Automatic configuration of displays for slide presentation
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, into one or more processors of an electronic device, connected display information that describes electronic displays currently connected to the electronic device;
based on the connected display information indicating that multiple electronic displays are currently connected to the electronic device, using the one or more processors to automatically choose without explicit user assignment;
a main presentation display to display a slide presentation from among the multiple electronic displays;
one or more presenter displays to display information other than only the slide presentation from among the one or more multiple electronic displays not chosen to be the main presentation display; and
a primary presenter display that includes a graphical presentation control interface lacking on all other of the plurality of presenter displays;
while running a slide presentation program on the electronic device currently connected to the multiple electronic displays, receiving an indication in the electronic device that the electronic device has been connected to an additional electronic display; and
based at least in part on the connected display information, assigning the additional electronic display as the main presentation display and re-assigning the multiple electronic displays to be either the one or more presenter displays or the primary presenter display.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for automatically configuring a display layout for a slide presentation to allow a presenter to seamlessly perform effective, professional slide presentation even in unfamiliar locales. A method for doing so may involve receiving connected display information that describes the electronic displays currently connected to the electronic device. When the connected display information indicates that multiple electronic displays are currently connected, the processor of the electronic device may automatically choose, without explicit user assignment, a main presentation display and one or more presenter displays. The main presentation display may display a slide presentation from among the multiple electronic displays, while the presenter displays may display information other than only the slide presentation to aid the presenter. The main presentation display and the presenter displays may be chosen based at least in part on the connected display information.
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27 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, into one or more processors of an electronic device, connected display information that describes electronic displays currently connected to the electronic device; based on the connected display information indicating that multiple electronic displays are currently connected to the electronic device, using the one or more processors to automatically choose without explicit user assignment; a main presentation display to display a slide presentation from among the multiple electronic displays; one or more presenter displays to display information other than only the slide presentation from among the one or more multiple electronic displays not chosen to be the main presentation display; and a primary presenter display that includes a graphical presentation control interface lacking on all other of the plurality of presenter displays; while running a slide presentation program on the electronic device currently connected to the multiple electronic displays, receiving an indication in the electronic device that the electronic device has been connected to an additional electronic display; and based at least in part on the connected display information, assigning the additional electronic display as the main presentation display and re-assigning the multiple electronic displays to be either the one or more presenter displays or the primary presenter display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic device for performing a slide presentation comprising:
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an internal electronic display; and at least one processor configured to run a slide presentation program to perform the slide presentation, wherein, when one or more external electronic displays are connected to the electronic device while the slide presentation is running, the processor is configured to; obtain connected display information describing the internal electronic display and the one or more external electronic displays, wherein the connected display information comprises; one or more DisplayID or EDID fields for each respective electronic display; and one or more display descriptions determined by an operating system running on the processor, wherein the one or more display descriptions comprises an indication of whether the described display is the internal display or one of the one or more external displays; assign at least one of a group of the internal electronic display and the one or more external electronic displays, based at least in part on the connected display information, to be a main presentation display that displays the slide presentation in full screen, and a remainder of the group of the internal electronic display and the one or more external electronic displays to be a plurality of presenter displays that display information other than a full-screen view of the slide presentation, wherein the plurality of presenter displays comprises a primary presenter display that includes a graphical presentation control interface lacking on all other of the plurality of presenter displays; and in response to an additional electronic display being connected to the electronic device while the slide presentation is running and after the slide presentation is started, automatically assign, based at least in part on the connected display information, the additional electronic display to be the main presentation display and re-assign the group of the internal electronic display and the one or more external electronic displays, based at least in part on the connected display information, to be the plurality of presenter displays, wherein the plurality of presenter displays comprises the primary presenter display. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. One or more tangible, non-transitory machine-readable media comprising instructions to:
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obtain connected display information providing characteristics of a first set of electronic displays currently connected to an electronic device; obtain a previous presentation display configuration associated with a second set of electronic displays previously connected to the electronic device, wherein the previous presentation display configuration describes an assignment of each of the electronic displays of the second set of electronic displays to a respective role in a slide presentation program; determine whether the first set of electronic displays matches the second set of electronic displays; when the first set of electronic displays matches the second set of electronic displays, assign each of the electronic displays currently connected to the electronic device a respective role in the slide presentation program according to the previous presentation display configuration; and when the first set of electronic displays does not match the second set of electronic displays, assign each of the electronic displays currently connected to the electronic device a respective role in the slide presentation program based on the connected display information so as to correspond to the previous presentation display configuration. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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while running a slide presentation program on an electronic device connected to a first electronic display, receiving an indication in the electronic device that the electronic device has been connected to a second electronic display; and automatically, in the electronic device, assigning the second electronic display that is connected during the running of the slide presentation program to be a main presentation display that displays a slide presentation in full screen and re-assigning the first electronic display to be a presenter display that displays information to aid a presenter other than a full-screen representation of the slide presentation based at least in part on characteristics of the first and second electronic displays, wherein the information to aid the presenter comprises a graphical presentation control interface. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. One or more tangible, non-transitory machine-readable media comprising instructions to:
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receive, via an electronic device, a user request to enter a rehearse mode in a slide presentation program running on the electronic device; while in the rehearse mode, assign, via the electronic device, one of a plurality of electronic displays currently connected to the electronic device to be a primary presenter display, wherein the primary presenter display comprises a graphical presentation control interface; and while in the rehearse mode, cause, via the electronic device, all of the currently connected displays except the primary presenter display to display a particular image while information relevant to aid a presenter of a slide presentation is displayed on the primary presenter display such that information in the slide presentation program is not displayed on the currently connected displays except for the primary presenter display. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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