Automated dynamic reprioritization of presentation materials

• US 9,081,783 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Allen, Lloyd W. Jr., Grigsby, Travis M., Jenkins, Jana H., Miller, Steven M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hillery, Nathan
• Application Number:
  US12/480,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20100309436A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,227 Days
• Field of Search: 715/273, 715/207, 715/234, 715/246, 715/247
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Slides are selectively presented via a slide presentation system based upon a priority level assigned to a slide presentation. The assigned priority level indicates which of the slides to selectively present and includes a first priority level of at least two priority levels associated with the slide presentation. A request is received during the selective presentation of the slides, via an input device associated with the slide presentation system, to change the priority level assigned to the slide presentation to a second priority level of the at least two priority levels. The remaining slides of the slide presentation are selectively presented via the slide presentation system based upon the second priority level. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting, by a slide presentation system via an input device, an indication from a user of the slide presentation system to start a slide presentation;

determining a slide presentation priority level assigned to the slide presentation, where the assigned slide presentation priority level comprises a first priority level of at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels associated with the slide presentation;

determining which individual slides associated with the slide presentation comprise an individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned slide presentation priority level;

selectively presenting slides, via the slide presentation system, determined to comprise the individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned slide presentation priority level using the individual slide priority levels assigned to the individual slides and inter-slide content dependencies assigned between the individual slides, where the assigned inter-slide content dependencies comprise a user-designated association between content of at least one of the individual slides upon which content of at least one other of the individual slides depends regardless of individual slide priority level assignments of respective slides;

performing, in response to determining that any slide comprises an assigned inter-slide content dependency on another slide, automated dynamic reprioritization of the slides using the inter-slide content dependencies to additionally present the other slide upon which the slide determined to comprise the assigned inter-slide content dependency depends regardless of the individual slide priority level assigned to the other slide;

receiving a request during the selective presentation of the slides via the input device associated with the slide presentation system to change the slide presentation priority level assigned to the slide presentation to a second priority level of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels; and

selectively presenting remaining slides of the slide presentation via the slide presentation system based upon the second priority level and the inter-slide content dependencies in addition to the individual slide priority levels assigned to the individual slides.

2. The method of claim 1, where at least one of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels is associated with each slide of the slide presentation via the individual slide priority levels assigned to each slide and where selectively presenting the slides, via the slide presentation system, determined to comprise the individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned slide presentation priority level comprises:

selecting each slide of the slide presentation with the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level; and

presenting each selected slide with the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level.

3. The method of claim 1, where performing, in response to determining that any slide comprises the assigned inter-slide content dependency on another slide, the automated dynamic reprioritization of the slides using the inter-slide content dependencies to additionally present the other slide upon which the slide determined to comprise the assigned inter-slide content dependency depends regardless of the individual slide priority level assigned to the other slide comprises:

determining that at least one of the selected slides with the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level shares an inter-slide content dependency with at least one other slide; and

selectively presenting the at least one other slide one of before and after the at least one of the selected slides with the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level.

4. The method of claim 1, where selectively presenting the remaining slides of the slide presentation via the slide presentation system based upon the second priority level and the inter-slide content dependencies in addition to the individual slide priority levels assigned to the individual slides comprises:

determining which of the remaining slides of the slide presentation have the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the second priority level; and

selectively presenting the remaining slides determined to have the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the second priority level with the automated dynamic reprioritization of the slides to additionally selectively present any remaining slides determined to comprise the inter-slide content dependency.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request via the input device to measure an amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation;

presenting the slides via a display device associated with the slide presentation system in response to inputs received via the input device;

measuring the amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation; and

associating an estimated time with each slide of the slide presentation based upon the measured amount of time for presentation of each slide.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request via the input device associated with the slide presentation system to automatically select the second priority level based upon a time value indicative of a time remaining for the slide presentation;

determining an estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after a presently active slide within the slide presentation and an estimated time of any slides upon which any of the remaining slides are dependent;

determining the individual slide priority level assigned to each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after the presently active slide within the slide presentation;

determining, for each of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels, an estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation based upon the estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides associated with each of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels plus an estimated time of any of the slides upon which any of the remaining slides are dependent; and

automatically selecting the second priority level based upon the estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation for each of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels that approximates the time remaining for the slide presentation.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one request via the input device associated with the slide presentation system to assign at least one of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels to each slide of the slide presentation as the individual slide priority level assigned to each slide;

receiving a request via the input device associated with the slide presentation system to assign the first priority level to the slide presentation;

assigning the at least one of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels to each slide of the slide presentation as the individual slide priority level assigned to each slide; and

assigning the first priority level to the slide presentation.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one request via the input device associated with the slide presentation system to assign at least one inter-slide content dependency between at least two slides of the slide presentation, where the at least one inter-slide content dependency provides an indication to display both of the at least two slides of the slide presentation in response to a display of one of the at least two slides of the slide presentation regardless of the individual slide priority level assignments of respective slides; and

assigning the at least one inter-slide content dependency between the at least two of the slides.

9. The method of claim 1, where each of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels further comprise at least one of a textual indicator, a numeric indicator, and a weighted indicator designating at least one of a critical priority level, an important priority level, a helpful priority level, and a background priority level.

10. The method of claim 1, where selectively presenting slides, via the slide presentation system, determined to comprise the individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned slide presentation priority level further comprises:

determining that at least one of the slides comprises a content item associated with the first priority level of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels and a content item associated with the second priority level of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels; and

highlighting the content item associated with the first priority level of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels on the at least one of the slides during presentation of the at least one of the slides.

11. A system, comprising:

an input device; and

a processor programmed to;

detect, via the input device, an indication from a user of a slide presentation system to start a slide presentation;

determine a slide presentation priority level assigned to the slide presentation, where the assigned slide presentation priority level comprises a first priority level of at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels associated with the slide presentation;

determine which individual slides associated with the slide presentation comprise an individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned slide presentation priority level;

selectively present, via a display device, slides determined to comprise the individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned slide presentation priority level using the individual slide priority levels assigned to the individual slides and inter-slide content dependencies assigned between the individual slides, where the assigned inter-slide content dependencies comprise a user-designated association between content of at least one of the individual slides upon which content of at least one other of the individual slides depends regardless of individual slide priority level assignments of respective slides;

perform, in response to determining that any slide comprises an assigned inter-slide content dependency on another slide, automated dynamic reprioritization of the slides using the inter-slide content dependencies to additionally present the other slide upon which the slide determined to comprise the assigned inter-slide content dependency depends regardless of the individual slide priority level assigned to the other slide;

receive a request during the selective presentation of the slides via the input device to change the slide presentation priority level assigned to the slide presentation to a second priority level of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels; and

selectively present remaining slides of the slide presentation via the display device based upon the second priority level and the slide inter-slide content dependencies in addition to the individual slide priority levels assigned to the individual slides.

12. The system of claim 11, where, in being programmed to perform, in response to determining that any slide comprises the assigned inter-slide content dependency on another slide, the automated dynamic reprioritization of the slides using the inter-slide content dependencies to additionally present the other slide upon which the slide determined to comprise the assigned inter-slide content dependency depends regardless of the individual slide priority level assigned to the other slide, the processor is programmed to:

determine that at least one of the selected slides with an assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level shares an inter-slide content dependency with at least one other slide; and

selectively present the at least one other slide one of before and after the at least one of the selected slides with the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level via the display device.

13. The system of claim 11, where the processor is further programmed to:

receive a request via the input device to measure an amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation;

present the slides via the display device in response to inputs received via the input device;

measure the amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation; and

associate an estimated time with each slide of the slide presentation based upon the measured amount of time for presentation of each slide.

14. The system of claim 11, where the processor is further programmed to:

receive a request via the input device to automatically select the second priority level based upon a time value indicative of a time remaining for the slide presentation;

determine an estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after a presently active slide within the slide presentation and an estimated time of any slides upon which any of the remaining slides are dependent;

determine the individual slide priority level assigned to each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after the presently active slide within the slide presentation;

determine, for each of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels, an estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation based upon the estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides associated with each of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels plus an estimated time of any of the slides upon which any of the remaining slides are dependent; and

automatically select the second priority level based upon the estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation for each of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels that approximates the time remaining for the slide presentation.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer useable storage medium including a computer readable program, where the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

detect, via an input device, an indication from a user of a slide presentation system to start a slide presentation;

determine a slide presentation priority level assigned to the slide presentation, where the assigned slide presentation priority level comprises a first priority level of at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels associated with the slide presentation;

determine which individual slides associated with the slide presentation comprise an individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned slide presentation priority level;

selectively present slides, via a display device, determined to comprise the individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned slide presentation priority level using the individual slide priority levels assigned to the individual slides and inter-slide content dependencies assigned between the individual slides, where the assigned inter-slide content dependencies comprise a user-designated association between content of at least one of the individual slides upon which content of at least one other of the individual slides depends regardless of individual slide priority level assignments of respective slides;

perform, in response to determining that any slide comprises an assigned inter-slide content dependency on another slide, automated dynamic reprioritization of the slides using the inter-slide content dependencies to additionally present the other slide upon which the slide determined to comprise the assigned inter-slide content dependency depends regardless of the individual slide priority level assigned to the other slide;

receive a request during the selective presentation of the slides via the input device to change the slide presentation priority level assigned to the slide presentation to a second priority level of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels; and

selectively present remaining slides of the slide presentation via the display device based upon the second priority level and the inter-slide content dependencies in addition to the individual slide priority levels assigned to the individual slides.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, where at least one of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels is associated with each slide of the slide presentation via the individual slide priority levels assigned to each slide and where, in causing the computer to selectively present the slides, via the display device, determined to comprise the individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned slide presentation priority level, the computer readable program when executed on the computer causes the computer to:

select each slide of the slide presentation with the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level; and

present each selected slide with the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level via the display device.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, where, in causing the computer to perform, in response to determining that any slide comprises the assigned inter-slide content dependency on another slide, the automated dynamic reprioritization of the slides using the inter-slide content dependencies to additionally present the other slide upon which the slide determined to comprise the assigned inter-slide content dependency depends regardless of the individual slide priority level assigned to the other slide, the computer readable program when executed on the computer causes the computer to:

determine that at least one of the selected slides with the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level shares an inter-slide content dependency with at least one other slide; and

selectively present the at least one other slide one of before and after the at least one of the selected slides with the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the first priority level via the display device.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, where, in causing the computer to selectively present the remaining slides of the slide presentation via the display device based upon the second priority level and the inter-slide content dependencies in addition to the individual slide priority levels assigned to the individual slides, the computer readable program when executed on the computer causes the computer to:

determine which of the remaining slides of the slide presentation have the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the second priority level; and

selectively present the remaining slides determined to have the assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the second priority level via the display device with the automated dynamic reprioritization of the slides to additionally selectively present any remaining slides determined to comprise the inter-slide content dependency.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, where the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

receive a request via the input device to measure an amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation;

present the slides via the display device in response to inputs received via the input device;

measure the amount of time for presentation of each slide of the slide presentation; and

associate an estimated time with each slide of the slide presentation based upon the measured amount of time for presentation of each slide.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, where the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

receive a request via the input device to automatically select the second priority level based upon a time value indicative of a time remaining for the slide presentation;

determine an estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after a presently active slide within the slide presentation and an estimated time of any slides upon which any of the remaining slides are dependent;

determine the individual slide priority level assigned to each of the remaining slides of the slide presentation after the presently active slide within the slide presentation;

determine, for each of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels, an estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation based upon the estimated time associated with each of the remaining slides associated with each of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels plus an estimated time of any of the slides upon which any of the remaining slides are dependent; and

automatically select the second priority level based upon the estimated total remaining time for completion of the slide presentation for each of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels that approximates the time remaining for the slide presentation.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, where the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

receive at least one request via the input device to assign at least one of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels to each slide of the slide presentation as the individual slide priority level assigned to each slide;

receive a request via the input device to assign the first priority level to the slide presentation;

assign the at least one of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels to each slide of the slide presentation as the individual slide priority level assigned to each slide; and

assign the first priority level to the slide presentation.

22. The computer program product of claim 15, where the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

receive at least one request via the input device to assign at least one inter-slide content dependency between at least two slides of the slide presentation, where the at least one inter-slide content dependency provides an indication to display both of the at least two slides of the slide presentation in response to a display of one of the at least two slides of the slide presentation regardless of the individual slide priority level assignments of respective slides; and

assign the at least one inter-slide content dependency between the at least two of the slides.

23. The computer program product of claim 15, where each of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels further comprise at least one of a textual indicator, a numeric indicator, and a weighted indicator designating at least one of a critical priority level, an important priority level, a helpful priority level, and a background priority level.

24. The computer program product of claim 15, where, in causing the computer to selectively present slides, via the display device, determined to comprise the individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned slide presentation priority level, the computer readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

determine that at least one of the slides comprises a content item associated with the first priority level of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels and a content item associated with the second priority level of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels; and

highlight the content item associated with the first priority level of the at least two selectable slide presentation priority levels on the at least one of the slides during presentation of the at least one of the slides.