Commenting dynamic content

• US 9,170,997 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2007
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Lang, Grayson Squier
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Manglesh M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hasty, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US11/862,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20140032481A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,952 Days
• Field of Search: 715/230, 715/233
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to add opaque state information to a data file that includes dynamic content and is organized according to a page descriptive format. The opaque state information can be referenced to a comment and a comment state selected from a plurality of states associated with the dynamic content. In some embodiments, the apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to access the data file and the opaque state information to recreate the comment state associated with the dynamic content. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

presenting an electronic document data file including dynamic content and organized according to a page descriptive format, the dynamic content comprising a media content that changes state over time, wherein the media content comprises scripted content, the page descriptive format being a device-independent and display resolution-independent fixed-layout document format;

adding a comment to the media content, the comment being directed to a state of the media content selected from a plurality of states of the media content, wherein the selected state comprises user-customized content elements;

adding opaque state information to the electronic document data file such that the comment and the selected state of the media content to which the comment is directed can be rendered from the electronic document data file using the opaque state information, the opaque state information referencing the selected state of the media content associated with the comment and including frame information associated with the media content;

subsequent to adding the opaque state information to the electronic document data file, receiving an indication to access the comment;

in response to receiving the indication to access the comment, rendering the comment and the selected state of the media content to which the comment is directed based on the opaque state information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein adding the opaque state information comprises:

determining a type of the dynamic content; and

requesting at least a portion of the opaque state information from a rendering program associated with the type of the dynamic content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the comment is supplied by a graphical user interface and is associated with the opaque state information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adding the dynamic content to the electronic document data file responsive to an indication provided by a graphical user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the page descriptive format comprises a portable document format.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending at least a portion of the opaque state information to a rendering program associated with the dynamic content; and

rendering the dynamic content in the selected state to which the comment is directed.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to receiving a request to present the comment, recreating the selected state of the media content to which the comment is directed using the opaque state information, wherein the recreating of the selected state of the media content to which the comment is directed comprises presenting a first content element and a second content element.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein a portion of content of at least one of the first content element or the second content element is to be dynamically determined as a function of a corresponding user selection.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the corresponding user selection is selected from a plurality of element states.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the selected state comprises a set of selected element states.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the adding of the opaque state information comprises storing the opaque state information within the electronic document data file while the media content is being presented.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the adding of the comment comprises storing the comment within the electronic document data file while the media content is being presented.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the media content comprises a plurality of content elements including a first content element and a second content element, wherein the second content element is to be presented subsequent to the first content element, wherein the adding of the comment to the dynamic content comprises automatically associating the comment with the first content element and the second content element in response to a request.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of content elements comprises at least one content element to be presented after the first content element and before the second content element, wherein the at least one content element is automatically associated with the comment in response to the request.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the comment and the electronic document data file are loaded to a user device from a same storage element.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the comment is loaded to a user device locally.

17. A method comprising:

accessing an electronic document data file including dynamic content and organized according to a page descriptive format, the dynamic content comprising a media content that changes state over time, wherein the media content comprises scripted content, the page descriptive format being a device-independent and display resolution-independent fixed-layout document format;

accessing opaque state information stored in the electronic document data file and associated with a state selected from a plurality of states associated with the dynamic content, wherein the selected state comprises content elements that are customized based on user input, and wherein the selected state is associated with a comment added to the media content, the comment being directed to the selected state, and wherein the opaque state information comprises frame information associated with the media content; and

in response to receiving an indication to access the comment, recreating the selected state of the media content to which the comment is directed from the electronic document data file using the opaque state information.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

rendering the electronic document data file including the dynamic content on a display.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

rendering a human-readable language statement as the comment associated with the selected state of the media content to which the comment is directed.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein recreating the selected state of the media content comprises:

sending at least a portion of the opaque state information to a rendering program associated with the media content; and

rendering the media content in the selected state of the media content to which the comment is directed.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

rendering the media content in the selected state of the media content to which the comment is directed in conjunction with the comment.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein accessing the opaque state information comprises:

accessing at least one comment responsive to the indication, wherein the indication is provided by a graphical user interface.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein accessing the opaque state information occurs responsive to accessing at least one comment stored in the electronic document data file.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein the dynamic content is arranged according to a vector graphics file format.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the vector graphics file format comprises a shockwave flash object.

26. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

accessing an electronic document data file including dynamic content and organized according to a page descriptive format, the dynamic content comprising a media content that changes state over time, wherein the media content comprises scripted content, the page descriptive format being a device-independent and display resolution-independent fixed-layout document format;

accessing opaque state information included in the electronic document data file, the opaque state information being associated with at least one comment and referencing a state selected from a plurality of states associated with the media content, wherein the selected state comprises user-customized content elements, wherein the opaque state information further comprises frame information associated with the media content, wherein the at least one comment is added to the media content and is directed to the selected state, and wherein the at least one comment and the selected state of the media content to which the at least one comment is directed can be rendered from the electronic document data file using the opaque state information; and

in response to receiving an indication that the at least one comment is to be presented, rendering the at least one comment and the selected state of the media content to which the at least one comment is directed from the electronic document data file using the opaque state information.

27. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein the media content comprises one of pure audio or pure video content.

28. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein the opaque state information comprises:

at least one of time information, configuration information, color information, or a data analysis result.

29. A system, comprising:

a graphical user interface module to receive a comment;

a processor to operate the graphical user interface module;

a storage element to store opaque state information in an electronic document data file including dynamic content and organized according to a page descriptive format, the dynamic content comprising a media content that changes state over time, the media content comprising scripted content, the page descriptive format being a device-independent and display resolution-independent fixed-layout document format, the opaque state information including frame information associated with the media content and referencing a state selected from a plurality of states associated with the media content, the selected state comprises user-customized content elements, the selected state being associated with the comment added to the media content, the comment being directed to the selected state, wherein the selected state of the media content to which the comment is directed can be rendered from the electronic document data file using the opaque state information; and

a rendering module to receive the opaque state information from the storage element and, based on the opaque state information, render the selected state to which the comment is directed.

30. The system of claim 29, further comprising:

a sending module to send a request for the opaque state information to a rendering program associated with a type of the dynamic content.

31. The system of claim 29, further comprising:

a receiving module to receive the opaque state information from a rendering program associated with a type of the dynamic content.

32. The system of claim 29, wherein the rendering module renders the electronic document data file as a document on a display.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the rendering module comprises a portable document format processing program.