Multimedia presentation system

• US 20060277454A1
• Filed: 08/08/2006
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yi-Chih Chen
• Original Assignee: Yi-Chih Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Yi-Chih
• Granted Patent: US 7,818,658 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums

Abstract

A multimedia presentation system. The multi-presentation system is used to display a presentation using a presentation script and a plurality of presentation assets. The presentation script defines how the presentation assets are used to create a complete presentation. The presentation may be edited by editing the presentation script without editing the presentation assets. The separation of a presentation into a presentation script and presentation assets facilitates exchanges of presentations without necessarily exchanging all of the presentation. The multimedia presentation system may be used by a single user for replay of presentations. A plurality of multimedia presentation systems may also be coupled through a network to facilitate exchange of presentation scripts and presentation assets.

Claims

1. A method of generating a multimedia presentation by a multimedia presentation system, comprising:

reading a presentation script by the presentation system, the presentation script including presentation instructions for displaying a presentation asset;

parsing the presentation script by the presentation system; and

generating by the presentation system a multimedia presentation from the presentation asset using the presentation instructions.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the presentation script by the presentation system from a multimedia presentation server via a communications network.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the assets by the presentation system from a multimedia presentation server via a communications network.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the presentation script by the presentation system from a second multimedia presentation system via a communications network.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the assets by the presentation system from a second multimedia presentation system via a communications network.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying the presentation script by a user using the presentation system.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein modifying the presentation script by a user using the presentation system further includes associating a user asset with the presentation script.

7. The method of 6, further comprising transmitting a modified presentation script by the presentation system to a multimedia presentation server via a communications network.

8. The method of 6, further comprising transmitting a modified presentation script by the presentation system to a second multimedia presentation system via a communications network.

10. The method of 9, further comprising transmitting the user asset and a modified presentation script associated with the user asset by the presentation system to a multimedia presentation server via a communications network.

11. The method of 9, further comprising:

transmitting a modified presentation script associated with the user asset by the presentation system to a multimedia presentation server via the communications network;

receiving a request from a second presentation system via a communications network, the request including a request for transmission of the user asset associated with the modified presentation script; and

transmitting the requested user asset by the presentation system to the second presentation system via the communications network in response to the request.

12. The method of 9, further comprising transmitting the user asset and a modified presentation script associated with the user asset by the presentation system to a second multimedia presentation system via a communications network.

13. The method of 9, further comprising:

transmitting a modified presentation script associated with the user asset by the presentation system to a second multimedia presentation system via the communications network;

receiving a request from a second presentation system via a communications network, the request including a request for transmission of the user asset associated with the modified presentation script; and

transmitting the requested user asset by the presentation system to the second presentation system via the communications network in response to the request.

14. A user interface for editing a multimedia presentation, comprising:

a timeline strip for indicating a display order for individual scenes in a presentation; and

a compose window coupled to the timeline strip for editing individual scenes in a presentation.

15. The user interface of 14, the timeline strip further including a thumbwheel for scrolling through the individual scenes.

16. The user interface of 15 wherein the thumbwheel is sensitive to the acceleration of a user'"'"'s interaction with the thumbwheel.

17. The user interface of 14, the timeline strip further including a playhead indicator.

18. The user interface of 14, further comprising an asset bin for display of available presentation asset.

19. The user interface of 18, wherein the asset bin is for display of available scenes for inclusion in the timeline strip.

20. The user interface of 18, wherein the asset bin is for display of available background music.

21. The user interface of 18, wherein the asset bin is for display of available backgrounds.

22. The user interface of 18, wherein the asset bin includes a thumbwheel for scrolling of available presentation assets.

23. The user interface of 14, the compose window further including a frame in slider for adjusting the frame in cue of a presentation asset.

24. The user interface of 14, the compose window further including a frame out slider for adjusting the frame out cue of a presentation asset.

25. The user interface of 14, the compose window further including a scene length control interface for modifying the playback length of a scene.

26. The user interface of 25, the scene length control interface comprising:

a total frames field for a user to enter a desired total frames number for the scene; and

a scene length definition menu for a user to define how the length change is to be applied to the scene.

27. A user interface for editing an asset for a multimedia presentation, comprising:

a bounding box around a display of the asset within a scene, the boundary box including asset editing buttons.

28. The user interface of claim 27, wherein the asset editing buttons include a delete button.

29. The user interface of claim 27, wherein the asset editing buttons include a rotation button.

30. The user interface of claim 27, wherein the asset editing buttons include a resizing button.

31. The user interface of claim 27, wherein the asset editing buttons include a flip horizontal button.

32. The user interface of claim 27, wherein the asset editing buttons include a flip vertical button.

33. The user interface of claim 27, wherein the asset editing buttons include a layer modification button.

34. The user interface of claim 27, wherein the asset editing buttons include a color modification button.

35. The user interface of claim 27, further including a color selection panel displayed within the bounding box.

36. The user interface of claim 27, further including a transparency selection slider displayed within the bounding box.

37. The user interface of claim 27, wherein the asset editing buttons include an add key frame button for inserting key frames to a presentation asset for further adjusting the presentation asset'"'"'s animation within a presentation.

38. The user interface of claim 27, wherein the asset editing buttons include a light box button for displaying key frame images that are applied to a presentation asset.

39. A multimedia presentation system, comprising:

a first data store that stores a multimedia presentation;

a first processor coupled to the first data store, the first processor configured to;

allow a first user to create a multimedia presentation and store the multimedia presentation on the first data store using a user interface comprising a defined set of characteristics;

a second data store that stores a multimedia presentation; and

a second processor coupled to the second data store, the second processor configured to;

generate a displayed multimedia presentation using the stored multimedia presentation; and

allow a second user to edit the stored multimedia presentation to create a second multimedia presentation using a user interface comprising the defined set of characteristics.

40. The multimedia presentation system of claim 39, wherein the first processor and the second processor comprise the same physical processor.

41. The multimedia presentation system of claim 39, wherein the first processor and the second processor comprise separate physical processors.

42. The multimedia presentation system of claim 39, wherein the first data store and the second data store comprise the same physical data store.

43. The multimedia presentation system of claim 39, wherein the first data store and the second data store comprise separate physical data stores.

44. The multimedia presentation system of claim 42, wherein the first processor and the second processor comprise separate physical processors and the second processor is connected to the first data store and the second data store via a communications network.

45. The multimedia presentation system of claim 44, wherein the second processor stores the second multimedia presentation on the first data store and the second data store via a communications network.

46. The multimedia presentation system of claim 44, wherein the first processor is connected to the first data store and the second data store via a communications network.

47. The multimedia presentation system of claim 39, wherein the multimedia presentation includes one or more presentation assets and a presentation script to generate the displayed multimedia presentation using the presentation asset.

48. The multimedia presentation system of claim 47, wherein the presentation script is stored in a format compatible with the first processor and the second processor on the first data store and the second data store.

49. The multimedia presentation system of claim 39, wherein the multimedia presentation is stored in a format compatible with the first processor and the second processor on the first data store and the second data store.

50. The multimedia presentation system of claim 47, wherein the second processor is further configured to allow the second user to edit the presentation script to create the second multimedia presentation.

51. The multimedia presentation of claim 47, wherein the second processor is further configured to allow the second user to add one or more presentation assets used by an edited presentation script.

52. The multimedia presentation system of claim 47, wherein the second processor is further configured to allow the second user to retrieve the presentation script from a server via a communications network.

53. The multimedia presentation system of claim 39, wherein the first processor comprises a first software engine that allows the first user to create the multimedia presentation and store the multimedia presentation on the storage device and the second processor comprises a second software engine to generate the displayed multimedia presentation using the stored multimedia presentation and allow the second user to edit the stored multimedia presentation to create the second multimedia presentation

54. The multimedia presentation system of claim 53, wherein the first software engine and the second software engine comprise the same software engine.