Providing a presentation in a remote location

• US 8,166,401 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2008
• Issued: 04/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PHM Associates Limited
• Original Assignee: PHM Associates Limited
• Inventors: Hookham-Miller, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Distefano, Gregory A
• Application Number:
  US12/167,550
• Publication Number:
  US 20090031221A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,391 Days
• Field of Search: 715/730, 715/731, 715/732
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums

Abstract

A method for providing computer readable instructions for a presentation in a remote location is disclosed. In the method non-editable computer readable instructions for a presentation at a remote location are received from a central data storage via a data network. A user at the remote location then provides at least one set of computer readable instructions that are associated with the presentation. A modified presentation is presented at the remote location based on the non-editable set of computer readable instructions and the associated computer readable instructions. The associated computer readable instructions can then be sent to the central data storage for use in at least one subsequent execution of the presentation.

Claims

1. A method for providing computer readable instructions for a presentation in a remote location by at least one wireless user terminal, comprising

receiving, at a data processing device in a remote location via a data network from a central data storage, data comprising non-editable computer readable instructions and editable computer readable instructions for a presentation, wherein the non-editable computer readable instructions relate to a fixed part of the presentation and the editable computer readable instructions relate to an editable part of the presentation;

editing the editable computer readable instructions using an user interface of the data processing device in the remote location to generate at least one set of edited computer readable instructions that are associated with the presentation;

presenting substantially in real-time with the editing a modified presentation by the data processing device at the remote location based on the non-editable computer readable instructions and the associated edited computer readable instructions; and

sending the associated edited computer readable instructions from the data processing device to the central data storage for sending to at least one wireless user terminal without sending the non-editable computer readable instructions for use in at least one subsequent execution of the presentation in the modified form by the at least one wireless user terminal.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising

sending a request for execution of the presentation to the central data storage;

and

in response, receiving from the central data storage data that comprises the non-editable computer readable instructions and the associated computer readable instructions.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the providing of the at least one set of associated computer readable instructions comprises localising the content of the presentation based on specific requirements of the remote location.

4. A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the localising comprises modifying the associated computer readable instructions in view of at least one of language, local legal requirements, local market conditions, local technical and/or market specifications, terminology and local preferences.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the presentation comprises a teaching or training tool for use in remote locations with differing requirements.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central data storage comprises a centrally managed server.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the non-editable set of computer readable instructions is based on Flash files.

8. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one associated set of computer readable instructions is based on extended mark-up language (XML) files.

9. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising generating at least one set of the associated computer readable instructions at the remote location, and associating the generated at least one set with the presentation.

10. A method for providing computer readable instructions for presentations in remote locations, comprising

sending, from a central data processing device to a data processing device in a remote location, data comprising non-editable computer readable instructions and editable computer readable instructions for a presentation, wherein the non-editable computer readable instructions relate to a fixed part of the presentation and the editable computer readable instructions relate to an editable part of the presentation;

receiving at the central data processing device from the data processing device at the remote location at least one set of edited computer readable instructions that are edited from said editable computer readable instructions to adapt for the requirements of the remote location and are associated with the presentation;

storing the associated edited computer readable instructions at the central data processing device;

receiving a request for the presentation from at least one wireless user terminal at the remote location; and

sending, from the central data processing device to the at least one wireless user terminal, data that comprises the associated edited computer readable instructions without sending the non-editable computer readable instructions for presentation of a modified presentation by the at least one wireless user terminal at the remote location.

11. A system for providing computer readable instructions for a presentation in a remote location, comprising a central data storage and at least one remote data processing device, wherein

the at least one remote data processing device is configured to execute computer readable instructions, to receive via a data network from the central data storage data comprising non-editable computer readable instructions and editable computer readable instructions for a presentation, wherein the non-editable computer readable instructions relate to a fixed part of the presentation and the editable computer readable instructions relate to an editable part of the presentation, to generate at least one set of edited computer readable instructions by editing the received editable computer readable instructions that are associated with the presentation, to present substantially real-time with the editing a modified presentation based on the non-editable set of computer readable instructions and the associated edited computer readable instructions, and to send the associated edited computer readable instructions to the central data storage, and

the central data storage is configured to receive and store said at least one set of associated edited computer readable instructions, to receive a request for the presentation from at least one wireless user terminal at the remote location, and in response thereto to send data that comprises the non-editable computer readable instructions and the associated editable computer readable instructions for presenting a presentation, wherein the central data processing device is further configured to send to the at least one wireless user terminal data that comprises the associated edited computer readable instructions for presentation of the modified presentation by the at least one wireless user terminal without sending the non-editable computer readable instructions.

12. A system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the at least one remote data processing device is configured to localise the presentation based on specific requirements of the remote location by processing the associated computer readable instructions.

13. A system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the presentation comprises a teaching or training tool for use in remote locations with differing requirements.

14. A system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the central data storage comprises a centrally managed server.

15. An apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to

present at a remote location a presentation based on data received via a data network from a central data storage, wherein said data comprises non-editable computer readable instructions and editable computer readable instructions, wherein the non-editable computer readable instructions relate to a fixed part of the presentation and the editable computer readable instructions relate to an editable part of the presentation;

process, at the remote location, the received non-editable computer readable instructions to generate at least one set of edited computer readable instructions that are associated with the presentation;

present substantially in real-time with the generation of the edited computer readable instructions a modified presentation at the remote location based on the non-editable set of computer readable instructions and the associated edited computer readable instructions; and

send the associated edited computer readable instructions to the central data storage for use in sending data to wireless user terminals at the remote location for at least one subsequent execution of the presentation to provide the modified presentation at the wireless user terminals, wherein the edited computer readable instructions are sent to the wireless user terminals without sending the non-editable computer readable instructions.

16. An apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the apparatus is comprised in a mobile data processing device configured for communication via a wireless connection.

17. An apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the apparatus comprises a touch sensitive screen or pad.

18. An apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to:

send from a central data processing device to a data processing device in a remote location data comprising non-editable computer readable instructions and editable computer readable instructions for a presentation, wherein the non-editable computer readable instructions relate to a fixed part of the presentation and the editable computer readable instructions relate to an editable part of the presentation;

receive from the data processing device at the remote location at least one set of edited computer readable instructions that are edited from said editable computer readable instructions to adapt for the requirements of the remote location and are associated with the presentation;

store the associated edited computer readable instructions;

receive a request for the presentation from at least one wireless user terminal at the remote location; and

send in response to the request from the central data processing device to the at least one wireless user terminal data that comprises the associated edited computer readable instructions without sending the non-editable computer readable instructions for presentation of a modified presentation by the at least one wireless user terminal.