Non-linear presentation canvas

• US 8,032,832 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2008
• Issued: 10/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Russ, Victor Kevin, Sands, Ian Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, KIEU D
• Application Number:
  US12/107,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20090265632A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,261 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716, 715/719, 715/727, 715/730, 715/731, 715/732, 715/733, 715/762, 715/764, 715/765, 715/781, 715/810, 715/205, 725/135, 725/136
• US Class Current: 715/731
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums

Abstract

Technologies are described herein for providing a non-linear presentation canvas. A non-linear presentation canvas is provided. The non-linear presentation canvas is a virtual space onto which multimedia files and hyperlinks can be inserted. A content preview for one or more of the multimedia files and hyperlinks inserted onto the non-linear presentation canvas is displayed. The content preview is selectable to display the corresponding multimedia files and hyperlinks during a presentation.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

provide a non-linear presentation canvas, the non-linear presentation canvas comprising a virtual space onto which multimedia files and hyperlinks are inserted; and

display a content preview for one or more of the multimedia files and hyperlinks inserted onto the non-linear presentation canvas, the content preview being selectable to display the corresponding multimedia files and hyperlinks during a presentation.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to provide a nested workspace function for inserting a nested workspace onto the non-linear presentation canvas, the nested workspace providing another virtual space onto which the multimedia files and the hyperlinks are inserted.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 2 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive a selection of the nested workspace via an input device; and

enlarge the nested workspace in response to receiving the selection of the nested workspace.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 2 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to provide a formatting function for moving, orienting, and sizing the nested workspace on the non-linear presentation canvas.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 2 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to provide a labeling function for labeling the nested workspace.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive a selection of the content preview via an input device; and

swap the content preview in memory with the corresponding multimedia files in response to receiving the selection of the content preview.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receiving a selection of the content preview via an input device; and

call a portion of the corresponding multimedia files being displayed into memory in response to receiving the selection of the content preview.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the content preview comprises a low-resolution image of at least a portion of the corresponding multimedia files and hyperlinks.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the low-resolution image comprises a mipmap.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

provide a zooming function for zooming within the non-linear presentation canvas and the corresponding multimedia files and hyperlinks; and

provide a panning function for panning across portions of the non-linear presentation canvas and the corresponding multimedia files and hyperlinks.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive an instruction via the zooming function to zoom from a first resolution of the corresponding multimedia files to a second resolution of the corresponding multimedia files; and

in response to receiving the instruction, swap a first mipmap in memory with a second mipmap, the first mipmap corresponding to the first resolution, the second mipmap corresponding to the second resolution.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive an instruction via the panning function to pan from a first portion of the corresponding multimedia files to a second portion of the corresponding multimedia files;

in response to receiving the instruction, swap the first portion in memory with the second portion.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to provide a snapshot capture function for capturing a displayed portion of the non-linear presentation canvas and for ordering a plurality of displayed portions in a linear sequence for display during the presentation.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

provide a back function for displaying a previous displayed portion in the linear sequence; and

provide a forward function for displaying a subsequent displayed portion in the linear sequence.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to provide a formatting function for moving, orienting, and sizing the content preview on the non-linear presentation canvas.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to provide a mode function for choosing between a build mode, an annotate mode, and a present mode,

the build mode enabling an insertion of the corresponding multimedia files and hyperlinks onto the non-linear presentation canvas,

the annotate mode enabling an insertion of annotations onto the non-linear presentation canvas to supplement the content preview displayed on the non-linear presentation canvas,

the present mode enabling a display of the corresponding multimedia files and hyperlinks in response to receiving a selection of the content preview via an input device.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive a selection of the content preview; and

in response to receiving the selection of the content preview, display the corresponding multimedia files and hyperlinks within the non-linear presentation canvas without executing an external application program.