchronization relationship, and

updating the copy of the respective library slide file in the destination presentation file with the modification according to the second synchronization relationship.

16. The system of claim 15, whereby establishing a second synchronization relationship between the copy of the respective library slide file inserted into the target slide presentation document and the respective library slide file contained in the slide library includes encoding in the copy of the respective library slide file a path to the respective library slide file contained in the slide library and a date stamp associated with a last modification date for the respective library slide file.

17. The system of claim 16, whereby monitoring the state of the respective library slide file via the second synchronization relationship includes monitoring the state of the respective library slide file via the path to the respective library slide file and the date stamp associated with the last modification date for the respective library slide file.

18. The system of claim 17, if the date stamp associated with the last modification date for the respective library slide file changes, determining whether a new version of the respective library slide file is available.