System and methods for multimedia “hot spot” enablement

• US 9,639,505 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Lanahan, James W., Howard, Dane M., Williams, Brian F., Peacock, Luke, Negrillo, Belmer Perrella Garcia
• Primary Examiner(s): LONG, ANDREA NATAE
• Application Number:
  US12/347,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20100005408A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,044 Days
• Field of Search: 715205, 715764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2428 Query predicate definition using graphical user interfaces, including menus and forms G06F16/2423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 : Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 : involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

A method for creating a multimedia presentation element, comprises selecting a presentation element icon; adding information to a presentation element box defined by a presentation boundary within a first multimedia element of the multi-media presentation having a plurality of multimedia elements, the presentation element boundary resulting from the selection of the presentation element icon; and associating the presentation element box with the first multimedia element such that the presentation element box remains associated to the first multimedia element during navigation from different multimedia elements of the plurality of multimedia elements, is described herein.

Claims

1. A method for creating a multimedia presentation element, comprising:

presenting a plurality of multimedia elements to be displayed in the multimedia presentation element;

receiving a selection of a first multimedia element from a user selecting the first multimedia element from the plurality of multimedia elements;

in response to the user selecting a hotspot icon along with the first multimedia element, presenting a boundary of a hotspot over the first multimedia element and a menu adjacent to the boundary of the hotspot including options for customizing the hotspot, wherein the boundary of the hotspot defines an area configured to be activated to display additional multimedia associated with the first multimedia element;

receiving instructions from the user via the menu for customizing the hotspot, wherein the menu comprises a search element configured to locate an internet image and/or video to associate with the hotspot, and wherein the multimedia presentation element is configured to be shared between a plurality of users for customizing the hotspot; and

customizing the hotspot based on the instructions received from the user via the menu,

wherein the hotspot is represented by a hotspot character symbol on the first multimedia element when the hotspot is not activated to display the additional multimedia and the hotspot character symbol moves along with the first multimedia element when the first multimedia is moved in response to the user navigating among the plurality of multimedia elements and wherein the multimedia presentation element is configured to receive selections and instructions from a plurality of users over a network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu comprises a text box configured to receive a title of the hotspot.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu comprises an add detail information icon selectable for adding textual information to the hotspot.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu comprises an add sale item icon selectable for adding a link to a sale item to the hotspot.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu comprises an add external link icon selectable for adding a link to an external website to the hotspot.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu comprises an add multimedia icon selectable for adding multimedia to the hotspot.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the multimedia is audio, photos, text, or video.

8. A system for creating a multimedia presentation element, comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

present a plurality of multimedia elements to be displayed in the multimedia presentation element;

receive a selection of a first multimedia element from a user selecting the first multimedia element from the plurality of multimedia elements;

in response to the user selecting a hotspot icon along with the first multimedia element, present a boundary of a hotspot over the first multimedia element and a menu adjacent to the boundary of the hotspot including options for customizing the hotspot, wherein the boundary of the hotspot defines an area configured to be activated to display additional multimedia associated with the first multimedia element;

receive instructions from the user via the menu for customizing the hotspot, wherein the menu comprises a search element configured to locate an internet image and/or video to associate with the hotspot, and wherein the multimedia presentation element is configured to be shared between a plurality of users for customizing the hotspot; and

customize the hotspot based on the instructions received from the user via the menu and at least one of the plurality of users separate from the user,

wherein the hotspot is represented by a hotspot character symbol on the first multimedia element when the hotspot is not activated to display the additional multimedia and the hotspot character symbol moves along with the first multimedia element when the first multimedia is moved in response to the user navigating among the plurality of multimedia elements and wherein the multimedia presentation element is configured to receive selections and instructions from a plurality of users over a network.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions for customizing the hotspot comprise instructions for positioning and sizing the boundary of the hotspot, and the customizing the hotspot comprises positioning and sizing the boundary of the hotspot based on the instructions.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein a plurality of hotspots are associated with the first multimedia element.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the menu comprises an add multimedia icon selectable for adding multimedia to the hotspot.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the multimedia is audio, photos, text, or video.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

presenting a plurality of multimedia elements to be displayed in the multimedia presentation element;

receiving a selection of a first multimedia element from a user selecting the first multimedia element from the plurality of multimedia elements;

in response to the user selecting a hotspot icon along with the first multimedia element, presenting a boundary of a hotspot over the first multimedia element and a menu adjacent to the boundary of the hotspot including options for customizing the hotspot, wherein the boundary of the hotspot defines an area configured to be activated to display additional multimedia associated with the first multimedia element;

receiving instructions from the user via the menu for customizing the hotspot, wherein the menu comprises a search element configured to locate an internet image and/or video to associate with the hotspot, and wherein the multimedia presentation element is configured to be shared between a plurality of users for customizing the hotspot; and

customizing the hotspot based on the instructions received from the user via the menu,

wherein the hotspot is represented by a hotspot character symbol on the first multimedia element when the hotspot is not activated to display the additional multimedia and the hotspot character symbol moves along with the first multimedia element when the first multimedia is moved in response to the user navigating among the plurality of multimedia elements and wherein the multimedia presentation element is configured to receive selections and instructions from a plurality of users over a network.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises navigating among the plurality of multiple media elements from right-to-left or linear from left-to-right.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises displaying a title of the hotspot when a cursor is moved over the area of the hotspot.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises displaying the additional multimedia associated with the first multimedia element when the area of the hotspot is activated.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the area defined by the boundary of the hotspot is positioned within the first multimedia element.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the menu comprises an add multimedia icon selectable for adding multimedia to the hotspot.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the multimedia is audio, photos, text, or video.