US 8,302,008 B2 · Software application for presenting flash presentations encoded in a flash presentation markup language (FLML)

Abstract

A system for presenting FLASH presentations contained in a storage medium. Such a system can include a FLASH presentation (FLAPRE) markup language (FLML) document, a FLASH-based FLAPRE player, and a launching application. The FLML document can textually represent a user-created FLASH presentation using the FLAPRE markup language (FLML). The FLAPRE player can be configured to visually render the user-created FLASH presentation contained within the FLML document. The launching application can be configured to display the FLAPRE player and can support the use of FLASH animation.

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Dependent claims

A method for presenting FLASH presentations comprising:

accessing a FLASH presentation (FLAPRE) markup language (FLML) document representing a user-created FLASH presentation, wherein the user-created FLASH presentation comprises at least a plurality of content elements and format definitions;
translating the FLML document into code usable by a FLASH animation engine, wherein the translating of the FLML document comprises validating the FLML document against a predefined document model;
and
rendering the translated FLML document in a display area, wherein FLASH refers to a format in conformance with the ADOBE FLASH specification as it existed at a time of this disclosure's filing, wherein the accessing, translating, and rendering of the FLML document is performed by a FLAPRE player, wherein the FLAPRE player is a FLASH software application, wherein the FLAPRE player is FLASH BASED and cannot render a FLASH presentation encoded within a .SWF file, wherein the rendering of the translated FLML document further comprises:
determining a need to render a content element of the FLASH presentation, wherein data associated with said content element is contained in an electronic file external to and separate from the FLML document, wherein a location of the electronic file is defined within the FLML document;
and
accessing the data of the electronic file in real-time and in response to the determined need.

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A computer system comprising:

one or more processors and one or more computer-readable, non-transitory storage devices;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to access a FLASH presentation (FLAPRE) markup language (FLML) document representing a user-created FLASH presentation, wherein the user-created FLASH presentation comprises at least a plurality of content elements and format definitions;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to translate the FLML document into code usable by a FLASH animation engine, wherein the translating of the FLML document comprises validating the FLML document against a predefined document model;
and
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to render the translated FLML document in a display area, wherein FLASH refers to a format in conformance with the ADOBE FLASH specification as it existed at a time of this disclosure's filing, wherein the accessing, translating, and rendering of the FLML document is performed by a FLAPRE player, wherein the FLAPRE player is a FLASH software application, wherein the FLAPRE player is FLASH BASED and cannot render a FLASH presentation encoded within a .SWF file wherein the program instructions to render the translated FLML document further comprises program instructions to:
determine a need to render a content element of the FLASH presentation, wherein data associated with said content element is contained in an electronic file external to and separate from the FLML document, wherein a location of the electronic file is defined within the FLML document;
and
access the data of the electronic file in real-time and in response to the determined need.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description3,110 words

Summary547 words

#The present invention relates to the field of FLASH presentation rendering and, more particularly, to a software application for presenting FLASH presentations that are encoded in a FLASH presentation (FLAPRE) markup language (FLML).

#FLASH animation is a popular method for creating electronic presentations. Conventionally, FLASH presentations are created using a process that compiles a variety of source files into the final presentation file, which has a .SWF file extension. As such, a variety of software applications exists that are capable of rendering the content and animations of conventionally created FLASH presentations.

#However, these software applications are incapable of rendering FLASH presentations that are not created through the conventional process, and, therefore, are not encoded into a .SWF file format. For example, it is possible to represent a FLASH presentation textually using a markup language, such as the FLASH presentation (FLAPRE) markup language (FLML). These conventional software applications would simply reject a FLML document, since it does not have a .SWF extension, even though the FLML document contains a valid FLASH presentation.

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#FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a system that utilizes a FLASH presentation (FLAPRE) player to render FLASH presentations contained within FLAPRE markup language (FLML) documents in accordance with embodiments of the inventive arrangements disclosed herein.

#FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for rendering a FLASH presentation written in the FLASH presentation (FLAPRE) markup language (FLML) using the FLAPRE player in accordance with an embodiment of the inventive arrangements disclosed herein.

Detailed description2,488 words

#The present invention discloses a FLASH-based FLASH presentation (FLAPRE) player that can render a FLAPRE markup language (FLML) document containing a FLASH presentation. The FLML document can represent the contents of the FLASH presentation textually using the FLML. The FLAPRE player can utilize an interpreter to translate the FLML into code that can be rendered by a FLASH animation engine. Additionally, the FLAPRE player can validate the structure and/or syntax of the FLML document.

#The present invention may be embodied as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a “circuit,” “module” or “system.” Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product on a computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied in the medium. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is implemented in software, which includes but is not limited to firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.

#Furthermore, the invention can take the form of a computer program product accessible from a computer usable or computer readable medium providing program code for use by or in connection with a computer or any instruction execution system. For the purposes of this description, a computer usable or computer readable medium can be any apparatus that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The computer usable medium may include a propagated data signal with the computer usable program code embodied therewith, either in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. The computer usable program code may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to the Internet, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc.

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Application

12/257,196Filed 23 Oct 2008

Published

US 2010/0107051 A129 Apr 2010

Granted

30 Oct 2012

Term ends

26 May 2030

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 580 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification2 codes

G06F 16/986
Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking: document structures and storage, e.g.…
G06F
Computing and data processing

Timeline

23 Oct 2008Application filedUS 12/257,196
23 Oct 2008Assigned to International Business Machines Corporationassignment of assignor's interest
29 Apr 2010PublishedUS 2010/0107051 A1
30 Oct 2012GrantedUS 8,302,008 B2
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
26 May 2030Term endsEstimated, includes 580 days of adjustment

Software application for presenting flash presentations encoded in a flash presentation markup language (FLML)

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