Interactive presentation system

• US 9,830,059 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2016
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trustees of The Thomas Family Trust
• Original Assignee: Thomas Creative Group Productions, LLC
• Inventors: Thomas, Callie, Thomas, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Augustine, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US15/069,892
• Publication Number:
  US 20160196047A1
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• 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 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

In some aspects, a method of authoring an interactive presentation includes defining a sequence of two or more primary content items within a presentation, and associating a link to additional content with a primary content item of the sequence in a non-transitory computer-readable medium. In additional aspects, a method of delivering an interactive presentation includes accessing the sequence of two or more primary content items, delivering the primary content items to a presentation device, and delivering, to applications operating on mobile devices of audience members, the primary content items with the additional content and/or one or more links thereto. In further aspects, a method of interacting with an interactive presentation includes receiving, by a mobile device of an audience member, a sequence of primary content items with additional content and/or one or more links thereto, and displaying the received primary content items and the additional content.

Claims

1. A method of authoring and delivering an interactive client-specific presentation, the method comprising:

receiving, by a one or more computer processors, user selections to provide interactive client-specific presentation contents;

receiving, by the one or more computer processors, user selections to define client-specific attendee permissions;

transmitting, from the one or more computer processors, to a mobile device application installed on mobile devices of attendees, where the mobile device application is downloaded to the mobile devices of the attendees from a third party application source, instructions to present, according to the client-specific attendee permissions, at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents;

transmitting, by the one or more computer processors, to the mobile device application installed on the mobile devices of the attendees, together with the client-specific attendee permissions to be enforced by the mobile device application, at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents;

receiving, by the one or more computer processors, attendees interactions with the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents; and

based on the attendees interactions, changing a sequence of two or more primary content items within the interactive client-specific presentation for display to the attendees, or linking first additional content to a primary content item for display to a first attendee and linking second additional content to the primary content item for display to a second attendee, where the first additional content can be displayed to the first attendee and the second additional content can be displayed to the second attendee at the same time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving user selections to provide interactive client-specific presentation contents includes receiving a user selection to import presentation slides.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving user selections to provide interactive client-specific presentation contents includes receiving a user selection to supplement the presentation slides with additional media that includes at least one video.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving user selections to define attendee permissions includes receiving a user selection to define attendee permissions with respect to sharing via social media, by mobile devices of the attendees, at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving user selections to define attendee permissions includes receiving a user selection to define attendee permissions with respect to saving, to the mobile devices of the attendees, at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device application is further operable to provide a user interface that receives notes from at least one of the attendees with respect to the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the mobile device application is further operable to share the notes via social media, together with the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents, when the at least one of the attendees shares the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents via social media.

28. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

in response to an input received from a client-specific presentation administrator or a content management system, transmitting an instruction to each application on the mobile devices of the attendees to advance to a new slide in the interactive client-specific presentation,

where transmitting an instruction to each application on the mobile devices of the attendees to advance to a new slide in the interactive client-specific presentation comprises;

transmitting a push notification to each application on the mobile devices of the attendees to advance to a new slide in the interactive client-specific presentation.

29. The method of claim 1 where an input received from a client-specific presentation administrator or a content management system is simultaneously received by a presenter and the mobile device application installed on the mobile devices of the attendees.

30. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, at the one or more processors from the mobile device application installed on the mobile devices of the attendees, demographic information relating to the attendees; and

compiling the demographic information with other attendee and client-specific presentation information and proving the compiled demographic information to an administer or content management server.

8. An apparatus for authoring and delivering an interactive client-specific presentation, the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving, by a one or more computer processors, user selections to provide interactive client-specific presentation contents;

means for receiving, by the one or more computer processors, user selections to provide interactive client-specific presentation contents;

means for receiving, by the one or more computer processors, user selections to define client-specific attendee permissions;

means for transmitting, from the one or more computer processors, to a mobile device application installed on mobile devices of attendees, where the mobile device application is downloaded to the mobile devices of the attendees from a third party application source, instructions to present, according to the client-specific attendee permissions, at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents;

means for delivering transmitting, by the one or more computer processors, to the mobile device application installed on the mobile devices of the attendees, together with the client-specific attendee permissions to be enforced by the mobile device application, at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents;

means receiving, by the one or more computer processors, attendees interactions with the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents; and

means for changing, based on the attendees interactions a sequence of two or more primary content items within the interactive client-specific presentation for display to the attendees, or linking first additional content to a primary content item for display to a first attendee and linking second additional content to the primary content item for display to a second attendee, where the first additional content can be displayed to the first attendee and the second additional content can be displayed to the second attendee at the same time.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the means for receiving user selections to provide interactive client-specific presentation contents includes means for receiving a user selection to import presentation slides.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the means for receiving user selections to provide interactive client-specific presentation contents includes means for receiving a user selection to supplement the presentation slides with additional media that includes at least one video.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the means for receiving user selections to define attendee permissions includes means for receiving a user selection to define attendee permissions with respect to sharing via social media, by mobile devices of the attendees, at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the means for receiving user selections to define attendee permissions includes means for receiving a user selection to define attendee permissions with respect to saving, to the mobile devices of the attendees, at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the mobile device application is further operable to provide a user interface that receives notes from at least one of the attendees with respect to the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the mobile device application is further operable to share the notes via social media, together with the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents, when the at least one of the attendees shares the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents via social media.

15. A method of interacting with an interactive client-specific presentation, the method comprising:

receiving, by an application downloaded on a mobile device from a third party application source, together with client-specific attendee permissions, at least part of interactive client-specific presentation contents;

presenting, by an active display of the mobile device, the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents; and

permitting a user of the mobile device to interact with the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents according to the client-specific attendee permissions via the application; and

based on the interaction, presenting to the user, a changed sequence of two or more primary content items within the interactive client-specific presentation, or one of a first additional content item linked to a primary content item or a second additional content item linked to the primary content item, where the first additional content item can be displayed to the user or another user and the second additional content item can be displayed to the user or another user at the same time.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents include at least one of presentation slides or additional media.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the additional media includes a video.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the client-specific attendee permissions relate to sharing via social media, by mobile devices of attendees, all or a portion of the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the client-specific attendee permissions relate to saving, to the mobile devices of the attendees, all or a portion of the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing a user interface, by the mobile device, that receives notes from the user with respect to all or a portion of the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising sharing the notes via social media together with the all or a portion of the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents when the user shares the all or a portion of the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents via social media.

22. An apparatus for interacting with an interactive client-specific presentation, the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving, by an application downloaded on a mobile device from a third party application source, together with client-specific attendee permissions, at least part of interactive client-specific presentation contents;

means for presenting, by an active display of the mobile device, the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents; and

means for permitting a user of the mobile device to interact with the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents according to the client-specific attendee permissions via the application;

means for, based on the interaction, presenting to the user, a changed sequence of two or more primary content items within the interactive client-specific presentation, or one of a first additional content item linked to a primary content item or a second additional content item linked to the primary content item, where the first additional content item can be displayed to the user or another user and the second additional content item can be displayed to the user or another user at the same time.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents include at least one of presentation slides or additional media.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the additional media includes a video.

25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the client-specific attendee permissions relate to sharing via social media, by mobile devices of attendees, all or a portion of the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents.

26. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising means for providing a user interface, by the mobile device, that receives notes from the user with respect to all or a portion of the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising means for sharing the notes via social media together with the all or a portion of the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents when the user shares the all or a portion of the at least part of the interactive client-specific presentation contents via social media.