Navigation tool for slide presentations
First Claim
1. A method for managing presentation of a computer-based slide show, comprising the steps of:
- portraying at least some of a plurality of slides as a sequential arrangement of corresponding cells visually depicting slide data in a summary view in a graphical user interface;
furnishing time data describing said presentation of said slide show in said summary view; and
selecting at least one of said slides for display in said graphical user interface.
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Abstract
A system and method for navigating a computer-based slide show during presentation to an audience. A preferably transparent summary view presents time data for each slide, and depicts each slide as a cell. The contents of each cell visually convey information about the slide. Brushing a cell triggers the display of a thumbnail view of a corresponding slide. Selection of a cell causes a corresponding slide to be displayed; if that slide is not next in a predetermined presentation sequence, then a jump marker is affixed to the cell corresponding to the sequence departure point so the presenter can resume the sequence directly after completing a detour. The summary view can also generate a visual, audible, and vibrational warning of the relative time remaining for a given slide from an initial allotment. The invention can also recompute the allotment for slides not yet displayed, and save time data to a file.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for managing presentation of a computer-based slide show, comprising the steps of:
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portraying at least some of a plurality of slides as a sequential arrangement of corresponding cells visually depicting slide data in a summary view in a graphical user interface;
furnishing time data describing said presentation of said slide show in said summary view; and
selecting at least one of said slides for display in said graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for managing presentation of a computer-based slide show, comprising:
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a computer including a cpu, an internal memory, a data storage device, an input device; and
a display device, for portraying at least some of a plurality of slides as a sequential arrangement of corresponding cells visually depicting slide data in a summary view in a graphical user interface, wherein said summary view furnishes time data describing said presentation and wherein at least one of said slides is selected for display in said graphical user interface using said input device.
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29. A system for managing presentation of a computer-based slide show, comprising:
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means for portraying at least some of a plurality of slides as a sequential arrangement of corresponding cells visually depicting slide data in a summary view in a graphical user interface;
means for furnishing time data describing said presentation of said slide show in said summary view; and
means for selecting at least one of said slides for display in said graphical user interface.
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30. A computer program product comprising a machine-readable medium having computer-executable program instructions thereon including:
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a first code means for portraying at least some of a plurality of slides as a sequential arrangement of corresponding cells visually depicting slide data in a summary view in a graphical user interface;
a second code means for furnishing time data describing said presentation of said slide show in said summary view; and
a third code means for selecting at least one of said slides for display in said graphical user interface.
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