Media presentations including related content

• US 8,972,839 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2006
• Issued: 03/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Lettau, Tyler J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROBINSON, MARSHON L
• Application Number:
  US11/541,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20130124988A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,074 Days
• Field of Search: 715/792, 715/720, 715/794, 715/201, 715/810
• US Class Current: 715/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation

Abstract

Media presentations including related content are described, including presenting a workspace and a content shelf, presenting a media presentation in the workspace, designating a portion of the media presentation based on parsing the media presentation according to a predetermined criterion, and displaying a content related to the portion of the media presentation in the content shelf.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

searching a media presentation document to identify portions of the document that satisfy one or more predetermined search criteria, which include the portions of the document being identifiable, via a search, as relating to a definition, a biography, or a map;

determining, for each identified portion of the document, content related to the identified portion of the document;

receiving user input to display a page of the document in a workspace of an application; and

in response to receiving the user input to display the page of the document;

displaying the page of the document in the workspace, the identified portions of the document that are included on the displayed page being visually distinguished from other content on the displayed page;

concurrently displaying, in a content shelf of the application, the content that is determined to be related to the identified portions of the document included on the displayed page, including concurrently displaying the content and a representation of interactive content related to multiple different identified portions of the document in the content shelf if the displayed page includes the multiple different identified portions of the document and at least one of the multiple different identified portions of the document is related to the interactive content, the representation providing a preview of the interactive content available by selecting the representation; and

launching the interactive content from the content shelf based on a user selection of the representation from the content shelf.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the predetermined search criteria is that a term is uncommon, wherein an uncommon term is likely to be unfamiliar to a viewer of the document.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the predetermined search criteria is that a term is a proper name.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the displayed page includes two or more of the identified portions; and

the two or more identified portions are both visually distinguished from the other content on the displayed page.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein concurrently displaying the content that is determined to be related to the identified portions of the document included on the displayed page further includes displaying a visual cue for each portion of the content displayed in the content shelf indicating with which of the identified portions of the document the portion of the content displayed in the content shelf corresponds.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting a navigation shelf comprising a navigational element to navigate the media presentation.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the content that is determined to be related to the identified portions of the document included on the displayed page includes one or more of:

a definition of an uncommon term when the identified portions comprise the uncommon term,

a biography when the identified portions comprise a personal name, or

a map when the identified portions comprise a place name.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein visually distinguishing the identified portions of the document that are included on the displayed page comprises highlighting the identified portions on the displayed page.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the page of the document comprises displaying the page in an electronic book.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the page of the document comprises presenting a video.

11. A method, comprising:

searching a media presentation document to identify portions of the document that satisfy one or more predetermined search criteria, one of the predetermined search criteria being that the term is uncommon, an uncommon term likely being unfamiliar to a viewer of the document;

determining, for each identified portion of the document, content related to the identified portion of the document;

receiving navigation input to display a page of the document in a workspace of an application;

in response to said receiving the navigation input to display the page of the document;

displaying the page of the document in the workspace, the identified portions of the document that are included within the displayed page being visually distinguished from other content of the displayed page;

concurrently displaying, in a content shelf of the application, the content that is determined to be related to the identified portions of the document included in the displayed page, including concurrently displaying the content and a representation of interactive content related to multiple different identified portions of the document in the content shelf if the displayed page includes the multiple different identified portions of the document and at least one of the multiple different identified portions of the document is related to the interactive content, the representation providing a preview of the interactive content available by selecting the representation; and

launching the interactive content from the content shelf based on a user selection of the representation from the content shelf.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein one of the predetermined search criteria is that a term is a proper name.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein searching the media presentation document comprises determining whether at least one of the portions of the document comprises a capitalized term.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining whether the capitalized term comprises a personal name; and

obtaining a biography if the capitalized term comprises the personal name.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining whether the capitalized term comprises a place name; and

obtaining a map if the capitalized term comprises the place name.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising obtaining a definition of the uncommon term.

17. A system, comprising:

a memory configured to store a media presentation document; and

a processor configured to implement an application that is configured to;

search the media presentation document to identify portions of the document that satisfy one or more predetermined search criteria, which include the portions of the document being identifiable, via a search, as relating to a definition, a biography, or a map;

determine, for each identified portion of the document, content related to the identified portion of the document;

receive user input to display a page of the document in a workspace of the application;

in response to receiving the user input to display the page of the document, the application automatically configured to;

display the page of the document in the workspace, the identified portions of the document that are included on the displayed page being visually distinguished from other content of the displayed page; and

concurrently display, in a content shelf of the application, the content that is determined to be related to the identified portions of the document included in the displayed page, including concurrently display the content and a representation of interactive content related to multiple different identified portions of the document in the content shelf if the displayed page includes the multiple different identified portions of the document and at least one of the multiple different identified portions of the document is related to the interactive content; and

launch the interactive content from the content shelf based on a user selection of the representation from the content shelf.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein one of the predetermined search criteria is that a term is uncommon, wherein an uncommon term is likely to be unfamiliar to a viewer of the document.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the application is further configured to display a definition of the term.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the application is further configured to highlight the identified portions of the document that are included on the displayed page to visually distinguish those portions from the other content of the displayed page.

21. A device comprising:

memory;

one or more processors; and

computer storage media storing instructions that, responsive to execution via the one or more processors, cause the device to perform operations including;

searching a media presentation document to identify portions of the document that satisfy one or more predetermined search criteria, one of the predetermined search criteria being that a term is uncommon;

determining, for each identified portion of the document, content related to the identified portion of the document;

receiving navigation input to display a page of the document in a workspace of an application;

in response to receiving the navigation input to display the page of the document;

displaying the page of the document in the workspace, the identified portions of the document that are included on the displayed page being visually distinguished from other content on the displayed page;

concurrently displaying, in a content shelf of the application, the content that is determined to be related to the identified portions of the document included on the displayed page, including concurrently displaying the content and a representation of interactive content related to multiple different identified portions of the document in the content shelf if the displayed page includes the multiple different identified portions of the document and at least one of the multiple different identified portions of the document is related to the interactive content, the representation providing a preview of the interactive content available by selecting the representation; and

launching the interactive content from the content shelf based on a user selection of the representation from the content shelf.

22. The device of claim 21, wherein an uncommon term is likely to be unfamiliar to a viewer of the document.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the content shelf is configured to display a definition of the uncommon term.

24. The device of claim 21, wherein visually distinguishing the identified portions of the document that are included on the displayed page comprises highlighting those portions of the document.