Patent ID: 8054310

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for recasting a legacy web page as a motion picture with audio, the method comprising: retrieving a legacy web page; identifying audio objects in the legacy web page for audio rendering; identifying video objects in the legacy web page for motion picture rendering; associating one or more of the video objects for motion picture rendering with one or more of the audio objects for audio rendering; determining in dependence upon the selected audio objects and video objects a duration for the motion picture, including determining the duration for the motion picture in dependence upon the number of words of display text to be audio rendered, the speech pace of synthesized speech created from that display text, the length of audio clips in the legacy web page, and the number of images to be rendered in the motion picture; selecting audio events for rendering the audio objects identified for audio rendering; selecting motion picture video events for rendering the video objects identified for motion picture rendering, wherein each motion picture video event transforms a single input image into a series of static images such that when the series of static images are played back the image has the appearance of motion; assigning the selected audio events and the selected motion picture video events to playback times for the motion picture; rendering, with the selected audio events at their assigned playback times, the audio content of the each of the audio objects identified for audio rendering; rendering, with the selected motion picture video events at their assigned playback times, the video content of the video objects identified for motion picture rendering; and recording in a multimedia file the rendered audio content and motion picture video content.