Multiple delivery channels for a dynamic multimedia content presentation

• US 9,927,944 B1
• Filed: 06/05/2015
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emmi Solutions, LLC (Wolters Kluwer Nv)
• Original Assignee: Emmi Solutions, LLC (Wolters Kluwer Nv)
• Inventors: Blew, Gregory A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phuoc
• Application Number:
  US14/732,246
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 709219, 709225, 709226
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00198 Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a designer may utilize an authoring tool to create or edit an interactive media pack (“IMP”). The authoring tool may facilitate creation of multiple versions of an IMP or IMP part. These versions may each be specific to a particular delivery-channel. For example, in an embodiment, a first version may be specific to an IMP presentation made via a graphical user-interface of an application on a mobile device, and a second version may be specific to an IMP presentation made via an interactive voice response system. In some instances, versions for a particular IMP or IMP part may be understood to be linked. That is, progress of an IMP presentation may be tracked so that a user may switch between a first version and second version while losing little, if any, progress in the presentation.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

(a) a controller;

(b) one or more memory devices communicatively coupled to the controller, the one or more memory devices storing one or more rules for presenting an interactive media pack (“

IMP”

) via one of a plurality of delivery-channels each corresponding to a type of user-interface by which the IMP is presentable, the one or more rules generated by the controller based on;

(i) first user input data identifying a first set of nodes, representing a first version of at least part of the IMP, selected to be presented when a first delivery-channel is active, wherein the first set of nodes references a first collection of content assets, and

(ii) second user input data identifying a second set of nodes, representing a second version of the at least part of the IMP, selected to be presented when a second delivery-channel distinct from the first delivery-channel is active, wherein the second set of nodes is distinct from the first set of nodes and references a second collection of content assets; and

(c) one or more servers that are communicatively coupled to the one or more memory devices and that select a next content asset to be presented during a presentation of the IMP at a client device by performing an analysis of;

(i) a delivery-channel status representing a delivery-channel selected for the presentation of the IMP at the client device, and

(ii) the one or more rules generated by the controller;

wherein the one or more servers;

(i) select the next content asset from the first collection of content assets when the delivery-channel status indicates that the first delivery-channel has been selected, and (ii) select the next content asset from the second collection of content assets when the delivery-channel status indicates that the second delivery-channel has been selected.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more rules specify that:

(i) the first collection of content assets is associated with the first delivery-channel, and (ii) the second collection of content assets is associated with the second delivery-channel.

3. The system of claim 1, further including a server configured to transmit the selected next content asset to the client device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the selected next content asset is:

text, an image, a video, an animation, or some combination thereof.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the selected next content asset is audio content.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more servers include a rules engine, wherein the analysis of the delivery-channel status and of the one or more rules is performed by the rules engine.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more servers include a content provision unit that transmits via the indicated delivery-channel the selected next content asset for presentation.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first delivery-channel is selected from a group comprising:

emails, interactive voice response, a web-based player, or a dedicated application for IMP presentation; and

wherein the second delivery-channel is a delivery-channel different from the first delivery-channel.

9. A method for presenting an interactive media pack (“

IMP”

) by way of multiple delivery-channels, the method comprising;

receiving, at a controller, first user input data identifying a first set of nodes that represents a first version of at least part of an IMP and that has been selected to be presented when a first delivery-channel is active, wherein the first set of nodes references a first collection of content assets;

receiving, at the controller, second user input data identifying a second set of nodes that represents a second version of the at least part of the IMP and that has been selected to be presented when a second delivery-channel distinct from the first delivery-channel is active, wherein the second set of nodes is distinct from the first set of nodes and references a second collection of content assets;

based on the first user input data and the second user input data;

generating by the controller one or more rules for selecting a next content asset to be presented during a presentation of the IMP;

storing the one or more rules to one or more memory devices;

analyzing (i) a delivery-channel status representing a delivery-channel selected for the presentation of the IMP, and (ii) the stored one or more rules;

selecting the next content asset to be presented during the presentation of the IMP based on said analyzing, wherein;

(i) the next content asset is selected from the first collection of content assets when the delivery-channel status indicates that the first delivery-channel has been selected, and (ii) the next content asset is selected from the second collection of content assets when the delivery-channel status indicates that the second delivery-channel has been selected.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more rules specify that:

(i) the first collection of content assets is associated with the first delivery-channel, and (ii) the second collection of content assets is associated with the second delivery-channel.

11. The method of claim 9, further including transmitting the selected next content asset to the client device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the selected next content asset is:

text, an image, a video, an animation, or some combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the selected next content asset is audio content.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the first delivery-channel is selected from a group comprising:

text messages, interactive voice response, a web-based player, or a dedicated application for IMP presentation; and

wherein the second delivery-channel is a delivery-channel different from the first delivery-channel.

15. A system for presenting an interactive media pack (“

IMP”

) by way of multiple delivery-channels, the system comprising;

(a) one or more memory devices storing;

(i) a first set of nodes, representing a first version of at least part of an IMP, selected to be presented when a first delivery-channel is active, wherein the first set of nodes references a first collection of content assets, and (ii) a second set of nodes, representing a second version of the at least part of the IMP, selected to be presented when a second delivery-channel distinct from the first delivery-channel is active, wherein the second set of nodes is distinct from the first set of nodes and references a second collection of content assets;

(b) one or more servers that are communicatively connected to the one or more memory devices and configured to;

(i) analyze a delivery-channel status to determine that a first delivery-channel has been selected for a presentation of the IMP;

(ii) determine the stored first version is associated with the selected first delivery-channel;

(iii) transmit one or more content assets from the first collection of content assets associated with the stored first version; and

(iv) based on the transmitted one or more content assets from the first collection, storing progress data to track progress of the presentation of the IMP; and

(c) one or more client devices that are communicatively connected to the one or more servers, the one or more client devices configured to receive and present the one or more content assets from the first collection during the presentation of the IMP;

wherein the one or more servers are further configured to;

(i) analyze the delivery-channel status to determine that a second delivery-channel has been selected for the presentation of the IMP;

(ii) determine the stored second version is associated with the second delivery-channel;

(iii) analyze the stored progress data to determine a progress status for the presentation of the IMP; and

(iv) transmit, based on the determined progress status, one or more content assets from the second collection of content assets associated with the identified second version so that the one or more content assets from the second collection may be presented during the presentation of the IMP;

wherein the one or more client devices are further configured to receive and present the one or more content assets from the second collection during the presentation of the IMP.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more servers include a content provision unit, wherein the content provision unit is configured to perform the operation of transmitting the one or more content assets from the first collection and transmitting the one or more content assets from the second collection of content assets.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the first delivery-channel is selected from a group comprising:

text messages, emails, a web-based player, or a dedicated application for IMP presentation; and

wherein the second delivery-channel is a delivery-channel different from the first delivery-channel.

18. A method comprising:

analyzing, by one or more servers, a delivery-channel status to determine that a first delivery-channel has been selected for a presentation of an interactive media pack (“

IMP”

);

identifying, by the one or more servers, a first set of nodes that represents a first version of at least part of an IMP and that has been selected to be presented when the first delivery-channel is active

transmitting, by the one or more servers, one or more content assets from a first collection of content assets associated with the identified first version so that the one or more content assets from the first collection may be presented during the presentation of the IMP;

based on said transmitting of the one or more content assets from the first collection, storing progress data to track progress of the presentation of the IMP;

analyzing, by the one or more servers, the delivery-channel status to determine that a second delivery-channel has been selected for the presentation of the IMP;

identifying, by the one or more servers, a second set of nodes that represents a second version of the at least part of the IMP and that has been selected to be presented when a second delivery-channel distinct from the first delivery-channel is active;

analyzing, by the one or more servers, the stored progress data to determine a progress status for the presentation of the IMP; and

transmitting, based on the determined progress status, one or more content assets from a second collection of content assets associated with the identified second version so that the one or more content assets from the second collection may be presented during the presentation of the IMP.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein identifying the first version associated with the selected first delivery-channel comprises:

analyzing one or more rules specifying that the first version is to be presented when the first delivery-channel is active; and

wherein identifying the second version associated with the selected second delivery-channel comprises;

analyzing one or more rules specifying that the second version is to be presented when the second delivery-channel is active.