Manipulation of non-linearly connected transmedia content data

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer readable instructions which, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:

• retrieve, from a database, linking data and an ordered group of transmedia content data objects, wherein the ordered group is logically separated into two or more linear groups of transmedia content data objects, wherein each linear group comprises a plurality of transmedia content data objects, wherein each element of the linking data defines a directional link from one of the transmedia content data objects to another of the transmedia content data objects, and wherein the linking data comprises one or more branching points, each branching point corresponding to a single transmedia content data object from which each of two or more directional links originates, and wherein each of the two or more directional links terminates at a different transmedia content data object;
• generate a two-dimensional graph structure representing the ordered group of transmedia content data objects wherein each graph node of the two-dimensional graph structure corresponds to a transmedia content data object and each graph edge of the two-dimensional graph structure corresponds to an element of the linking data, wherein generating the two-dimensional graph structure comprises:
• generate a one-dimensional graph representing a first linear group of transmedia content data objects;
• generate the graph node in a second dimension as an indication of other linear groups of the transmedia content data objects in the second dimension at the one or more branching points;
• generate thumbnail representations of each linear group, and wherein the thumbnail representations of each linear group are used as the graph node of the two-dimensional graph structure as indications of branching points;
• and
• output the two-dimensional graph structure on a display screen.

An electronic device comprising:

• processing circuitry;
• and
• a memory coupled with and readable by the processing circuitry comprising one or more processors and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed cause the one or more processors to:
• retrieve, from a database, linking data and an ordered group of transmedia content data objects, wherein the ordered group is logically separated into two or more linear groups of transmedia content data objects, wherein each linear group comprises a plurality of transmedia content data objects wherein each element of the linking data defines a directional link from one of the transmedia content data objects to another of the transmedia content data objects, and wherein the linking data comprises one or more branching points, each branching point corresponding to a single transmedia content data object from which each of two or more directional links originates, and wherein each of the two or more directional links terminates at a different transmedia content data object;
• generate a two-dimensional graph structure representing the ordered group of transmedia content data objects whereby each graph node corresponds to a transmedia content data object and each graph edge corresponds to an element of the linking data, wherein generating the two-dimensional graph structure comprises:
• generate a one-dimensional graph representing a first linear group of transmedia content data objects;
• generate the graph node in a second dimension as an indication of other linear groups of the transmedia content data objects in the second dimension at the one or more branching points;
• generate thumbnail representations of each linear group, wherein the thumbnail representations of each linear group are used as the graph node of the two-dimensional graph structure as indications of branching points;
• and
• output the two-dimensional graph structure on a display screen.