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| 20120023407 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND USER INTERFACE FOR CREATING AND DISPLAYING OF PRESENTATIONS A method and system for creating at least one presentation, comprising: at least one computer; at least one application operable on the at least one computer, the at least one application configured for: receiving a plurality of assets; and allowing at least one user to... | 01/26/2012 |
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| 20110239119 | SPOT DIALOG EDITOR Automated methods are used to augment an original script of a time-based media program that contains speech with timing metadata and an indication of a confidence level with which script portions are matched with the speech in the program audio track. An editor uses a s... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110161821 | Method, system and apparatus for managing and interacting with multimedia presentations A method, system and device are provided for facilitating interacting with and management of a presentation involving one or more elements, such as, for example text, sound, pictures, graphics, video or combinations of these elements. The system, method and device provi... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110107217 | Interactive Storybook System and Method An interactive storybook system and method are provided that allow a user with or without the assistance of an operator to make a storybook their own by replacing markers with their own selection from a listing of provisional words and provisional images. The computer-b... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110029877 | Method of Creating a Presentation in Real Time An electronic display page may be displayed on an electronic display and electronic input elements may be displayed on the electronic display. If there are additional input elements, the additional electronic input elements may be accepted from an electronic input devic... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100281386 | Media Editing Application with Candidate Clip Management A computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating media presentations is described. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI has (1) a presentation display area for displaying a composite presentation that the applicat... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100281385 | Presenting an Editing Tool in a Composite Display Area A computer readable medium (CRM) storing a media editing application providing a consolidated editing tool is described. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI has a display area for displaying a composite presentation that the application cr... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100281378 | MEDIA EDITING APPLICATION WITH CAPABILITY TO FOCUS ON GRAPHICAL COMPOSITE ELEMENTS IN A MEDIA COMPOSITING AREA Some embodiments provide a media editing application that allows a user to focus on a subset of media clips that the application combines to create a composite presentation. The media editing application of some embodiments includes a display area for displaying the com... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100275123 | Media Timeline Interaction Media timeline interaction may be provided. An electronic presentation may comprise a media object. A user may select the media object within a presentation application and use an on-object user interface in conjunction with the application's user interface to modify th... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100223128 | Software-based Method for Assisted Video Creation The invention allows for a first set of persons to create and modify templates that contain visual effects, synchronization information, and possibly director assistance. These templates are utilized by a second set of persons to generate personalized motion photo video... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100218100 | PRESENTATION SYSTEM A system for displaying slides of a presentation includes an editor module configured to generate a slide for the presentation based at least on content defined by a user. The system further includes a display module configured to generate display data for the presentat... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100169783 | Framework for Slideshow Object A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more processors, memory that receives instructions from the one or more processors according to a clock operating at a frequency, one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to: define... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100169784 | Slide Show Effects Style A computer-implemented method for authoring media presentations is provided. The method includes steps for defining a style. The style comprises one or more style properties. The style is applied to a layer. The layer comprises one or more effects. The style may also be... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100153839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING WEB-BASED APPLICATION TEMPLATES A method, system and software program on a computer readable medium are provided, for generating a template compatible with Microsoft Silverlight. An authoring application can be used that provides access to a Microsoft PowerPoint slide, permitting objects to be added t... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100153850 | DISTRIBUTED SCRIPTING FOR PRESENTATIONS WITH TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS A live presentation may be prepared and displayed by providing a primary scripting room for preparing a presentation script and a control computer in the primary scripting computer for use by a control operator to view and/or edit possible contributions to the presentat... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100132020 | Presentation Management System and Method An online presentation authoring method includes allowing a primary author to perform a primary set of tasks concerning at least a primary portion of an online presentation, and requesting that a guest author perform a secondary set of tasks concerning a secondary porti... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100114985 | MANAGING THE CONTENT OF SHARED SLIDE PRESENTATIONS Systems, methods, and software applications for managing slide presentation content are described in the present disclosure. According to one embodiment, among many, a computer readable medium is configured to store instructions that are executable by a processing devic... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100088605 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC IMPROVEMENT OF ELECTRONIC PRESENTATIONS A system and method for improving electronic presentations is provided. The system may automatically improve an electronic presentation. An input presentation may be analyzed and various parameters may be computed. Based on text and/or other analysis, images and/or othe... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100083117 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A DESIGNATED PROCESS ON IMAGES With a map displayed on a displaying apparatus 6, a user touches a touch panel 16 with his or her finger to draw an operation trajectory passing through his or her desired area on the map. A user's designated area is specified based on the operation trajec... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100083077 | AUTOMATED MULTIMEDIA OBJECT MODELS Disclosed herein are systems and methods for creating multimedia presentations from presentation templates and/or multimedia object models. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inve... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100031152 | Creation and Navigation of Infinite Canvas Presentation A system and method for creating and conducting presentations on a surface may include an authoring mode, a preprocessing mode and a presentation mode. During an authoring mode, a user may create a surface presentation. In response to a command to play the created prese... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100023865 | Cross-Client Sensor User Interface in an Integrated Security Network A system user interface (SUI) provides an iconic, at-a-glance representation of security system status. The SUI is for use across all client types, and includes numerous display elements presented across all types of client devices used to monitor status of the security... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090327899 | Automated Creation of Virtual Worlds for Multimedia Presentations and Gatherings Systems and Methods for automated creation of Virtual Worlds for Presentations and gatherings. By leveraging the ease of use of commercial presentation tools, such as PowerPoint®, inexperienced users can create fully immersive virtual worlds. Within the virtual world, ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327898 | STORAGE MEDIUM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD TO AUTHOR AND PLAY INTERACTIVE CONTENT A storage medium to store interactive content may include at least one content unit and interactive content including story map information, the story map information selectively connecting the at least one content unit according to conditions to form a story.... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327897 | System and Method For An Interactive Presentation System In a presentation system, a presentation program is provided to display a user interface having a presentation window. A library of presentation elements is provided. The library includes a title and a thumbnail for a presentation element. The presentation elements incl... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090300501 | INTELLIGENT AGENDA OBJECT FOR A PRESENTATION APPLICATION 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 us... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090254830 | Digital image albums To better realize the great potential of amateur digital photography, the present invention introduces an integrated system for the acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication of digital images by amateur digital photography enthusiasts. The system of the p... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249211 | Method and Apparatus for Creating Multimedia Presentations Some embodiments of the invention provide a computerized method for creating and editing a multimedia item. The method provides a menu theme for a multimedia item. The menu theme includes a display section for displaying a multimedia item, an adjustable text section for... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090241043 | Methods, systems, and processes for the design and creation of rich-media applications via the Internet Rich-media applications are designed and created via the Internet. A host computer system, containing processes for creating rich-media applications, is accessed from a remote user computer system via an Internet connection. User account information and rich-media compo... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090217168 | Systems and Methods of Displaying and Re-Using Document Chunks in a Document Development Application A computer displays an application user interface, the application user interface including a document authoring window and a search results window. In response to a search request including one or more user-specified search keywords, the computer displays in the search... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090106660 | Virtual film reader for digital cinema A virtual film reader system and method includes a digital cinema server configured to render a presentation (124). A graphical user interface is coupled to the server which includes one or more virtual automation cue tracks (108) which define a temporal d... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090099919 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FORMATTING AND DELIVERY OF PLAYLIST PRESENTATION CONTENT An exemplary embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system, method and/or computer program product which may include a graphical user interface (GUI) application embodied on a computer readable medium, which when executed on a processor performs a method. The ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090055746 | MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION CREATION The present invention enables combining personal media content and additional content with the purpose of generating a more appealing and engaging experience to the user when being presented the personal media content. The invention therefore relates to a method and a d... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080313544 | PROGRAMMED APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF PRESENTATION FILES A method of preparing and displaying a cumulative presentation and a presentation system are provided. A listing of available individual presentation files is provided through a user interface. Each of the presentation files comprises a plurality of presentation slides.... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080215964 | Method and system for online creation and publication of user-generated stories An online application enables an end user to navigate to a web site, upload digital images, and to combine those images with words in a stylized template to create a user-generated story. A story is a web page, typically a collection of photos and words that are brought... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080215985 | Method for initial layout of story elements in a user-generated online story An online application enables an end user to navigate to a web site, upload digital images, and to combine those images with words in a stylized template to create a user-generated story. A story is a web page, typically a collection of photos and words that are brought... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080189591 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A MEDIA PRESENTATION Methods and systems are described for generating a media presentation. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving first media selection criteria associated with a media presentation for identifying a characteristic of media to be included in the media presentation... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080178074 | DATA PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD A method and computer program product for generating a data file. A selected physical media emulation format is defined, which is chosen from one or more available physical media emulation formats. The data file is formatted in accordance with the selected physical medi... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080178069 | Content Authoring System and Method A method and computer program product for defining a selected non-sequential content template. The selected non-sequential content template defines a plurality of data objects and includes at least one non-sequential navigation object that allows for non-sequential navi... | 07/24/2008 |
