Intelligent agenda object for a presentation application

• US 7,930,637 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2009
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Miller, Steven M., Jain, Priyanka
• Primary Examiner(s): Peslin; Boris
• Assistant Examiner(s): WONG, WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US12/542,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20090300501A1
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 715730-731, 715/254, 715705-713, 715/732, 715/772, 715817-820
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/137 Hierarchical processing, e.g. outlines

Abstract

A system includes a memory, a display, and a processor programmed to load a configuration program and an intelligent agenda program into the memory. The intelligent agenda program is adapted to interface with a slide presentation program and respond to a plurality of user inputs to a graphical user interface of the configuration program to create an intelligent agenda. The intelligent agenda is modified when the user selects the first display option to display only the title in the outline corresponding to the currently displayed slide, a preceding title located immediately before the title, and a following title located immediately after the title. The intelligent agenda is further modified when the user selects the second display option to limit a number of displayed lines of the outline to a line limitation.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory;

a display; and

a processor programmed to;

load a configuration program and an intelligent agenda program into the memory, wherein the intelligent agenda program is adapted to interface with a slide presentation program and to respond to a plurality of user inputs to a graphical user interface of the configuration program;

responsive to a user invoking an options menu on the slide presentation program and selecting an intelligent agenda option on the options menu, create an intelligent agenda for a plurality of slides by accessing a plurality of titles from the plurality of slides in the slide presentation program to create an outline, adapt the outline to be displayed in a corner on each slide of the plurality of slides, and further adapt the outline to track a user'"'"'s progression through a presentation of the plurality of slides by a pointer that automatically moves to a title in the outline corresponding to a currently displayed slide;

further responsive to the user selecting the intelligent agenda option on the options menu, display the graphical user interface on the display;

responsive to a first set of the plurality of user inputs to the graphical user interface, introduce a user configurable line to each slide of the plurality of slides, the user configurable line connecting to each of two contiguous border lines of each slide of the plurality of slides to define a corner section containing the outline on each slide of the plurality of slides; and

responsive to a second set of the plurality of user inputs to the graphical user interface, limit a number of displayed lines of the outline to a line limitation and allow the user to select either a first display option or a second display option, wherein, when the user selects the first display option, the intelligent agenda is modified to display only the title in the outline corresponding to the currently displayed slide, a preceding title located immediately before the title, and a following title located immediately after the title, and when the user selects the second display option, the intelligent agenda is modified to display a portion of the plurality of titles that precede the title subject to the line limitation, and then only when the line limitation has not been met, display a portion of the plurality of titles that follow the title on the display until the line limitation is met.

2. The system of claim 1, where the processor is further programmed to:

allow the user to select a third display option, wherein, when the user selects the third display option, limit a portion of the plurality of titles to be displayed in the outline to either the portion of the plurality of titles that precede the title, or to the portion of the plurality of titles that follow the title, and subject to the line limitation.

3. The system of claim 1, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to modify the outline to display a duration associated with each slide of the plurality of slides represented within the outline via the graphical user interface on the display as a portion of the outline.

4. The system of claim 1, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to modify at least one of a color of the outline, a size of the outline, a layout of the outline, and a picture associated with the outline.

5. The system of claim 1, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to accept a user configured format of the outline and to display the outline on the plurality of slides in the user configured format.

6. The system of claim 5, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to:

determine whether the user has configured a display option; and

responsive to the determination that the user has not configured the display option, display the outline with all titles in the outline expanded.

7. The system of claim 5, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to:

determine whether the user has configured a display option; and

responsive to the determination that the user has configured the display option, determine whether the user has selected an outline expansion option; and

responsive to the determination that the user has selected the outline expansion option, display the outline according to the outline expansion option selected by the user.

8. The system of claim 5, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to:

determine whether the user has configured a display option; and

responsive to the determination that the user has configured the display option, determine whether the user has limited the number of displayed lines on the outline; and

responsive to the determination that the user has limited the number of lines on the outline, modify the outline to the number of displayed lines limited by the user.

9. The system of claim 5, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to:

determine whether the user has configured a display option; and

responsive to the determination that the user has configured the display option, determine whether the user has limited a type of displayed topics on the outline; and

responsive to the determination that the user has limited the type of displayed topics on the outline, modify the outline to the type of displayed topics limited by the user.

10. The system of claim 5, where the user configured format comprises a format selected from a group consisting of:

a color and a line associated with the outline;

a size of the outline;

a layout of the outline;

a picture associated with the outline;

a text box associated with the outline; and

a web message associated with the outline.

11. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium including a computer readable program code, wherein the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

load a configuration program and an intelligent agenda program into a memory, wherein the intelligent agenda program is adapted to interface with a slide presentation program and to respond to a plurality of user inputs to a graphical user interface of the configuration program;

responsive to a user invoking an options menu on the slide presentation program and selecting an intelligent agenda option on the options menu, create an intelligent agenda for a plurality of slides by accessing a plurality of titles from the plurality of slides in the slide presentation program to create an outline, adapt the outline to be displayed in a corner on each slide of the plurality of slides, and further adapt the outline to track a user'"'"'s progression through a presentation of the plurality of slides by a pointer that automatically moves to a title in the outline corresponding to a currently displayed slide;

further responsive to the user selecting the intelligent agenda option on the options menu, display the graphical user interface on a display;

responsive to a first set of the plurality of user inputs to the graphical user interface, introduce a user configurable line to each slide of the plurality of slides, the user configurable line connecting to each of two contiguous border lines of each slide of the plurality of slides to define a corner section containing the outline on each slide of the plurality of slides; and

responsive to a second set of the plurality of user inputs to the graphical user interface, limit a number of displayed lines of the outline to a line limitation and allow the user to select either a first display option or a second display option, wherein, when the user selects the first display option, the intelligent agenda is modified to display only the title in the outline corresponding to the currently displayed slide, a preceding title located immediately before the title, and a following title located immediately after the title, and when the user selects the second display option, the intelligent agenda is modified to display a portion of the plurality of titles that precede the title subject to the line limitation, and then only when the line limitation has not been met, display a portion of the plurality of titles that follow the title until the line limitation is met.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, where the computer readable program code when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

allow the user to select a third display option, wherein, when the user selects the third display option, limit a portion of the plurality of titles to be displayed in the outline to either the portion of the plurality of titles that precede the title, or to the portion of the plurality of titles that follow the title, and subject to the line limitation.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to modify the outline to display a duration associated with each slide of the plurality of slides represented within the outline via the graphical user interface on the display as a portion of the outline.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to modify at least one of a color of the outline, a size of the outline, a layout of the outline, and a picture associated with the outline.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to accept a user configured format of the outline and to display the outline on the plurality of slides in the user configured format.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to:

determine whether the user has configured a display option; and

responsive to the determination that the user has not configured the display option, display the outline with all titles in the outline expanded.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to:

determine whether the user has configured a display option; and

responsive to the determination that the user has configured the display option, determine whether the user has selected an outline expansion option; and

responsive to the determination that the user has selected the outline expansion option, display the outline according to the outline expansion option selected by the user.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to:

determine whether the user has configured a display option; and

responsive to the determination that the user has configured the display option, determine whether the user has limited the number of displayed lines on the outline; and

responsive to the determination that the user has limited the number of lines on the outline, modify the outline to the number of displayed lines limited by the user.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, where the intelligent agenda program is further adapted to:

determine whether the user has configured a display option; and

responsive to the determination that the user has configured the display option, determine whether the user has limited a type of displayed topics on the outline; and

responsive to the determination that the user has limited the type of displayed topics on the outline, modify the outline to the type of displayed topics limited by the user.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, where the user configured format comprises a format selected from a group consisting of:

a color and a line associated with the outline;

a size of the outline;

a layout of the outline;

a picture associated with the outline;

a text box associated with the outline; and

a web message associated with the outline.