Dynamic presentations management

• US 9,141,620 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2011
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Piccinini, Sandro, Pichetti, Luigi, Secchi, Marco, Sidoti, Stefano
• Primary Examiner(s): SALOMON, PHENUEL S
• Application Number:
  US13/325,088
• Publication Number:
  US 20120159332A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services

Abstract

A method for dynamic presentations management of electronic presentations including multiple slides, wherein each slide has at least one presentation constraint parameter assigned thereto, and wherein a presentation software is used for generating and displaying the presentation can include gathering metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software, evaluating the metadata regarding the presentation and determining at least one presentation constraint parameter by the presentation software, and automatically arranging and/or selecting slides and/or modifying a content of slides according to the determined at least one presentation constraint parameter to be presented by use of the presentation software.

Claims

1. A method for dynamic presentations management of electronic presentations comprising multiple slides, wherein each slide has at least one presentation constraint parameter assigned thereto, wherein a presentation software is used for generating and displaying the presentation, the method comprising the steps of:

gathering metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software;

evaluating the metadata regarding the presentation and determining at least one presentation constraint parameter by the presentation software;

automatically arranging, using a processor, slides during the course of the presentation according to the determined at least one presentation constraint parameter to be presented by use of the presentation software, wherein the arranging further comprises automatically generating an agenda of the presentation based on the arranged slides to be presented by use of the presentation software; and

automatically modifying a content of slides according to the determined at least one presentation constraint parameter to be presented by use of the presentation software.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of gathering metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software comprises gathering information regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation and combining the gathered information with metadata regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of gathering information regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation comprises evaluating information from a personal information management system of a person holding the presentation.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of evaluating information from a personal information management system of a person holding the presentation comprises evaluating a constraint parameter assigned in the personal information management system in accordance with the at least one presentation constraint parameter.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of gathering information regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation comprises evaluating information from a personal information management system of at least one member of the audience.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of gathering information regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation comprises activating at least one mobile communication device connected to a computer for running the presentation software, requesting identification messages from mobile communication devices of at least parts of the audience, and evaluating received identification messages.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of gathering information regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation comprises evaluating positioning information of the computer.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of combining the gathered information with metadata regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation comprises the step of receiving metadata from a database.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of receiving metadata from a database comprises receiving a company or a position of a member of the audience.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of gathering metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software comprises gathering feedback from the audience.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the metadata is gathered from an email associated with the presentation.

12. A computer program product for dynamic presentations management of electronic presentations comprising multiple slides, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-usable memory including computer-usable program code embodied therewith, the computer-usable program code comprising;

computer-usable program code configured to gather metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software;

computer-usable program code configured to evaluate the metadata regarding the presentation and determining at least one presentation constraint parameter by the presentation software;

computer-usable program code configured to automatically arrange slides during the course of the presentation according to the determined at least one presentation constraint parameter to be presented by use of the presentation software, wherein the arranging further comprises automatically generating an agenda of the presentation based on the arranged slides to be presented by use of the presentation software; and

computer-usable program code configured to automatically modify a content of slides according to the determined at least one presentation constraint parameter to be presented by use of the presentation software.

13. The computer program product according to claim 12, wherein the computer-usable program code configured to gather metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software comprises computer-usable program code configured to gather information regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation and combine the gathered information with metadata regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation.

14. The computer program product according to claim 12, wherein the computer-usable program code configured to gather information regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation comprises computer-usable program code configured to evaluate information from a personal information management system of at least one member of the audience.

15. The computer program product according to claim 12, wherein the metadata is gathered from an email associated with the presentation.

16. A system for dynamic presentations management of electronic presentations comprising multiple slides, the system comprising:

a processor configured to initiate operations comprising;

gathering metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software;

evaluating the metadata regarding the presentation and determining at least one presentation constraint parameter by the presentation software;

automatically arranging slides during the course of the presentation according to the determined at least one presentation constraint parameter to be presented by use of the presentation software, wherein the arranging further comprises automatically generating an agenda of the presentation based on the arranged slides to be presented by use of the presentation software; and

automatically modifying a content of slides according to the determined at least one presentation constraint parameter to be presented by use of the presentation software.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein gathering metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software comprises gathering information regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation and combining the gathered information with metadata regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation.

18. The system according to claim 16, wherein the metadata is gathered from an email associated with the presentation.

19. A method for dynamic presentations management of electronic presentations comprising multiple slides, wherein each slide has at least one presentation constraint parameter assigned thereto, wherein a presentation software is used for generating and displaying the presentation, the method comprising the steps of:

gathering metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software;

evaluating the metadata regarding the presentation and determining at least one presentation constraint parameter by the presentation software;

automatically modifying, using a processor, a content of slides during the course of the presentation according to the determined at least one presentation constraint parameter to be presented by use of the presentation software, wherein the arranging further comprises automatically generating an agenda of the presentation based on the arranged slides to be presented by use of the presentation software; and

automatically modifying a content of slides according to the determined at least one presentation constraint parameter to be presented by use of the presentation software.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the step of gathering metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software comprises gathering information regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation and combining the gathered information with metadata regarding the audience, the location, or the schedule of the presentation.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the metadata is gathered from an email associated with the presentation.