Multimedia communication and presentation
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a set of sequences of keystrokes, mouse actions, or keystrokes and mouse actions;
detecting whether a mnemonic name is present in said sequences of keystrokes, mouse actions, or keystrokes and mouse actions, said mnemonic name being associated with one of a set of multimedia objects;
when said mnemonic name is detected in said set of sequences, replacing said mnemonic name with said one multimedia object in said set of sequences; and
wherein said set of multimedia objects are associated with an ensemble, said ensemble having a set of ensemble properties.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and system for entry and editing of multimedia objects for communication and presentation, associating multimedia objects with received sequences of keystroke or mouse action abbreviations. When an abbreviation is detected, the abbreviation is replaced with the associated multimedia object. Each multimedia object has editable properties, and each set of multimedia objects can be collected into an ensemble, which itself can have editable properties. One such ensemble property is a “theme,” which presents a variant of each multimedia object consistent with the theme.
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a set of sequences of keystrokes, mouse actions, or keystrokes and mouse actions; detecting whether a mnemonic name is present in said sequences of keystrokes, mouse actions, or keystrokes and mouse actions, said mnemonic name being associated with one of a set of multimedia objects; when said mnemonic name is detected in said set of sequences, replacing said mnemonic name with said one multimedia object in said set of sequences; and wherein said set of multimedia objects are associated with an ensemble, said ensemble having a set of ensemble properties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, comprising:
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a database having a set of mnemonic names, each associated with at least one corresponding multimedia object; an input device for a set of sequences of keystrokes, mouse actions, or keystrokes and mouse actions; a detector capable of detecting at least one of said mnemonic names in said set of sequences and of replacing said mnemonic name with at least one corresponding multimedia object in said set of sequences; and an associating mechanism capable of associating an ensemble with a set of said multimedia objects, said ensemble having a set of ensemble properties; wherein each said multimedia object has a set of editable properties. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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