Method and apparatus for displaying multiple page files

• US 8,051,377 B1
• Filed: 08/31/2005
• Issued: 11/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Gourdol, Arno
• Primary Examiner(s): Sax; Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAM, LINH K
• Application Number:
  US11/218,183
• Time in Patent Office: 2,253 Days
• Field of Search: 715/730, 715/732, 715/833, 715/204
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/114 Pagination

Abstract

Embodiments for displaying multiple page files are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a plurality of files may be automatically displayed. For the respective files of the plurality of files, a count of pages may be determined, and at least one of the pages of the file may be displayed. If the count of pages is determined to be greater than one, a plurality of pages of the file may be automatically displayed.

Claims

1. A method for generating a slideshow, comprising:

performing by a computer;

receiving a selection of a plurality of files to be displayed as slides in the same slideshow, wherein two or more of the selected plurality of files have different file types, and wherein at least one of the selected plurality of files is a multi-page file, and at least one of the selected plurality of files is a single page file;

automatically generating the slideshow from the selected plurality of files including the two or more files having different file types and the at least one multi-page file and the at least one single page file, wherein one of the different file types is an image file type or a portable document format file type, wherein for each respective file of the selected plurality of files, said automatically generating includes displaying the slides based on the selected files in a sequential order, wherein said displaying comprises, for each file;

determining a file type for the file;

if the file type is determined to support multiple pages, displaying at least one of the pages of the file in the slideshow according to the sequential order, wherein each displayed page is displayed as a separate slide;

if the file type is determined to not support multiple pages, displaying the file as one of the slides in the slideshow according to the sequential order, wherein the image file type is determined to not support multiple pages;

displaying a transition between two pages from the multi-page file in the slideshow if a count of pages is determined to be greater than one.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically generating the slideshow further comprises displaying a transition between slides for two files.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying at least one of the pages of the file comprises displaying a transition between slides for two pages of the file.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically generating the slideshow from a plurality of files further comprises automatically displaying the plurality of files stored on a system memory device of the computing platform.

4. A method, comprising:

performing by a computer;

receiving a selection of a plurality of files to be displayed as slides in the same slideshow, wherein two or more of the selected plurality of files have different file types, and wherein at least one of the selected plurality of files is a multi-page file, and at least one of the selected plurality of files is a single page file;

automatically generating the slideshow from the selected plurality of files including the two or more files having different file types and the at least one multi-page file and the at least one single page file, wherein one of the different file types is an image file type or a portable document format file type, wherein for each file of the selected plurality of files, said automatically generating includes;

determining a file type for the file;

if the file type is determined to support multiple pages, determining a count of pages in the file, and if the count is greater than one, determining for each page if the page satisfies a pre-selected rating criterion, and including the page in the slide show only if the page is determined to satisfy the preselected rating criterion; and

if the file type is determined to not support multiple pages, including the file in the slideshow as one of the slides, wherein the image file type is determined to not support multiple pages.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said automatically generating the slideshow from the selected plurality of files comprises displaying a single page file of a first file type and further displaying a multiple page file of a second file type in the same slideshow.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second file type is comprises a portable document format file type.

28. The method of claim 4, wherein said automatically generating the slideshow from a plurality of files further comprises automatically displaying the plurality of files stored on a system memory device of the computing platform.

7. A method, comprising:

performing by a computer;

receiving an indication from a user to display a plurality of indicated files in a slideshow, wherein two or more of plurality of indicated files have different file types, and wherein at least one of the indicated files is a multi-page file, and at least one of the selected plurality of files is a single page file; and

automatically generating the slideshow from the plurality of indicated files including the two or more files having different file types and the at least one multi-page file and the at least one single page file, wherein one of the different file types is an image file type or a portable document format file type, wherein said automatically generating comprises for each respective file of the plurality of indicated files;

determining a file type for a the file;

if the file type is determined to support multiple pages, determining a count of pages in the file, and if the count is greater than one, including in a sequential manner one or more pages of the file in the slideshow; and

if the file type is determined to not support multiple pages, including the file as a single slide in the slideshow, wherein the image file type is determined to not support multiple pages;

including a transition in the slideshow between two pages of the multi-page file if the count of pages is determined to be greater than one.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

stopping display of a first of the plurality of indicated files and displaying a second of the plurality of indicated files in response to a selection by a user.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein said displaying in a sequential manner further comprises stopping display of a first image of the file and displaying a second image of the file in response to a selection by a user.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein said displaying in a sequential manner further comprises displaying a transition between two of the pages of the file.

29. The method of claim 7, wherein said receiving the indication from a user to display the plurality of indicated files further comprises receiving the indication from the user to display the plurality of indicated files stored on stored on a system memory device of the computing platform.

11. An article, comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing platform to;

receive a selection of a plurality of files to be displayed as slides in a same slideshow, wherein two or more of the selected plurality of files have different files types, and wherein at least one of the selected plurality of files is a multi-page file, and at least one of the selected plurality of files is a single page file; and

automatically generate the slideshow from the selected plurality of files including the two or more files having different file types and the at least one multi-page file and the at least one single page file, wherein one of the different file types is an image file type or a portable document format file type, wherein for each respective file of the plurality of files, said automatically generate includes displaying the slides based on the selected files in a sequential order, wherein said displaying comprises, for each file;

determining a file type for the file;

if the file type is determined to support multiple pages, displaying at least one of the pages in the file in the slideshow according to the sequential order, wherein each displayed page is displayed as a separate slide; and

if the file type is determined to not support multiple pages, displaying the file as one of the slides in the slideshow according to the sequential order, wherein the image file type is determined to not support multiple pages;

displaying a transition between two pages from the multi-page file in the slideshow if a count of pages is determined to be greater than one.

12. The article of claim 11, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing platform to display generate the slideshow from the plurality of files by displaying a first file of a first file type and by further displaying a second file of a second file type.

13. The article of claim 12, wherein the first file type comprises a single page file type and the second file type comprises a multiple page file type.

14. The article of claim 13, wherein the second file type comprises a portable document format file type.

15. The article of claim 11, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing platform to automatically generate the slideshow from a plurality of files by displaying a transition between two files.

16. The article of claim 11, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing platform to display at least one of the pages of the file by displaying a transition between two pages of the file if the count of pages is determined to be greater than one.

17. An article, comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing platform to;

receive a selection of a plurality of files to be displayed as slides in the same slideshow, wherein two or more of the selected plurality of files have different files types, and wherein at least one of the selected plurality of files is a multi-page file, and at least one of the selected plurality of files is a single page file; and

automatically generate the slideshow from the selected plurality of files including the two or more files having different file types and the at least one multi-page file and the at least one single page file, wherein one of the different file types is an image file type or a portable document format file type, wherein for each file of the selected plurality of files, said automatically generate includes;

determining a file type for the file;

if the file type is determined to support multiple pages, determining a count of pages in the file, and if the count is greater than one, determining for each page if the page satisfies a pre-selected rating criterion, and including the page in the slideshow if the page is determined to satisfy the pre-selected rating criterion; and

if the page is determined not to support multiple pages, including the file in the slideshow as one of the slides, wherein the image file type is determined to not support multiple pages.

18. The article of claim 17, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing platform to automatically generate the slideshow from a plurality of files by displaying a single page file of a first file type and further displaying a multiple page file of a second file type, wherein said displaying the multiple page file of the second file type comprises automatically displaying a plurality of pages of the multiple page file if the count of pages is determined to be greater than one and if the plurality of pages satisfies the preselecting rating criterion.

19. The article of claim 18, wherein the second file type comprises a portable document format file type.

20. An article, comprising:

a storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by a computing platform to;

receive an indication from a user to display a plurality of indicated files in a slideshow, wherein two or more of plurality of indicated files have different file types, and wherein at least one of the plurality of indicated files is a multi-page file, and at least one of the selected plurality of files is a single page file; and

automatically generate the slideshow from the plurality of indicated files including the two or more files having different file types and the at least one multi-page file and the at least one single page file, wherein one of the different file types is an

image file type or a portable document format file type, wherein said automatically generate comprises for each respected file of the plurality of indicated files;

determining a file type for the file,

if the file type is determined to support multiple pages, determining a count of pages in the file, and if the count is greater than one, including in a sequential manner one or more pages of the file in the slideshow; and

if the file type is determined to not support multiple pages, including the file as a single slide in the slideshow, wherein the image file type is determined to not support multiple pages;

including a transition in the slideshow between two pages of the multi-page file if the count of pages is determined to be greater than one.

21. The article of claim 20, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing platform to:

stop display of a first of the plurality of indicated files and display a second of the plurality of indicated files in response to a selection by a user.

22. The article of claim 20, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing platform to:

stop display of a first image of the file and display a second image of the file in response to a selection by a user.

23. The article of claim 20, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing platform to display in a sequential manner the plurality of pages of the file if the count of pages is determined to be greater than one further comprises displaying a transition between two of the pages of the file.

24. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive a selection of a plurality of files to be displayed as slides in the same slideshow, wherein two or more of the selected plurality of files have different file types, and wherein at least one of the selected plurality of files is a multi-page file, and at least one of the selected plurality of files is a single page file; and

automatically generate a slideshow from the selected plurality of files, including two or more files having different file types and the at least one a multi-page file and the at least one single page file, wherein one of the different file types is an image file type or a portable document format file type, wherein for each respective file of the selected plurality of files, said automatically generate includes displaying the slides based on the selected files in a sequential order, wherein said displaying comprises, for each file;

determining a file type for the file;

if the file type is determined to support multiple pages, displaying at least one of the pages of the file in the slideshow according to the sequential order, wherein each displayed page is displayed as a separate slide; and

if the file type is determined to not support multiple pages, displaying the file as one of the slides in the slideshow according to the sequential order, wherein the image file type is determined to not support multiple pages;

displaying a transition between two pages from the multi-page file in the slideshow if a count of pages is determined to be greater than one.

30. The apparatus of claim 24, further comprising a storage medium storing program instructions executable by the one or more processors to implement said receive a selection and said automatically generate a slideshow.

25. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive a selection of a plurality of files to be displayed as slides in the same slideshow, wherein two or more of the selected plurality of files have different file types, and wherein at least one of the selected plurality of files is a multi-page file, and at least one of the selected plurality of files is a single page file; and

automatically generate a slideshow from the selected plurality of files, including the two or more files having different file types and the at least one multi-page file and the at least one single page file, wherein one of the different file types is an image file type or a portable document format file type, wherein for each respective file of the selected plurality of files, said automatically generating includes;

determining a file type for the file;

if the file type is determined to support multiple pages, determining a count of pages in the file, and if the count is greater than one, determining for each page if the page satisfies a preselected rating criterion, and including the page in the slide show only if the page is determined to satisfy the preselected rating criterion; and

if the file type is determined to not support multiple pages, including the file in the slideshow as one of the slides, wherein the image file type is determined to not support multiple pages.

31. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising a storage medium storing program instructions executable by the one or more processors to implement said receive a selection and said automatically generate a slideshow.

26. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive an indication from a user to display a plurality of indicated files in a slideshow, wherein two or more of plurality of indicated files have different file types, and wherein at least one of the indicated files is a multi-page file, and at least one of the selected plurality of files is a single page file; and

automatically generate a slideshow from the plurality of indicated files including the two or more files having different file types and the at least one multi-page file and the at least one single page file, wherein one of the different file types is an image file type or a portable document format file type, wherein said automatically generate comprises, for each respective file of indicated files;

determine a file type for the file;

if the file type is determined to support multiple pages, determining a count of pages in the file, and if the count is greater than one, including in a sequential manner one or more pages of the file in the slideshow; and

if the file type is determined not to support multiple pages, including the file as a single slide in the slideshow, wherein the image file type is determined to not support multiple pages;

including a transition in the slideshow between two pages of the multi-page file if the count of pages is determined to be greater than one.

32. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising a storage medium storing program instructions executable by the one or more processors to implement said receive an indication and said automatically generate a slideshow.