Framework for slideshow object

• US 8,832,555 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2009
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Weber, Ralf, Diaconu, Adrian, Vergnaud, Guillaume, Van Osten, Bob
• Primary Examiner(s): Augustine, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US12/497,541
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169783A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,895 Days
• Field of Search: 715/719, 715/723, 715/730, 715/731, 715/732
• US Class Current: 715/732
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence

Abstract

A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more processors, memory that receives instructions from the one or more processors according to a clock operating at a frequency, one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to: define a layer, wherein the layer comprises one or more effects; associate media content with the layer; aggregate the layer with one or more other layers; and, assemble the aggregated layers.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for authoring media presentations, the method comprising:

defining a layer, the layer comprising one or more containers;

associating one or more effects to the one or more containers, the one or more containers each including media content;

performing an analysis of the media content within the containers;

logically associating the layer with the one or more other layers based at least in part on the analysis of the media content;

aggregating the layer with the one or more other layers; and

assembling the aggregated layers, the effects, and the containers within a single document, wherein the assembling is performed automatically in response to the analysis of the media content.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the effects are separated by a gap, a transition, or an effect separation variable.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the effects are associated with one or more slides.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the slides refer to the media content.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the media content comprises an image, a video, or an audio.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the effects are associated with a style, style property, or document property.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the layer is a background layer or a foreground layer.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the other layers are background layers or foreground layers.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein aggregated layers are one or more background layers and foreground layers.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the style comprises one or more style properties from the group comprising:

a media presentation order, a thumbnail, a layout, a position, a size, a zPosition, a base period, an effect presets, an effect settings overwrite, a matching layer duration, a recommended effect duration, a transition preset, a transition settings overwrite, a recommended transition duration, a filter preset, a filter preset criteria, a filter likelihood, a gap likelihood, a layer importance, a slide filter preset criteria, a slide frames criteria, an automatic filter likelihood, and a support per-slide customization.

11. The computer method of claim 6, wherein the style comprises one or more document properties from the group comprising:

a background color and an automatic filter mode.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the performing an analysis of the media content comprises processing data resulting from several analyses related to the media content.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein logically associating comprises ordering the layer with reference to the background layer.

37. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein defining a layer includes defining a keyframe that includes an animation path and rate of animation within an effect container.

38. The computer-implemented method of claim 37, wherein the keyframe includes a vector keyframe that animates a property having two or more values.

39. The computer-implemented method of claim 38, where the two or more values include constituent color components.

14. A system for authoring media presentations, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory coupled to the one or more processors;

one or more programs stored in the memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions to;

define a layer, the layer comprising one or more effect containers;

associate one or more effects to the one or more effect containers, the one or more containers each including media content;

perform an analysis of the media content within the containers;

logically associate the layer with the one or more other layers based at least in part on the analysis of the media content;

aggregate the layer with the one or more other layers; and

assemble the aggregated layers, the effects, and the effect containers within a single document, wherein the assembling is performed automatically in response to the analysis of the media content.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the effects are separated by a gap, a transition, or an effect separation variable.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the effects are associated with one or more slides.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the slides refer to media content.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the media content comprises an image, a video, or an audio.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the effects are associated with a style, style property, or document property.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the layer is a background layer or a foreground layer.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein the other layers are background layers or foreground layers.

22. The system of claim 14, wherein aggregated layers are one or more background layers and foreground layers.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the style comprises one or more style properties from the group comprising:

a media presentation order, a thumbnail, a layout, a position, a size, a zPosition, a base period, an effect presets, an effect settings overwrite, a matching layer duration, a recommended effect duration, a transition preset, a transition settings overwrite, a recommended transition duration, a filter preset, a filter preset criteria, a filter likelihood, a gap likelihood, a layer importance, a slide filter preset criteria, a slide frames criteria, an automatic filter likelihood, and a support per-slide customization.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the style comprises one or more document properties from the group comprising:

a background color and an automatic filter mode.

25. The system of claim 14, wherein the perform instruction comprises an instruction to perform several analyses related to the media content.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the assemble instruction comprises an instruction to process data resulting from the several analyses related to the media content.

27. The system of claim 14, wherein the instruction to logically associate comprises an instruction to order the layer with reference to a background layer.

28. A computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:

define a layer, the layer comprising one or more containers;

associate one or more effects to the one or more containers, the one or more containers each including media content;

perform an analysis of the media content within the containers;

logically associate the layer with the one or more other layers based at least in part on the analysis of the media content;

aggregate the layer with the one or more other layers; and

assemble the aggregated layers, the effects, and the containers within a single document, wherein the assembling is performed automatically in response to the analysis of the media content.

29. A computer program product storing one or more instructions for execution by a computer, the one or more instructions comprising:

creating a document;

associating one or more layers to the document, the one or more layers being organized within the document;

associating one or more containers with the one or more layers, the containers being linked and being organized within the layers;

associating one or more effects with the containers;

assembling the effects, containers, and layers logically within the document;

performing an analysis of media content; and

associating media content with the layers based at least in part on the performance of the analysis of the media content after associating one or more containers with the layers.

30. The computer program product storing one or more instructions of claim 29, the one or more instructions further comprising:

determining an order of the media content within the document based on characteristics associated with the media content;

wherein associating media content with the layers includes associating the media content with a layer.

31. The computer program product storing one or more instructions of claim 30, wherein the media content includes a plurality of images and the characteristics include:

resolution, size, quality, or compression type.

32. The computer program product storing one or more instructions of claim 30, wherein the media content includes a plurality of videos and the characteristics include:

resolution, size, quality, frames per second, or compression type.

33. The computer program product storing one or more instructions of claim 30, wherein the media content includes a playlist including a list of songs, and the characteristics include:

song genre, beats per minute, rhythmic strength, or harmonic complexity.

34. The computer program product storing one or more instructions of claim 29, wherein defining a layer includes defining a keyframe that includes an animation path and rate of animation within an effect container.

35. The computer program product storing one or more instructions of claim 34, wherein the keyframe includes a vector keyframe that animates a property having two or more values.

36. The computer program product storing one or more instructions of claim 35, where the two or more values include constituent color components.