Method and Computer-Readable Medium for Cueing the Display of Active Content to an Audience
OwnerPeter N. Mooreinventor
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Abstract
A content presentation system is disclosed for composing a visual scene for an audience using content contained in a storage device, and storing the visual appearance of the scene for later retrieval and recreation by the presentation system. Scenes are recalled in a manner that permits further manipulation of the scene during the live presentation. Scenes can furthermore be recalled in random order, or cued to time-based media such as video, modifying existing elements in the staging area to the extent necessary to recreate the stored scene.
Claims2
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of:
- retrieving a first image from a storage source, and displaying a copy of said first image at a first location in a staging area on an operator display,
- retrieving a second image from said storage source, and displaying a copy of said second image at a second location in said staging area on said operator display,
- altering the position and magnification of said first image copy in response to user input,
- altering the position and magnification of said second image copy in response to user input,
- inserting visual annotations onto said first image copy in response to user input,
- inserting visual annotations onto said second image copy in response to user input,
- recording in a database connected to said computer a data structure, said data structure comprising a pointer to each of said first and second images, and information regarding the respective positions, magnifications, and annotations of said first and second image copies relative to said staging area,
- at a subsequent time, restoring the visual appearance of said staging area on both said operator's display and an audience display using said data structure, and
- further altering the position and magnification of said first or second image copies ins aid staging area in response to further user input.
A method for presenting displayable content to an audience, comprising the steps of:
- retrieving a first image from a storage source, and displaying a copy of said first image at a first location in a staging area on an operator display,
- retrieving a second image from said storage source, and displaying a copy of said second image at a second location in said staging area on said operator display,
- altering the position and magnification of said first image copy in response to user input,
- altering the position and magnification of said second image copy in response to user input,
- inserting visual annotations onto said first image copy in response to user input,
- inserting visual annotations onto said second image copy in response to user input,
- recording in a database connected to said computer a data structure, said data structure comprising a pointer to each of said first and second images, and information regarding the respective positions, magnifications, and annotations of said first and second image copies relative to said staging area,
- at a subsequent time, restoring the visual appearance of said staging area on both said operator's display and an audience display using said data structure, and
- further altering the position and magnification of said first or second image copies ins aid staging area in response to further user input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.