Patent ID: 8051377
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a slideshow, comprising: performing by a computer: receiving a selection of a plurality of files to be displayed as slides in the same slideshow, wherein two or more of the selected plurality of files have different file types, and wherein at least one of the selected plurality of files is a multi-page file, and at least one of the selected plurality of files is a single page file; automatically generating the slideshow from the selected plurality of files including the two or more files having different file types and the at least one multi-page file and the at least one single page file, wherein one of the different file types is an image file type or a portable document format file type, wherein for each respective file of the selected plurality of files, said automatically generating includes displaying the slides based on the selected files in a sequential order, wherein said displaying comprises, for each file: determining a file type for the file; if the file type is determined to support multiple pages, displaying at least one of the pages of the file in the slideshow according to the sequential order, wherein each displayed page is displayed as a separate slide; if the file type is determined to not support multiple pages, displaying the file as one of the slides in the slideshow according to the sequential order, wherein the image file type is determined to not support multiple pages; displaying a transition between two pages from the multi-page file in the slideshow if a count of pages is determined to be greater than one.