Systems and Methods for Developing Objects and Actions in Media Content

• US 20140250392A1
• Filed: 05/30/2008
• Published: 09/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Riggins, Randy Karl, Bednarz, Thomas E. Jr., Passi, Emilio
• Granted Patent: US 9,813,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8545 for generating interactive applications

Abstract

Embodiments provide an intuitive interactive media content development environment that simplifies the creation of actions, for example, allowing users to easily specify that a shape will move when the media is run or that a web page will be opened when a button is clicked within the media. The assignment of an action may involve one or more displayed objects, including as examples, trigger objects associated with an event that triggers the action and target objects that move or otherwise perform the specified action(s). Embodiments provide a visual and intuitive interface that minimizes the experience required of a user and, in some cases, provides a primarily mouse-click driven development environment for both objects and actions, including for specifying interactions between objects.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

creating, via a processor, at least two graphical objects on a canvas area, the canvas area displaying the at least two graphical objects as part of content being developed on the canvas area;

receiving a selection identifying a first graphical object of the at least two graphical objects as a target object and a second graphical object of the at least two graphical objects as a trigger object;

providing, via the processor, a list of available runtime event triggered actions and a list of available triggering events in response to receiving the selection identifying the first graphical object

receiving, at the processor, a selection of a runtime event triggered action from the list of available runtime event triggered actions;

receiving a selection of a triggering event for the runtime event triggered action from the list of available triggering events; and

establishing, based on the selection of the runtime triggered action and selection of the triggering event, an interaction in which the runtime event triggered action is triggered for the target object when the triggering event occurs during runtime at the trigger object.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the selection identifying the first graphical obiect and the second graphical object is received via an action tool.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing the list of available trigger events in response to receiving the selection identifying the second graphical object.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying default action attributes.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein displaying default action attributes further comprises displaying default action attributes in response to receiving the selection of the runtime event triggered action.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving a change to at least one of the action attributes.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving an adjustment of the size or position of the first graphical object on the canvas.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the at least two graphical objects comprises receiving a location on the canvas for rendering the at least two graphical obiects or importing the at least two graphical objects.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least two imported objects each comprises a graphic.

2-4. -4. (canceled)

7. (canceled)

14. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a processor, a selection of a graphical trigger object;

receiving, at the processor, a selection of a graphical target object;

receiving, at the processor, a request to define an interaction between the graphical trigger object and the graphical target object;

providing, via the processor, a menu of available runtime event triggered actions for the target object and a menu of available triggering events in response to receiving the request;

receiving, at the processor, a selection of a runtime event triggered action from the menu of available runtime event triggered actions to be performed by the target object, and a selection of a triggering event from the menu of available triggering events

establishing, based on the selection of the runtime triggered action and selection of the triggering event, the interaction in which the runtime triggered action is triggered for the target object in response to a triggering event occurring at the graphical trigger object.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving a selection of the graphical trigger object comprises identifying an input from an input device while an input device cursor is positioned over the graphical trigger object.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving a selection of the graphical target object comprises identifying the mouse cursor being dragged from the trigger object to the graphical target object.

18. The method of claim 14 further comprising displaying default action attributes.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein displaying default action attributes further comprises displaying default attributes in response to receiving the selection of the runtime event triggered action.

20. The method of claim 18 further comprising receiving a change to an action attribute.

17. (canceled)

21. A system comprising a processor executing instructions to provide:

an editing interface for creating content, the editing interface capable of providing;

a canvas capable of displaying a graphical target object and a graphical trigger object as part of content being developed on a canvas area, the canvas further configured to define at least one interaction between the graphical target object and the graphical trigger object;

a list of available runtime event triggered actions in response to receiving a selection of an action tool;

receiving a selection of a runtime event triggered action from the list of available runtime event triggered actions to associate with the graphical target object; and

receiving a selection of a triggering event for the runtime event triggered action from a list of available triggering events, wherein the graphical target object triggers the selected runtime event triggered action when the triggering event occurs during runtime at the graphical trigger object;

a preview engine for previewing an application being built on the editing interface; and

an application builder for building an application using information from the editing interface.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is encoded program code, the program code comprising:

program code for receiving a creation of a first graphical object on a canvas area, the canvas area displaying the first graphical object as part of content being developed on the canvas area, wherein the canvas area is configured to define a runtime event triggered action to be triggered by the first graphical object in response to a triggering event occurring at a second graphical object;

program code for providing a list of available runtime event triggered actions and a list of available triggering events in response to receiving a selection of an action tool, the action tool configured to associate the runtime event triggered action with the first graphical object;

program code for receiving a selection of a triggering event for the runtime event triggered action from a list of available triggering events, wherein when the triggering event occurs during runtime; and

program code for receiving a selection of a runtime event triggered action from the list of available runtime event triggered actions; and

program code for establishing that the runtime event triggered action is triggered at the first graphical object when the triggering event occurs during runtime at the second graphical object.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is encoded program code, the program code comprising:

program code for receiving a selection of a graphical trigger object;

program code for receiving a selection of a graphical target object;

program code for receiving a request to define an interaction between the graphical trigger object and the graphical target object;

program code for providing a menu of available runtime event triggered actions for the target object and a menu of available triggering events for the trigger object in response to receiving the request;

program code for receiving a selection of of a runtime event triggered action and a triggering event; and

program code for defining the interaction in which the running event triggered action will be performed by the target object in response to a triggering event occurring at the graphical trigger object.