US 2004/0201621 A1Published application

Presentation program and method

OwnerBruce W. Stevensinventor

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Abstract

There is provided a computer software program and method for simultaneously playing a programmed sequence of graphics and sound files on each of a plurality of computers which may or may not be networked together, which may or may not be similar computers with similar clock times and processing speeds, and which does not require any hardware changes to any of the plurality of computers. Each computer may control a plurality of different monitors and the present invention permits different presentation displays (e.g., graphics) to be displayed on each of the computer monitors controlled by a particular computer. The present invention provides that a plurality of simultaneously running software control programs simultaneously supports, times, retrieves, and plays files for of the plurality of computer programs to thereby utilize the plurality of computers to produce a synchronized presentation.

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Dependent claims

A method for making a presentation for display on a first plurality of computers forming respective computer stations, utilizing a software control program, said method comprising:

installing said software control computer program on each of said first plurality of computers for the control of at least one unlike presentation display by the respective computer;
installing a corresponding at least one set of files to be played for said presentation on each of said first plurality of computers, each set of files including an initial file to be played and an ending file to be played;
associating playing timing for each set of files of said at least one set of files on each of said plurality of computers such that an effective beginning time and play duration time is associated with each file of the corresponding at least one set of files;
providing a start time for each initial file of said at least one set of files to be played on each of said first plurality of computers;
providing that each computer is synchronized to a common time;
providing that in each instance of controlling an unlike presentation display said control program on each of said first plurality of computers that said control program displays said initial file of each set of the corresponding at least one set of files at said respective start time;
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sequentially playing each file in each set of each corresponding at least one set of files for each of said first plurality of computers.

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