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US 9,870,134 B2Granted
Interactive blocking and management for performing arts productions
OwnerRandall Lee Threewitsinventor
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Abstract
One or more embodiments present positional information associated with a text to a user. In one embodiment, a determination is made that at least one line from a digital representation of text has been selected. Another determination is made that the line is associated with a set of positional information. The set of positional information is presented on a digital representation of a venue along with the presentation of the line of text.
Claims20
A method for presenting positional information of an object associated with a text, the method comprising:
- performing iteratively for each selected group of one or more lines of a text
- a) displaying in a first region of a user interface on an electronic device, one or more lines of a text, each of the one or more lines of the text including at least one of role names, dialogue, and stage directions;
- b) displaying in a second region of the user interface of the electronic device, an image of a venue associated with the one or more lines of the text, the first region being displayed simultaneously to the second region;
- c) receiving from a user, the user interface of the electronic device, using an input device, selection of at least one digital representation of an object to relocate the object from a first position to a second position within the image of the venue associated with a selected group of the one or more lines of the text;
- d) determining, by a processor, at least an x-position and y-position of the digital representation of the object that has been relocated within the image of the venue;
- e) storing a position of the digital representation of the object within the image of the venue into a positional information record, the positional information record including:
- an identifier, associated with the selected group of one or more lines of the text,
- an identifier associated with the digital representation of the object within the image of the venue, and
- the x-position and y-position of the digital representation of the object within the image of the venue;
- f) updating the display of the second region for the digital representation of the object at the x-position and y-position within the image of the venue, using information stored in the positional information record associated with the selected group of the one or more lines of the text, wherein the updating of the display comprises providing an animation of the object from a previous position to the relocated position for the selected group of the one or more lines of the text based on a relationship stored in the positional information record comprising a transition between multiple positions of the object in the venue with respect to a plurality of lines of a text, as a subsequent selected group of lines is displayed;
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- g) repeating steps a through f above for a next selected group of one or more lines of the text.
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An information processing system for presenting positional information of an object associated with text, the information processing comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory;
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- an interactive blocking environment communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, wherein the interactive blocking environment is configured to perform a method comprising:
- performing iteratively for each selected group of one or more lines of a text
- a) displaying in a first region of a user interface on an electronic device, one or more lines of a text, each of the one or more lines of the text including at least one of role names, dialogue, and stage directions;
- b) displaying in a second region of the user interface of the electronic device, an image of a venue associated with the one or more lines of the text, the first region being displayed simultaneously to the second region;
- c) receiving from a user, the user interface of the electronic device, using an input device, selection of at least one digital representation of an object to relocate the object from a first position to a second position within the image of the venue associated with a selected group of the one or more lines of the text;
- d) determining, by a processor, at least an x-position and y-position of the digital representation of the object that has been relocated within the image of the venue;
- e) storing a position of the digital representation of the object within the image of the venue into a positional information record, the positional information record including:
- an identifier, associated with the selected group of one or more lines of the text,
- an identifier associated with the digital representation of the object within the image of the venue, and
- the x-position and y-position of the digital representation of the object within the image of the venue;
- f) updating the display of the second region for the digital representation of the object at the x-position and y-position within the image of the venue, using information stored in the positional information record associated with the selected group of the one or more lines of the text, wherein the updating of the display comprises providing an animation of the object from a previous position to the relocated position for the selected group of the one or more lines of the text based on a relationship stored in the positional information record comprising a transition between multiple positions of the object in the venue with respect to a plurality of lines of a text, as a subsequent selected group of lines is displayed;
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- g) repeating steps a through f above for a next selected group of one or more lines of the text.
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A computer program product for presenting positional information associated with a manuscript to a user, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
- performing iteratively for each selected group of one or more lines of a text
- a) displaying in a first region of a user interface on an electronic device, one or more lines of a text, each of the one or more lines of the text including at least one of role names, dialogue, and stage directions;
- b) displaying in a second region of the user interface of the electronic device, an image of a venue associated with the one or more lines of the text, the first region being displayed simultaneously to the second region;
- c) receiving from a user, the user interface of the electronic device, using an input device, selection of at least one digital representation of an object to relocate the object from a first position to a second position within the image of the venue associated with a selected group of the one or more lines of the text;
- d) determining, by a processor, at least an x-position and y-position of the digital representation of the object that has been relocated within the image of the venue;
- e) storing a position of the digital representation of the object within the image of the venue into a positional information record, the positional information record including:
- an identifier, associated with the selected group of one or more lines of the text,
- an identifier associated with the digital representation of the object within the image of the venue, and
- the x-position and y-position of the digital representation of the object within the image of the venue;
- f) updating the display of the second region for the digital representation of the object at the x-position and y-position within the image of the venue, using information stored in the positional information record associated with the selected group of the one or more lines of the text, wherein the updating of the display comprises providing an animation of the object from a previous position to the relocated position for the selected group of the one or more lines of the text based on a relationship stored in the positional information record comprising a transition between multiple positions of the object in the venue with respect to a plurality of lines of a text, as a subsequent selected group of lines is displayed;
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- g) repeating steps a through f above for a next selected group of one or more lines of the text.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.