MOBILE-FIRST AUTHORING TOOL FOR THE AUTHORING OF WRAP PACKAGES

• US 20160283088A1
• Filed: 05/18/2016
• Published: 09/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brunoco, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Wrap Media, LLC (DXC Technology Company)
• Inventors: ROLSTON, Mark E., PETRAS, Peter, GREENBERG, Eric H., GARRIS, John M., BHASIN, Kunal K., FICKLIN, Jared L., SANTONE, Matthew J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,600,803 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

A mobile-first authoring tool for the authoring of a wrap package of cards on a mobile device by creating a plurality of cards for the wrap package using a number of media capture modes, selectively customizing the cards using a plurality of customization tools, defining one or more sequence order(s) for navigating the cards when the wrap is consumed and generating a wrap descriptor for the wrap package. The wrap descriptor specifies the cards of the wrap package and includes a plurality of cards descriptors, each card descriptor specifying content, a structure and a layout of an associated card respectively.

Claims

1. An authoring tool for authoring a wrap package of cards on a mobile device, the authoring tool configured to:

activate a camera on the mobile device when a session for the authoring of the wrap packages is initiated;

display for preview visual media content, generated by the camera, on a display screen associated with the mobile device;

capture the previewed visual media content in response to a media capture input provided to the mobile device;

a create a visual media card including the captured visual media content;

provide a new card tool for adding one or more additional card(s) to the wrap package;

provide a sequencing tool for ordering the sequence of the visual media card and the one or more additional card(s) of the wrap package.

generate a JSON wrap descriptor for the wrap package, the wrap descriptor;

(a) defining the cards of the wrap package including the visual media card and the one or more additional card(s); and

(b) including a plurality of JSON card descriptors for the defined cards of the wrap package respectively, each JSON card descriptor arranged to define content, a structure and a layout of an associated card respectively.

2. The authoring tool of claim 1, wherein the JSON wrap descriptor generated by the authoring tool is a Binary JSON (BSON) wrap descriptor.

3. The authoring tool of claim 1, wherein the new card tool enables the creation of a new card by:

(c) receiving an input through the mobile device indicative of a selection of one of a plurality of media capture modes; and

(d) generating the new card including a component for media of the selected media capture mode type.

4. The authoring tool of claim 3, wherein the plurality of media capture modes includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(e) a camera mode for visual media captured by the camera on the mobile device;

(f) a device mode for media stored on or accessible by the mobile device;

(g) a “

light mode”

for adding “

positive energy”

to the wrap package in the form of an image, animated Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) or video clip;

(h) a location mode for GPS or positional media;

(i) a link mode for specifying a URL or other identifier used to identify and access remote media; and

(j) a mixing mode for enabling the mixing of a select card from another wrap package into the wrap package authored using the authoring tool.

5. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising a card overlay tool defining a plurality of overlays, the overlay tool enabling one of the plurality of overlays to be selectively applied to a select card of the wrap package.

6. The authoring tool of claim 5, further comprising customization tools for selectively customizing the overlay applied to the select card of the wrap package, the customizing tools enabling the customization of the overlay with one or more components, the one or more components including:

(c) a text component;

(d) an image/photo component;

(e) a sound component; and

/or

(f) a drawing/scribble component.

7. The authoring tool of claim 6, wherein the card overlay tool is configured to sequence through the plurality of different overlay shapes in response to a swiping action applied to the display of the mobile device.

8. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising one or more customization tools for selectively and individually customizing the cards of the wrap package respectively.

9. The authoring tool of claim 8, wherein the one or more customization tools include one or more of the following:

(c) a text tool for adding text;

(d) an image tool for adding an image and/or photo;

(e) a drawing/scribble tool for adding hand-drawings;

(f) a sound tool for adding sound.

10. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising a customization tool configured to:

(c) create a component for a select card of the wrap package to be customized; and

(d) portray the created component on the selected card on the display of the mobile device as the created component is customized.

11. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising a customization tool for customization of a visual component portrayed within a card of the wrap package, the customization of the visual component implemented by one or more of the following touch-screen operations performed on the display of the mobile device:

(c) selecting by contacting the visual component on the display;

(d) positioning by dragging the visual component on the display;

(e) rotating the visual component on the display;

(f) sizing the visual component on the display.

12. The authoring tool of claim 1, wherein the customization tool enables selective customization of an individual card of the wrap package by:

(c) creating a component for the individual card;

(d) defining media for the component; and

(e) inserting into or associating the defined media with the component.

13. The authoring tool of claim 10, wherein the component comprises one of the following types of components:

(c) a text component;

(d) an image and/or photo component;

(e) a video component;

(f) a drawing component;

(g) a sound component;

(h) a GPS or positional component;

(i) a link component; and

/or

(j) a button component.

14. The authoring tool of claim 10, further comprising a primary manipulation the component, the primary manipulation comprising one of the following:

(c) moving the component;

(d) sizing the component;

(e) rotating the component;

or

(f) any combination of (c) through (e).

15. The authoring tool of claim 14, further comprising a secondary manipulation of the component, the secondary manipulation enabling the modification of the media included in or associated with the component.

16. The authoring tool of claim 15, wherein the primary manipulation and the second manipulation of the component is invoked by a first tap and a second tap of the display screen of the mobile device respectively.

17. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising a style selector bar tool for adjusting a constraint associated with text appearing within a card of the wrap package, the style selector bar tool adjusting the constraint of the text in response to a swipe along a style selector bar bar appearing in the card portrayed on the display, the constraint comprising one of the following:

(c) font;

(d) color;

(e) justification;

(f) font style including one or more of bold, italic, underline, strike-through, highlight, superscript, subscript; and

(g) size.

18. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising a style selector bar tool for adjusting a constraint associated with an image appearing within a card of the wrap package, the style selector bar tool adjusting the constraint of the image in response to a swipe along a style selector bar bar appearing in the card portrayed on the display, the constraint comprising one of the following:

(c) color filter;

(d) mask radius;

(e) mask type; and

(f) image style.

19. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising a style selector bar tool for adjusting a constraint associated with a drawing appearing within a card of the wrap package, the style selector bar tool adjusting the constraint of the drawing in response to a swipe along a style selector bar bar appearing in the card portrayed on the display, the constraint comprising one of the following:

(c) brush size;

(d) brush type; and

(e) color.

20. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising a style selector bar tool for adjusting a constraint associated with a sound associated within a card of the wrap package, the style selector bar tool adjusting the constraint of the sound in response to a swipe along a style selector bar bar appearing in the card portrayed on the display, the constraint comprising one of the following:

(c) a sound filter; and

(d) graphic representation of play button.

provide a sequencing tool for ordering the sequence of the visual media card and the one or more additional card(s) of the wrap package.

21. The authoring tool of claim 1, wherein the sequencing tool is further configured to sequencing of the visual media card and the one or more card(s) of the wrap package into one of the following:

(c) a horizontal sequence order;

(d) a vertical sequence order;

or

(e) both horizontal and vertical sequence orders.

22. The authoring tool of claim 1, wherein the new card tool includes a new card icon that appears on an existing card of the wrap package and that is used to create a new card, adjacent the existing card, when invoked.

23. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising a behavior tool for selectively defining a behavior for a card or a component of the wrap package.

24. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising a collaboration tool for inviting and granting permission for one or more other(s) to collaboratively author the wrap package.

25. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising a mixing-permission tool for selectively designating if one or more of the card(s) of the wrap package can be mixed into a second wrap package.

26. The authoring tool of claim 1, further comprising a sharing tool for enabling the sharing of the wrap package, wherein the sharing tool enables the distribution of the wrap package by one or more of the following:

(c) via email;

(d) via messaging

(e) insertion into a social media feed;

(f) inclusion in a web site; and

(g) inclusion in a native mobile app.

27. The authoring tool of claim 1, wherein a select card descriptor among the plurality of card descriptors includes a component descriptor for a component associated with the select card.

28. The authoring tool of claim 27, wherein the component descriptor further comprises style and/or attribute descriptors for any styles and/or attributes associated with the component respectively.

29. The authoring tool of claim 27, wherein the component descriptor further comprises one or more customization descriptor(s) for any customization features applied to the component.