Patent ID: 6473096
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A device for generating a scenario suitable for use as presentation materials, wherein a reproduced scenario describing layout information of respective contents and a relationship of synchronism and reproduction between the contents in multimedia contents used for a presentation, is generated, comprising:a contents holding part that retains therein the multimedia contents including text data, image data, motion picture data, voice data and programs; a contents reproducing part that reads corresponding contents from said contents holding part based on control operations of an explainer and reproducing and displaying said read contents; a speaker information input part that receives therein speaker information including at least voice information upon reproduction of the multimedia contents by said contents reproducing part; a speaker information holding part that retains therein the speaker information inputted from said speaker information input part; a descriptive operation input part that receives therein descriptive operations including control operations relative to said contents reproducing part and command operations relative to a specific display point of the reproduced contents displayed by said contents reproducing part; a descriptive operation history holding part that retains therein history information related to the descriptive operations inputted by said descriptive operation input part; a scenario generation processing part that determines layout information of respective contents and the relationship of synchronism and reproduction between the contents in relation to a group of the contents reproduced by said contents reproducing part in accordance with the history information, a group of descriptive operation contents for reproducing the command operations, and the speaker information retained in said speaker information holding part to thereby generate a reproduced scenario having a multimedia title; a descriptive operation contents generating part that generates the descriptive operation contents of an image for reproducing command operations, based on information about said command operations in the history information; a descriptive operation contents holding part that retains therein the descriptive operation contents generated by said descriptive operation contents generating part; and a scenario information holding part that retains therein the reproduced scenario generated by said scenario generation processing part.