Compound application presentation across multiple devices

• US 9,396,698 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2014
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Mital, Vijay, Rubin, Darryl
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUOC H
• Application Number:
  US14/320,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20150379958A1
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/246
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1431 using a single graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/02 Graphics controller able to handle multiple formats, e.g. input or output formats
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/04 Display device controller operating with a plurality of display units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/005 Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal

Abstract

Presentation of transformation chain output on devices. The transformation chain includes one or more presentation nodes that drive rendering of output, such that a change in a value in the presentation node causes rendering to occur. In response to a change in value of the presentation node, the presentation system identifies characteristics or various devices that may be used to render the corresponding output. The presentation system identifies an appropriate device based on the identified characteristics of that device. The presentation system then facilitates rendering of at least a version of the output on the selected device, perhaps even transforming the output in a manner suitable for the selected device. In some embodiments, the transformation chain may be a compound transformation chain constructed by joining multiple constituent transformation chains.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating presentation of transformation chain output on devices, the method comprising:

an act of determining that a particular presentation node of a first instance of a first transformation chain class has changed, the first instance of the first transformation chain class comprising one or more presentation nodes that drive rendering of output, the changing of the particular presentation node triggering a rendering to occur;

an act of identifying characteristics of each of a plurality of candidate device on which at least a version of the rendering might be presented;

an act of selecting at least one of the plurality of candidate devices on which to render the at least the version of the rendering based on the identified characteristics; and

an act of facilitating rendering of the at least the version of the rendering on the at least one selected device.

2. The method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

an act of identifying a transformation to be performed on the rendering in accordance with the characteristics of a particular selected device of the at least one selected device; and

an act of transforming the rendering of the particular presentation using the identified transformation to generate a version of the rendering,

wherein the act of facilitating rendering of the at least the version of the rendering on the at least one selected device comprises;

an act of facilitating rendering of the transformed rendering on the particular selected device.

3. The method in accordance with claim 2, the transformation changing a type of the rendering.

4. The method in accordance with claim 3, the transformation comprising converting between text and speech.

5. The method in accordance with claim 2, the transformation comprising converting information into physical actuation.

6. The method in accordance with claim 2, the transformation being different depending on the identified characteristics of the selecting at least one of the plurality of candidate devices.

7. The method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

an act of operating a representation of the first instance of the first transformation chain class on behalf of a first device, and transforming the first instance in response to input from the first input device.

8. The method in accordance with claim 7, the at least one selected device comprising the first device.

9. The method in accordance with claim 7, further comprising an act of flowing data between the first instance of the first transformation chain class and a second instance of a second transformation chain class associated with a second device, the flow occurring in accordance with identified dependencies between the first transformation class and the second transformation class and in accordance with dependency state between the first and second instances.

10. The method in accordance with claim 9, the at least one selected device comprising the second device.

11. The method in accordance with claim 9, the act of identifying characteristics of each of a plurality of candidate device on which at least a version of the rendering might be presented comprising:

an act of identifying a juxtaposition with respect to each of at least one user of each of a plurality of devices including the first and second device.

12. A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable storage media having thereon computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method for facilitating presentation of transformation chain output on devices, the method comprising:

an act of determining that a particular presentation node of a first instance of a first transformation chain class has changed;

an act of identifying characteristics of each of a plurality of candidate device on which at least a version of the rendering might be presented;

an act of selecting at least one of the plurality of candidate devices on which to render the at least the version of the rendering based on the identified characteristics; and

an act of facilitating rendering of the at least the version of the rendering on the at least one selected device.

13. The computer program product in accordance with claim 12, the method further comprising:

an act of identifying a transformation to be performed on the rendering in accordance with the characteristics of a particular selected device of the at least one selected device; and

an act of transforming the rendering of the particular presentation using the identified transformation to generate a version of the rendering,

wherein the act of facilitating rendering of the at least the version of the rendering on the at least one selected device comprises;

an act of facilitating rendering of the transformed rendering on the particular selected device.

14. The computer program product in accordance with claim 13, the transformation changing a type of the rendering.

15. The computer program product in accordance with claim 14, the transformation comprising converting between text and speech.

16. The computer program product in accordance with claim 13, the transformation comprising cinematization of the rendering.

17. The computer program product in accordance with claim 13, the transformation being different depending on the identified characteristics of the selecting at least one of the plurality of candidate devices.

18. The computer program product in accordance with claim 12, the method further comprising:

an act of operating a representation of the first instance on behalf of a first device, and transforming the first instance in response to input from the first input device, the at least one selected device comprising at least one of the first device.

19. The computer program product in accordance with claim 12, the method further comprising:

an act of flowing data between the first instance and a second instance of a second transformation chain class associated with a second device, the flow occurring in accordance with identified dependencies between the first transformation class and the second transformation class and in accordance with dependency state between the first and second instances.

20. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more computer-readable storage media having thereon computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform a method for facilitating presentation of transformation chain output on devices, the method comprising;

an act of determining that a particular presentation node of a first instance of a first transformation chain class has changed;

an act of identifying characteristics of each of a plurality of candidate device on which at least a version of the rendering might be presented;

an act of selecting at least one of the plurality of candidate devices on which to render the at least the version of the rendering based on the identified characteristics; and

an act of facilitating rendering of the at least the version of the rendering on the at least one selected device.