Method and device for generating a presentation

• US 9,098,512 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Berglund, Carl Fredrik Alexander, Eriksson, Marcus, Winberg, Michael Erik
• Primary Examiner(s): BAUTISTA, XIOMARA L
• Application Number:
  US13/630,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20140096006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• Field of Search: 715/730, 715/732, 715/764, 715/765, 345/473
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of generating a presentation including a plurality of slides, the method comprising: storing a first slide and a second slide, each slide having one or more content elements; selecting, based on the one or more content elements of the first slide or the second slide or both, a slide transition from a set of slide transitions, each slide transition in the set of slide transitions defining how display of one slide changes to display of another slide; displaying the first slide; and, subsequently changing display of the first slide to display of the second slide in accordance with the selected slide transition. An electronic device and computer program product are also provided.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of generating a presentation including a plurality of slides, the method comprising:

storing a first slide and a second slide, each slide having one or more content elements;

using an algorithm to determine, based on the one or more content elements of the first slide or the second slide or both, two or more slide transitions from a set of slide transitions, wherein the two or more slide transitions have different properties from each other and each slide transition in the set of slide transitions defines how display of one slide changes to display of another slide;

displaying the first slide;

receiving a user input that indicates one or more properties that the user would like the slide transition to have;

determining one of the selected two or more slide transitions in dependence on the received user input; and

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subsequently changing display of the first slide to display of the second slide in accordance with the determined selected slide transition.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting is based on the number of content elements in the first slide or the number of content elements in the second slide or both.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting is based on content type of the one or more content elements of the first slide or the content type of the one or more content elements of the second slide or both.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting is based on a characteristic of the one or more content elements of the first slide or a characteristic of the one or more content elements of the second slide or both, the characteristic defining an aspect of the graphical appearance and layout of the one or more content elements.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the characteristic is selected from the group consisting of:

type face, font weight, font size, font colour, image contrast, image saturation, font contrast, font saturation, background colour and background effect.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting is based on one or more dimensions of the region covered by the one or more content elements of the first slide or the region covered by the one or more content elements of the second slide or both.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting is based on comparison of the one or more content elements of the first slide with the one or more content elements of the second slide.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first slide or second slide or both contains a plurality of content elements of different content types, and wherein the slide transition selected defines a different animation for each content type.

9. An electronic device for generating a presentation including a plurality of slides, the device comprising:

one or more processors; and

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memory comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more of the processors, cause the electronic device to;

store a first slide and a second slide, each slide having one or more content elements;

use an algorithm to determine, based on the one or more content elements of the first slide or the second slide or both, two or more slide transitions from a set of slide transitions, wherein the two or more slide transitions have different properties from each other and each slide transition in the set of slide transitions defines how display of one slide changes to display of another slide;

display the first slide;

receive a user input that indicates one or more properties that the user would like the slide transition to have;

determine one of the selected two or more slide transitions in dependence on the received user input; and

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subsequently change display of the first slide to display of the second slide in accordance with the determined selected slide transition.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the selecting is based on the number of content elements in the first slide or the number of content elements in the second slide or both.

11. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the selecting is based on content type of the one or more content elements of the first slide or the content type of the one or more content elements of the second slide or both.

12. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the selecting is based on a characteristic of the one or more content elements of the first slide or a characteristic of the one or more content elements of the second slide or both, the characteristic defining an aspect of the graphical appearance and layout of the one or more content elements.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the characteristic is selected from the group consisting of:

type face, font weight, font size, font colour, image contrast, image saturation, font contrast, font saturation, background colour and background effect.

14. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the selecting is based on one or more dimensions of the respective region covered by the one or more content elements of the first slide or the second slide or both.

15. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the selecting is based on comparison of the one or more content elements of the first slide with the one or more content elements of the second slide.

16. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the first slide or second slide or both contains a plurality of content elements of different content types, and wherein the slide transition selected defines a different animation for each content type.

17. A computer program product for generating a presentation including a plurality of slides, the computer program product comprising memory comprising instructions which when executed by one or more of the processors of an electronic device cause the electronic device to:

store a first slide and a second slide, each slide having one or more content elements;

use an algorithm to determine, based on the one or more content elements of the first slide or the second slide or both, two or more slide transitions from a set of slide transitions, wherein the two or more slide transitions have different properties from each other and each slide transition in the set of slide transitions defines how display of one slide changes to display of another slide;

display the first slide;

receive a user input that indicates one or more properties that the user would like the slide transition to have;

determine one of the selected two or more slide transitions in dependence on the received user input; and

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subsequently change display of the first slide to display of the second slide in accordance with the determined selected slide transition.