System and methods for multimedia “hot spot” enablement

• US 10,706,222 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2017
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• 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 N
• Application Number:
  US15/583,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20170235712A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,163 Days
• 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:

receiving a selection of a multimedia element for a multimedia presentation;

receiving a selection to generate a hotspot that is associated with the multimedia element;

receiving an input to adjust a boundary of the hotspot, wherein the boundary of the hotspot defines an area that can be activated to display an additional multimedia element that is associated with the multimedia element;

associating the hotspot with a content source that provides the additional multimedia element, wherein said associating comprises presenting a plurality of selectable icons adjacent the hotspot, each selectable icon being associated with a different content source and using at least one of the selectable icons to associate a content source with the hotspot.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the hotspot with the content source and using at least one of the selectable icons comprises receiving selection of one of an audio and/or video icon for adding audio or video content to the hotspot, or a link to a sale item icon.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising customizing the hotspot based on received input.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the received input is received in a menu associated with the hotspot.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia element is sharable to enable a plurality of users to provide input for the hotspot.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the content source is a local storage device.

7. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, performs a method, comprising;

presenting a plurality of multimedia elements on a display;

upon receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of multimedia elements, providing a menu that enables a hotspot to be associated with the at least one of the plurality of multimedia elements, wherein the menu includes an option for associating the hotspot with an additional multimedia element provided by a content source, wherein said option comprises presenting a plurality of selectable icons adjacent the hotspot, each selectable icon being associated with a different content source, and using at least one of the selectable icons to associate a content source with the hotspot;

generating a multimedia presentation with the at least one of the plurality of multimedia elements and the hotspot.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising instructions for receiving input to adjust a boundary associated with the hotspot.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising instructions for providing the hotspot to a plurality of users to enable the plurality of users to provide edits to the hotspot.

10. The system of claim 7, further comprising instructions for displaying the additional multimedia element with the multimedia presentation when the hotspot is selected.

11. The system of claim 7, further comprising instructions for associating a symbol with the hotspot.

12. The system of claim 7, further comprising instructions for associating a character with the hotspot.

18. The system of claim 7, wherein the plurality of selectable icons comprise an audio and/or video icon and a link to a sale item icon.

13. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, performs a method, comprising;

receiving a selection of a multimedia element for a multimedia presentation;

receiving input for generating a hotspot for the multimedia element, wherein the hotspot is associated with an adjustable boundary that defines an area that can be activated to display an additional multimedia element that is associated with the multimedia element;

associating the hotspot with a content source that provides the additional multimedia element, wherein said associating comprises presenting a plurality of selectable icons adjacent the hotspot, each selectable icon being associated with a different content source, and using at least one of the selectable icons to associate a content source with the hotspot.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising instructions for providing a representation of the hotspot with the multimedia presentation.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the instructions for associating the hotspot with the content source and using at least one of the selectable icons comprises receiving selection of one of an audio and/or video icon for adding audio or video to the hotspot, or a link to a sale item icon.

16. The system of claim 13, further comprising instructions for adjusting a size of the adjustable boundary based on received input.

17. The system of claim 13, further comprising instructions for providing the multimedia element and the hotspot to multiple users to enable the multiple users to customize the hotspot.