Methods and apparatus for enhancing electronic presentations with a shared electronic pointer
AssigneeZoho Corporation Private Limited
InventorsVijaykumar Rajendran, Rajendran Dandapani, Sridhar Vembu, Karthikeyan Jambulingam, Sudheer A Grandhi
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Abstract
A system and method for communicating a multimedia presentation between a presenter and an audience is described. Services provided via a network facilitate the communication, and include real-time determination of remaining portions of a presentation responsive to “on the fly” presentation modifications, automated filtering and prioritization of audience feedback to a presenter, integration with one or more customer data resources, and repositioning of a shared electronic pointer by reorienting a wireless handheld presenter device.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method of facilitating communication between a presenter of a multimedia presentation and audience members of the presentation, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- providing a presenter interface to a wireless handheld presenter device via a network, the presenter interface including flow control commands that allow the presenter to control movement and flow of the multimedia presentation;
- providing a presentation interface including flow control commands that allow the presenter to control movement and flow of the multimedia presentation, for the multimedia presentation to a presentation device via the network;
- activating, by the server, an electronic pointer in response to receiving an input on a screen of the wireless handheld presenter device;
- sending, by the server, the electronic pointer to the presentation device, wherein the sending the electronic pointer is responsive to the activation of the electronic pointer, and wherein a first position of the electronic pointer corresponds to a pointer position on the screen of the wireless handheld presenter device;
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- sending, by the server, a second position of the electronic pointer to the presentation device, wherein the sending of the second position of the electronic pointer is in response to receiving a communication that the wireless handheld presenter device has been reoriented in direction or location in space.
A computer-implemented method of facilitating communication between a presenter of a multimedia presentation and audience members of the presentation, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- providing a presenter interface to a wireless handheld presenter device via a network, the presenter interface including flow control commands that allow the presenter to control movement and flow of the multimedia presentation;
- providing an audience interface including flow control commands that allow the presenter to control movement and flow of the multimedia presentation, for the multimedia presentation to a wireless handheld audience device via the network;
- activating, by the server, an electronic pointer in response to receiving an input on a screen of the wireless handheld presenter device;
- sending, by the server, the electronic pointer to the wireless handheld audience device, wherein the sending the electronic pointer is responsive to the activation of the electronic pointer, and wherein a first position of the electronic pointer corresponds to a pointer position on the screen of the wireless handheld presenter;
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- sending, by the server, a second position of the electronic pointer to the wireless handheld audience device, wherein the sending of the second position of the electronic pointer is in response to receiving a communication that the wireless handheld presenter device has been reoriented in direction or location in space.
A computer server for facilitating communication between a presenter of a multimedia presentation and audience members of the presentation, the server including at least one processor running instructions to perform steps comprising:
- providing a presenter interface to a wireless handheld presenter device via a network, the presenter interface including flow control commands that allow the presenter to control movement and flow of the multimedia presentation;
- providing a presentation interface including flow control commands that allow the presenter to control movement and flow of the multimedia presentation, for the multimedia presentation to a presentation device via the network;
- activating, by the server, an electronic pointer in response to receiving an input on a screen of the wireless handheld presenter device;
- sending, by the server, the electronic pointer to the presentation device, wherein the sending the electronic pointer is responsive to the activation of the electronic pointer, and wherein a first position of the electronic pointer corresponds to a pointer position on the screen of the wireless handheld presenter device;
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- sending, by the server, a second position of the electronic pointer to the presentation device, wherein the sending of the second position of the electronic pointer is in response to receiving a communication that the wireless handheld presenter device has been reoriented in direction or location in space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.