Presentation facilitation

• US 9,626,064 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2009
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Xu, Ying-Qing, Shum, Heung-Yeung, Zhang, Ya-Qin, Li, Barn-Wan, Liu, Bo
• Primary Examiner(s): IPAKCHI, MARYAM M
• Application Number:
  US12/628,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20100077319A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,695 Days
• Field of Search: 715753, 715781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Multiple schemes and techniques for facilitating presentations with an interactive application are described. For example, an interactive application provides a console view overlay for integrating multiple productivity applications into a graphical user interface (GUI) window. An interactive application can also share a selected display portion of the console view overlay with other interactive applications. As another example, presenters and other audience members can draw on the selected display portion being shared, and the drawn graphics are synchronously displayed by the other interactive applications. Interactive applications, as directed by their users, can join various member groups and specific presentations thereof. Moreover, a user may share content in accordance with membership grouping.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform a method for presenting items on a display of a presenting device, the method comprising;

displaying in a first window a first screen item comprising a presentation slide;

displaying in a second window a second screen item comprising a note linked to the presentation slide, wherein the second window is displayed separately from the first window so that the second window is capable of being moved independently of the first window;

in response to a request received at the presenting device, presenting the presentation slide with one or more other devices without presenting the note linked to the presentation slide; and

concurrent with the presentation of the presentation slide, receiving annotations related to the presentation slide from a remote device and displaying in a third window a third screen item comprising the received annotations related to the presentation slide.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises synchronously changing which presentation slide is being shared with the one or more other devices when a new presentation slide is displayed as the first screen item.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more other devices comprise a processing device running an interactive application, the interactive application capable of causing the processing device to display the presentation slide that is being shared by the presenting device.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises taking a screenshot of the first screen item that comprises the shared presentation slide.

5. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the presenting device to take additional screenshots of the first screen item at a predetermined frequency.

6. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein the method further comprises transmitting the screenshot to the one or more other devices, the one or more other devices comprising a device of a group administrator or a device of a group member.

7. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises synchronously changing which note is being displayed as the second screen item when a new presentation slide is displayed as the first screen item, based at least in part on a link between presentation slides and associated respective notes.

8. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the three windows are displayed within an application window including tools for controlling and editing the presentation slide.

9. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying in a fourth window a fourth screen item comprising an electronic document;

displaying a control option in the fourth window, wherein the control option provides an option for whether the fourth window will be shared upon a request to present; and

in response to a received request to present, interactively presenting the electronic document with one or more other devices.

10. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

displaying on a display of a presenting device a presentation slide in a first window;

displaying on the display of the presenting device a note linked to the presentation slide in a second window, wherein the second window is displayed separately from the first window so that the second window is capable of being moved independently of the first window;

receiving a selection on the presenting device to present the presentation slide with one or more other devices, wherein the selection causes the presentation slide and the note linked to the presentation slide to be shared for display on the one or more other devices; and

concurrent with the presentation of the presentation slide, receiving annotations related to the presentation slide from a remote device and displaying the annotations related to the presentation slide in a third window.

11. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 10, wherein the one or more other devices comprise at least a projection device, and wherein the sharing of the presentation slide comprises causing display of the presentation slide by the projection device.

12. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 10, further storing computer-executable instructions for:

receiving a request to advance from the presentation slide to a subsequent presentation slide; and

at least partly in response to the receiving of the request;

displaying of the subsequent presentation slide; and

sharing the subsequent presentation slide with the one or more other devices.

13. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 12, wherein the subsequent presentation slide is linked to a note and wherein when the subsequent presentation slide is shared with the one or more other devices, the linked note is not shared with the one or more other devices.

14. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying of the note linked to the subsequent presentation slide synchronously with the subsequent presentation slide on the presenting display device least partly in response to the receiving of the request.

15. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform a method comprising;

establishing a window of an application on a presenting device, the window of the application comprising a first portion displaying a presentation slide, a second portion displaying a note linked to the presentation slide and a control scheme, and a third portion displaying annotations to the presentation slide, wherein the annotations are received from a remote device;

displaying a control option, wherein the control option provides an option for whether the second portion will he shared upon a request to share the portion displaying the presentation slide; and

in response to a received request at the presenting device, interactively sharing the portion displaying the presentation slide with one or more other devices without sharing the portion displaying the note linked to the presentation slide.

16. The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a selection that designates the one or more other devices with which to share the presentation slide.

17. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the designated one or more other devices comprise a projection device for projecting the shared presentation slide.

18. The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, prior to the sharing of the presentation slide, a selection that designates which portion of the application window is to be shared.

19. The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, prior to the sharing of the presentation slide, a selection that designates the portion of the application window displaying the note as a portion that is not to be shared with the one or more other devices.

20. The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the presentation slide and the note form a portion of a presentation, and wherein each note linked to a respective presentation slide is displayed synchronously with the respective presentation slide as the presentation advances.