Narrative-based media organizing system for transforming and merging graphical representations of digital media within a work area
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1. A computer system for a narrational media organizer to transform digital media into a personal, memorable story with minimal user input, the system comprising:
- a) one or more processors;
b) a non-transitory machine readable medium coupled to the one or more processors;
c) a set of computer instructions stored in the machine readable medium and operable on the one or more processors for creating a narrational media organizer (NMO) environment causing performance of operations comprising;
displaying digital media files of a first set as graphical representations of each of the digital media files in an arrangement along a timeline in a work area;
receiving from a first user, a first command to shift the arrangement, including a user selection of an annotation location between two of the displayed graphical representations of the digital media files and a textual annotation;
in response to the first command, placing a graphical instance of the textual annotation at the selected annotation location and shifting the arrangement of graphical representations to make room for the textual annotation;
obtaining one or more digital media files of a second set of a second user, each of the one or more digital media files of the second set associated with a timestamp, wherein a first digital media file of the one or more digital media files of the second set was non-destructively excluded from the NMO environment; and
merging the digital media files of the second set with the first set of digital media files, wherein;
a first graphical representation of at least one of the digital media files of the second set is automatically inserted between two of the displayed graphical representations of the digital media files of the first set into the arrangement along the timeline based on the timestamp associated with the at least one of the digital media files of the second set, anda second graphical representation of the first digital media file of the second set is automatically inserted along the timeline and the second graphical representation includes a minimized version of the first digital media file;
d) a user interface operably connected to the one or more processors, the user interface effective to transmit one or more commands including the first command to the one or more processors; and
e) a storage operably connected to the one or more processors, the storage effective for storing a data structure, wherein the data structure includes the digital media files of the first set, the digital media files of the second set, and the textual annotation.
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Abstract
A computer system for a narrational media organizer for transforming digital media into a personal, memorable story with minimal user input having a processor and storage with instructions for creating a narrational media organizer (NMO) environment, where a user can annotate one or more than one digital media file or graphical representations of the digital media files using a user interface; and an NMO data structure for storing the digital media and annotations of the NMO environment.
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1. A computer system for a narrational media organizer to transform digital media into a personal, memorable story with minimal user input, the system comprising:
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a) one or more processors; b) a non-transitory machine readable medium coupled to the one or more processors; c) a set of computer instructions stored in the machine readable medium and operable on the one or more processors for creating a narrational media organizer (NMO) environment causing performance of operations comprising; displaying digital media files of a first set as graphical representations of each of the digital media files in an arrangement along a timeline in a work area; receiving from a first user, a first command to shift the arrangement, including a user selection of an annotation location between two of the displayed graphical representations of the digital media files and a textual annotation; in response to the first command, placing a graphical instance of the textual annotation at the selected annotation location and shifting the arrangement of graphical representations to make room for the textual annotation; obtaining one or more digital media files of a second set of a second user, each of the one or more digital media files of the second set associated with a timestamp, wherein a first digital media file of the one or more digital media files of the second set was non-destructively excluded from the NMO environment; and merging the digital media files of the second set with the first set of digital media files, wherein; a first graphical representation of at least one of the digital media files of the second set is automatically inserted between two of the displayed graphical representations of the digital media files of the first set into the arrangement along the timeline based on the timestamp associated with the at least one of the digital media files of the second set, and a second graphical representation of the first digital media file of the second set is automatically inserted along the timeline and the second graphical representation includes a minimized version of the first digital media file; d) a user interface operably connected to the one or more processors, the user interface effective to transmit one or more commands including the first command to the one or more processors; and e) a storage operably connected to the one or more processors, the storage effective for storing a data structure, wherein the data structure includes the digital media files of the first set, the digital media files of the second set, and the textual annotation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for a narrational media organizer to transform digital media into a personal, memorable story with minimal user input, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) presenting to a first user a collection of digital media files in an arrangement in a work area; b) receiving from the first user a selection of a marker to indicate an exclusion of a first digital media file from the collection of digital media files; c) presenting to the first user the collection of digital media files, wherein the first digital media file is displayed as a minimized version; d) receiving from the first user more than one different types of digital media annotations, a user selected annotation location for each of the digital media annotations, user instructions to shift the arrangement to insert at least one of the digital media annotations at the annotation location between two of the digital media files, a user placeholder location between two of the digital media files or between a digital media annotation and a digital media file, and a user request for a second user to provide a digital media file for the placeholder location; e) receiving a second digital media file of a second user; f) inserting the digital media file of the second user into the placeholder location; g) providing to the second user the collection of digital media files and the second digital media file, wherein the first digital media file is displayed as the minimized version; and h) producing graphics that comprise both one or more versions of the digital media files and the digital media annotations that are suitable to be uploaded or mailed or shared to form a digital media narration, wherein the first digital media file is excluded from the graphics. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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47. A computer system for a narrational media organizer to transform digital media into a personal, memorable story with minimal user input, the system comprising:
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a) one or more processors; b) a non-transitory machine readable medium connected to the one or more processors; c) a set of computer instructions stored in the machine readable medium and operable on the one or more processors for creating a narrational media organizer (NMO) environment, causing performance of operations comprising; displaying a first set of more than one digital media files as graphical representations of each of the digital media files in an arrangement along a timeline in a work area, wherein each digital media file includes content; receiving from a first user, a first command to shift the arrangement, including a user selection of an annotation location between two of the displayed graphical representations of the digital media files and a textual annotation; receiving from the first user, a second command to create a paragraph in the arrangement, including a user selection of a paragraph location between two of the displayed graphical representations of the digital media files and a headline annotation related to the contents of a following section of digital media files; in response to the first and second commands, placing a graphical instance of the textual annotation at the selected annotation location, placing a graphical instance of the headline annotation at the selected paragraph location and shifting the arrangement of graphical representations to make room for the textual annotation and headline annotation; obtaining, a second set of one or more digital media files of a second user, each of the one or more digital media files of the second set associated with a timestamp, wherein a first digital media file of the second set was non-destructively excluded from the NMO environment; and merging the digital media files of the second set with the first set of more than one digital media files, wherein; a first graphical representation of at least one of the digital media files of the second set is automatically inserted between two of the displayed graphical representations of the digital media files of the first set into the arrangement along the timeline based on the timestamp associated with the at least one of the digital media files of the second set and a second graphical representation of the first digital media file of the second set is automatically inserted along the timeline and the second graphical representation includes a minimized version of the first digital media file; d) a user interface operably connected to the one or more processors, the user interface effective to transmit one or more commands to the processor; and e) a storage operably connected to the processor, the storage effective for storing a data structure, wherein the data structure includes the digital media files and the textual annotation. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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