Methods, systems, and computer program products for navigating content
AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorPeter Jonathan Olson
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products which enhance the use of digitized content by users are described. The methods, systems, and computer program products include causing portions of the content to be adjusted in size according to dimensions which would best facilitate electronic review of the content. The methods, systems, and computer program products include preparing illustrated content for navigation, specifying dimensions for areas within content collections such as pages and orders for viewing the areas, and correlating the specified dimensions and the specified order with instructions for rendering an enhanced view of the content areas. In some embodiments, the illustrated content comprises a digitized comic book.
Claims11
A computerized method for automatically navigating a sequence of illustrative scenes within a digital production distributed from a content server to one or more clients over a communications network or accessible from a storage medium coupled to one of the one or more clients, wherein the digital production includes a plurality of panels with at least one panel displaying two or more of the illustrative scenes, the method comprising:
- accessing a navigation control program distributed from a remote source to a first client of the one or more clients, the navigation control program being operable to automate selection and display of the sequence of illustrative scenes;
- launching the navigation control program at the first client to access instructions for displaying the sequence of illustrative scenes in a specified order and to access dimension data and scale parameters that are processed to automatically display each illustrative scene with a visual enhancement that makes each displayed illustrative scene more readily perceived than an adjacent illustrative scene within the specified order, wherein the dimension data are specified by a user of a content preparation system and the specified order is specified by the content preparation system;
- receiving a user request to select either a first viewing mode or a second viewing mode;
- in response to the user request to select the first viewing mode, displaying a first page of the digital production so that the first page is visible in its entirety on a display screen without visually distinguishing panels on the first page from one another;
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- in response to the user request to select the second viewing mode, displaying each of the sequence of illustrative scenes with visual enhancement that makes each displayed illustrative scene more readily perceived than an adjacent illustrative scene within the specified order, wherein dimensions of each displayed illustrative scene are independent of dimensions of each of the panels within the digital production.
A system for automatically navigating a sequence of illustrative scenes within a digital production. the system comprising:
- a digital content server storing the digital production, wherein the digital production includes a plurality of panels with at least one panel displaying two or more of the illustrative scenes;
- a client computing device;
- a display screen coupled to the client computing device;
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- a communications network;
- wherein the client computing device is operable to launch a navigation control program distributed from the digital content server over the communications network, the navigation control program being operable to automate selection and display of the sequence of illustrative scenes and operable to perform operations including:
- accessing instructions for displaying the sequence of illustrative scenes on the display screen in a specified order and to access dimension data and scale parameters that are processed to automatically display each illustrative scene on the display screen with a visual enhancement that makes each displayed illustrative scene more readily perceived than an adjacent illustrative scene within the specified order, wherein the dimension data are specified by a user of a content preparation system and the specified order is specified by the content preparation system;
- in response to a user request to select a first viewing mode, displaying a first page of the digital production on the display screen so that the first page is visible in its entirety on the display screen without visually distinguishing panels on the first page from one another;
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- in response to a user request to select a second viewing mode, displaying each of the sequence of illustrative scenes on the display screen with visual enhancement that makes each displayed illustrative scene more readily perceived than an adjacent illustrative scene within the specified order, wherein dimensions of each displayed illustrative scene are independent of dimensions of each of the panels within the digital production.
A system for automatically navigating a sequence of illustrative scenes within a digital production, the system comprising:
- a client computing device;
- a storage medium coupled to the client computing device and storing the digital production, wherein the digital production includes a plurality of panels with at least one panel displaying two or more of the illustrative scenes;
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- a display screen coupled to the client computing device,
- wherein the client computing device is operable to launch a navigation control program that is operable to automate selection and display of the sequence of illustrative scenes and operable to perform operations including:
- accessing instructions for displaying the sequence of illustrative scenes on the display screen in a specified order and to access dimension data and scale parameters that are processed to automatically display each illustrative scene on the display screen with a visual enhancement that makes each displayed illustrative scene more readily perceived than an adjacent illustrative scene within the specified order, wherein the dimension data are specified by a user of a content preparation system and the specified order is specified by the content preparation system;
- in response to a user request to select a first viewing mode, displaying a first page of the digital production on the display screen so that the first page is visible in its entirety on the display screen without visually distinguishing panels on the first page from one another;
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- in response to a user request to select a second viewing mode, displaying each of the sequence of illustrative scenes on the display screen with visual enhancement that makes each displayed illustrative scene more readily perceived than an adjacent illustrative scene within the specified order, wherein dimensions of each displayed illustrative scene are independent of dimensions of each of the panels within the digital production.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.