Patent ID: 8276058

Claim:
A method for supporting the creation of a multimedia experience, the method comprising: generating a flowchart representative of a multimedia experience including: defining a first cell, defining a first branch having a first value, wherein the first branch is associated with the first cell, defining a second branch having a second value, wherein the second branch is associated with the first cell, associating a user-identified variable with the first cell wherein the user-identified variable is associated with the first and second values, defining a second cell, associating the second cell to the user-identified variable, and generating automatically a third branch and a fourth branch associated with the second cell based on an association of the second cell to the user-identified variable such that one of a group consisting of the third and fourth branches reflects the first value, and the other of the group consisting of the third and fourth branches reflects the second value; and providing logic configured to prevent the creation of duplicate branches during a synchronization operation.