Dynamic presentations management

• US 9,519,410 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2015
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• 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:
  US14/856,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20160004400A1
• Time in Patent Office: 454 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 computer-implemented method for electronically presenting a presentation including multiple slides, each slide having at least one presentation constraint parameter assigned thereto, comprising:

gathering metadata regarding the presentation;

modifying, based upon the gathered metadata, one of the at least one presentation constraint parameter; and

modifying, automatically, a content of at least one of the multiple slides based upon the modified at least one presentation constraint parameter, wherein the gathered metadata includes feedback from an audience of the presentation and the feedback is from an email associated with the presentation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising

rearranging, automatically, the multiple slides based upon the gathered metadata.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein

the rearranging occurs contemporaneously with the presentation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein

the gathered metadata includes at least one of information regarding an audience of the presentation,

a location of the presentation, and

a schedule of the presentation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein

the gathering the metadata includes:

activating a mobile communication device to request identification messages from audience mobile communication devices, and

evaluating the identification messages received from the audience mobile communication devices.

6. A computer hardware system for electronically presenting a presentation including multiple slides, each slide having at least one presentation constraint parameter assigned thereto, comprising:

a hardware processor configured to initiate the follow operations;

gathering metadata regarding the presentation;

modifying, based upon the gathered metadata, one of the at least one presentation constraint parameter; and

modifying, automatically, a content of at least one of the multiple slides based upon the modified at least one presentation constraint parameter, wherein the gathered metadata includes feedback from an audience of the presentation and the feedback is from an email associated with the presentation.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising

rearranging, automatically, the multiple slides based upon the gathered metadata.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein

the rearranging occurs contemporaneously with the presentation.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein

the gathered metadata includes at least one of information regarding

an audience of the presentation,

a location of the presentation, and

a schedule of the presentation.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein

the gathering the metadata includes:

activating a mobile communication device to request identification messages from audience mobile communication devices, and

evaluating the identification messages received from the audience mobile communication devices.

11. A computer program product for electronically presenting a presentation including multiple slides, each slide having at least one presentation constraint parameter assigned thereto, comprising:

a storage hardware device having computer-usable program code stored therein, the computer-usable program code, which when executed by a computer hardware system, causes the computer hardware system to perform;

gathering metadata regarding the presentation;

modifying, based upon the gathered metadata, one of the at least one presentation constraint parameter; and

modifying, automatically, a content of at least one of the multiple slides based upon the modified at least one presentation constraint parameter, wherein the gathered metadata includes feedback from an audience of the presentation and the feedback is from an email associated with the presentation.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising

rearranging, automatically, the multiple slides based upon the gathered metadata.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein

the rearranging occurs contemporaneously with the presentation.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein

the metadata includes at least one of information regarding

an audience of the presentation,

a location of the presentation, and

a schedule of the presentation.