Techniques for electronic aggregation of information
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1. A method, comprising:
- providing a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles;
receiving a control directive to associate a content file with a presentation tile;
identifying a content file type for the content file;
retrieving a portion of content from the content file based on the content file type using a content selection algorithm having a set of defined rules pertaining to types of information to retrieve from the content file;
generating multiple versions of a tile object based on the set of defined rules, the multiple versions of the tile object pertaining to different combinations of sub-portions of the same content portion;
receiving a control directive to select one of the versions of the tile object as a selected tile object; and
storing the presentation surface and selected tile object as a montage in which the selected tile object is presented in the presentation tile, the montage capable of navigation using a gesture interface that allows manipulation of the tile object through a gesture to present a second tile object in the presentation tile while other tile objects of the montage remain unchanged.
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Abstract
Techniques for an electronic montage system are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising an authoring component operative to provide a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles, receive control directives to associate content files with presentation tiles, generate tile objects for the content files based on content file types for the content files, and store the presentation surface and tile objects as a montage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles; receiving a control directive to associate a content file with a presentation tile; identifying a content file type for the content file; retrieving a portion of content from the content file based on the content file type using a content selection algorithm having a set of defined rules pertaining to types of information to retrieve from the content file; generating multiple versions of a tile object based on the set of defined rules, the multiple versions of the tile object pertaining to different combinations of sub-portions of the same content portion; receiving a control directive to select one of the versions of the tile object as a selected tile object; and storing the presentation surface and selected tile object as a montage in which the selected tile object is presented in the presentation tile, the montage capable of navigation using a gesture interface that allows manipulation of the tile object through a gesture to present a second tile object in the presentation tile while other tile objects of the montage remain unchanged. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An article of manufacture comprising a storage device containing instructions that when executed enable a system to:
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generate a montage comprising a presentation surface with multiple presentation tiles each having a selected tile object for a corresponding content file, the selected tile object having been selected from a plurality of tile objects generated via a content selection algorithm having a set of defined rules pertaining to types of information to retrieve from the content file for each tile object, the montage arranged for use with a gesture interface that allows manipulation of a tile object presented in a presentation tile, through a gesture, to present a second tile object in the presentation tile while the other tile objects of the montage remain unchanged; send the montage and content files to a network service; receive references to the montage and each content file; and associate a reference for a content file with a corresponding tile object. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising an authoring component operative to provide a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles, receive control directives to associate content files with presentation tiles, generate multiple versions of a tile object for each content file using a content selection algorithm having a set of defined rules pertaining to types of information to retrieve from the content file for each version, receive a control directive to select one tile object as a selected tile object for each content file, and store the presentation surface and selected tile objects as a montage capable of navigation using a gesture interface that allows manipulation of a tile object presented in a presentation tile, through a gesture, to present a second tile object in the presentation tile while the other tile objects of the montage remain unchanged. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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