SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONTEXT ENHANCED WORK OF COMMUNICATION

• US 20100161541A1
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Gobeyn, Kevin M., Hibino, Stacie L., Covannon, Edward
• Granted Patent: US 8,219,513 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/47
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/436 using biological or physiological data of a human being, e.g. blood pressure, facial expression, gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A system for selecting, managing, sharing and displaying narrative data files in a manner that takes into the account the contextual significance of said narrative data files to a narrative, an author(s) and an audience. A system that is able to place an absolute and relative value upon the significance of a media object is able to assist in stimulating the recollection of the author and audience, thus making every aspect more memorable and enhancing by improving the ease of use and the quality of the final result of the use of the system of this invention.

Claims

1. A method of presenting information on a display, the method comprising the steps of:

identifying a recipient to which information is to be displayed;

accessing from a storage medium first information having a first relative significance to the recipient; and

accessing from the storage medium second information having a second relative significance to the recipient different than the first relative significance;

identifying a point-of-view from which the recipient will view at least the first information and the second information;

determining a first distance from the point-of-view for the first information based at least upon the first relative significance;

determining a second distance from the point-of-view for the second information based at least upon the second relative significance; and

displaying the first information and the second information on the display in a manner that reflects the first distance and the second distance.

2. The method of presenting information on a display as set forth in claim 1, further comprising the step of identifying a node, wherein the first relative significance and the second relative significance are determined further based at least upon narrative data at the node.

3. The method of presenting information on a display as set forth in claim 1, further comprising the step of identifying a second node and displaying transition information as the presented information transitions from the first node to the second node.

4. The method of presenting information on a display as set forth in claim 3, wherein the transition information includes contextual content of the second node.

5. A method and system for structuring a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display, the method comprising the steps of:

defining a plurality of narrative nodes for receiving narrative content data stored in at least one narrative data file in a data storage medium;

associating desired narrative content data by a link with at least one narrative node to provide the at least one narrative node with pertinent subject matter relating to the work of authorship;

arranging the narrative nodes in a desired sequence to provide an organizational structure for the work of authorship; and

displaying the work of authorship to a recipient on the visual display.

6. The method and system for structuring a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display as set forth in claim 5, the method further comprising the steps of providing each link with a plurality of functional states including at least an active and inactive state which can be altered according to the desires of a user or recipient.

7. The method and system for structuring a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display as set forth in claim 6, the method further comprises the step of the user or recipient selecting at least a first narrative data file having a link to the narrative node and the system providing at least an additional link to a second narrative data file having potential significance to the user or recipient based on contextual data of the first narrative data file.

8. The method and system for structuring a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display as set forth in claim 7, the method further comprises the step of determining a relative significance of the selected first narrative data file to the work of authorship as a function of a chosen perspective of the narrative embodied in the work of authorship and arranging content of the first narrative data file in the work of authorship according to the relative significance.

9. A method and system of generating a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display, the method and system comprising the steps of:

designating one or more narrative content items that are to be included in the work of authorship;

retrieving the narrative content items from at least one of a narrative content storage location and data file;

filtering the retrieved narrative content according to predetermined criteria to obtain a desired range of narrative content compatible with an intended framework of the work of authorship; and

incorporating the desired range of narrative content into the work of authorship by associating the content with at least a respective content node positioned in sequence with a plurality of other content nodes defining the framework of the work of authorship.

10. The method of generating a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display as set forth in claim 9 further comprising the step of filtering the retrieved narrative content according to one of a manual state where the author chooses at least some of the narrative content, and an automated state wherein the system provides certain narrative content based on predetermined criteria embodied in the system.

11. The method of generating a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display as set forth in claim 10 wherein in the automated state the system uses one of a rules based approach and a random approach to provide the desired narrative content.

12. The method of generating a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display as set forth in claim 9 further comprising the step of defining a first field of view which includes a first portion of the desired narrative content and defining a second field of view which includes a second portion of the desired narrative content.

13. The method of generating a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display as set forth in claim 12 wherein the first and second fields of view include entirely separate narrative content.

14. The method of generating a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display as set forth in claim 12 wherein the first and second fields of view share at least some of the same narrative content.

15. The method of generating a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display as set forth in claim 9 further comprising the step of defining a first field of view and providing a control to vary the size of the field of view to accommodate a desired narrative content.

16. The method of generating a work of authorship for presentation on a visual display as set forth in claim 14 wherein certain narrative content shared by the first field of view and the second field of view is allocated a visually different significance in each of the first and second fields of view.