Patent ID: 7721209
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06F,G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for animating persistent objects on consecutive slides of a computer-implemented slide show presentation, comprising: providing a first computer-executable routine to a processor or to a memory utilized by the processor, wherein the first computer-executable routine, when executed by the processor, identifies one or more objects on an outgoing slide and one or more objects on an incoming slide, wherein the objects are distinct and separable from the respective slide and wherein each slide constitutes a receptacle for the addition and presentation of the respective objects; providing a second computer-executable routine to a processor or to a memory utilized by the processor, wherein the second computer-executable routine, when executed by the processor, compares the one or more objects on the outgoing slide and the one or more objects on the incoming slide; providing a third computer-executable routine to a processor or to a memory utilized by the processor, wherein the third computer-executable routine, when executed by the processor, classifies each object as being present on the incoming slide and the outgoing slide or as being present on only one of the incoming slide or the outgoing slide utilizing a correspondence table generated based on the comparison, wherein the correspondence table lists each object in the outgoing slide and the incoming slide and provides an indication of whether or not a match was identified for each object; and providing a fourth computer-executable routine to a processor or to a memory utilized by the processor, wherein the fourth computer-executable routine, when executed by the processor, generates an animation for each object based on the respective classification of the object, wherein the animation is different for objects classified as being present on the incoming slide and the outgoing slide than for objects classified as being present on only one of the incoming slide or the outgoing slide.