System and method for creating, playing and modifying slide shows

• US 20050034077A1
• Filed: 12/18/2003
• Published: 02/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NBOR Corp.
• Original Assignee: NBOR Corp.
• Inventors: Jaeger, Denny
• Granted Patent: US 7,930,638 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/732
• 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: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A system and method for creating, playing and modifying slide shows utilizes a graphic play area for sequentially displaying slides of slide shows. The graphic play area is configured to automatically add one or more objects placed in the graphic play area when a slide is displayed in the graphic play area such that the graphic objects are appended to that slide. Thus, the system and method allows a user to easily modify a slide show by simply placing one or more graphic objects, such as text, onto a slide currently being displayed in the graphic play area.

Claims

1. A method for modifying a sequential media of slides, said method comprising:

displaying a particular slide of said sequential media in a play area of a display device, said play area being used to sequentially display said slides, said play area having an agglomerative property for graphic objects placed in said play area;

placing a graphic object in said play area when said particular slide is displayed in said play area; and

automatically adding said graphic object to said play area such that said graphic object is appended to said particular slide for subsequent sequential display of said slides in said play area, including said particular slide with said graphic object.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said play area includes a graphic display-and-control object having a workspace surface to display said slides, said graphic display-and-control object providing said agglomerative property, said graphic display-and-control object being configured to accordingly rescale any graphic object displayed in said graphic display-and-control object when said graphic display-and-control object is resized.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising resealing said graphic object appended to said particular slide when said particular slide is displayed in said play area in response to resizing of said play area.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said placing of said graphic object includes typing text onto said particular slide displayed in said play area.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said placing of said graphic object includes dragging said graphic object from outside of said play area into said play area.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said placing of said graphic object includes moving said graphic object from a first location within said play area to a second location within said play area.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said adding of said graphic object is executed only when said agglomerative property of said play area has not been deactivated.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising selecting a setting for said agglomerative property of said play area such that said agglomerative property is switched to one of activated and deactivated states.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising collectively displaying said slides in a slide display area and sequentially transferring each of said slides between said slide display area and said play area to sequentially display said slides in said play area.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said sequentially transferring each of said slides includes transferring said particular slide back to said slide display area with said graphic object appended to said particular slide after said particular slide has been displayed in said play area.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said sequentially transferring each of said slides includes transferring said particular slide with said graphic object appended to said particular slide from said slide display area to said play area to display said particular slide with said graphic object in said play area.

23. The storage medium of claim 1 wherein said play area includes a graphic display-and-control object having a workspace surface to display said slides, said graphic display-and-control object providing said agglomerative property, said graphic display-and-control object being configured to accordingly rescale any graphic object displayed in said graphic display-and-control object when said graphic display-and-control object is resized.

24. The storage medium of claim 1 further comprising rescaling said graphic object appended to said particular slide when said particular slide is displayed in said play area in response to resizing of said play area.

25. The storage medium of claim 1 wherein said placing of said graphic object includes typing text onto said particular slide displayed in said play area.

26. The storage medium of claim 1 wherein said placing of said graphic object includes dragging said graphic object from outside of said play area into said play area.

27. The storage medium of claim 1 wherein said placing of said graphic object includes moving said graphic object from a first location within said play area to a second location within said play area.

28. The storage medium of claim 1 wherein said adding of said graphic object is executed only when said agglomerative property of said play area has not been deactivated.

29. The storage medium of claim 7 further comprising selecting a setting for said agglomerative property of said play area such that said agglomerative property is switched to one of activated and deactivated states.

30. The storage medium of claim 1 further comprising collectively displaying said slides in a slide display area and sequentially transferring each of said slides between said slide display area and said play area to sequentially display said slides in said play area.

31. The storage medium of claim 9 wherein said sequentially transferring each of said slides includes transferring said particular slide back to said slide display area with said graphic object appended to said particular slide after said particular slide has been displayed in said play area.

32. The storage medium of claim 10 wherein said sequentially transferring each of said slides includes transferring said particular slide with said graphic object appended to said particular slide from said slide display area to said play area to display said particular slide with said graphic object in said play area.

12. A system for modifying a sequential media of slides, said system comprising:

a play area displayed in a display device, said play area being used to sequentially display said slides, said play area having an agglomerative property such that a graphic object placed in said play area when a particular slide is displayed in said play area is automatically added to said play area and appended to said particular slide; and

a media manager module configured to sequentially provide said slides to said play area to play said sequential media, said media manager module being further configured to provide said particular slide with said graphic object when said graphic object has been appended to said particular slide.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said play area includes a graphic display-and-control object having a workspace surface to display said slides, said graphic display-and-control object providing said agglomerative property, said graphic display-and-control object being configured to accordingly rescale any graphic object displayed in said graphic display-and-control object when said graphic display-and-control object is resized.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein said play area is configured to rescale said graphic object appended to said particular slide when said particular slide is displayed in said play area in response to resizing of said play area.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein said play area is configured to automatically add text to said play area and append said text to said particular slide when said text is typed onto said particular slide displayed in said play area.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein said play area is configured to automatically add said graphic object to said play area and append said graphic object when said graphic object is dragged from outside of said play area into said play area.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein said play area is configured to allow said graphic object appended to said particular to be moved from a first location within said play area to a second location within said play area.

18. The system of claim 12 wherein said play area is configured to allow a setting for said agglomerative property of said play area to be selected between one of activated and deactivated states.

19. The system of claim 12 further comprising a slide display area displayed in said display device, said slide display area being configured to collectively display said slides, and wherein said media manager module is configured to sequentially transfer each of said slides between said slide display area and said play area to sequentially display said slides in said play area.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein said media manager module is configured to transfer said particular slide back to said slide display area with said graphic object appended to said particular slide after said particular slide has been displayed in said play area.

21. The system of claim 19 wherein said media manager module is configured to transfer said particular slide with said graphic object appended to said particular slide from said slide display area to said play area to display said particular slide with said graphic object in said play area.

22. A storage medium readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by said computer to perform method steps for modifying a sequential media of slides, said method steps comprising:

displaying a particular slide of said sequential media in a play area of a display device, said play area being used to sequentially display said slides, said play area having an agglomerative property for graphic objects placed in said play area;

placing a graphic object in said play area when said particular slide is displayed in said play area; and

automatically adding said graphic object to said play area such that said graphic object is appended to said particular slide for subsequent sequential display of said slides in said play area, including said particular slide with said graphic object.