Patent Document

BACKGROUND 
       [0001]    When creating presentation slides using a slide show editor, authors typically place content on slides first and consider structure second. Reorganizing slides to convey a message after the slides have been created and content has been added is difficult, time-consuming, and typically not a consideration for a user who is attempting to generate slides quickly. Current presentation slide editors only provide a tool to present topics, but do not provide a scheme for organizing content and further do not provide an easy way to navigate between various topics within the presentation. 
         [0002]    It is with respect to these and other general considerations that embodiments have been made. Also, although relatively specific problems have been discussed, it should be understood that the embodiments should not be limited to solving the specific problems identified in the background. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0003]    This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter. 
         [0004]    Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for organizing slides and providing navigational elements within the slides using a presentation application such as Microsoft PowerPoint®. For example, a presentation application initially prompts a creator to provide the editor with a basic outline, or structure, of the presentation such as a title, and subheadings that are considered to be main sections of the presentation. The presentation application then generates slides corresponding to the subheadings provided by the creator, wherein the slides include navigational (i.e. linkable) elements that enable easy linking between subheadings within the presentation. Prompting the creator to first enter a structure enables the creator to consider the message to be conveyed, thereby eliminating a potential massive reorganization of the presentation after content has been added. 
         [0005]    Embodiments may be implemented as a computer process, a computing system or as an article of manufacture. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0006]      FIG. 1A  illustrates a main structure slide. 
           [0007]      FIG. 1B  illustrates a populated main structure slide. 
           [0008]      FIG. 2A  illustrates slides generated using the automated title and subtitling system. 
           [0009]      FIG. 2B  illustrates a parent slide and children slides generated using the automated title and subtitling system. 
           [0010]      FIG. 3A  illustrates removing a subheading on a main structure slide. 
           [0011]      FIG. 3B  illustrates a resulting main structure slide after removal of a subheading. 
           [0012]      FIG. 4  illustrates slides generated after removing a subheading on the main structure slide. 
           [0013]      FIG. 5  illustrates reordering subheadings on the main structure slide. 
           [0014]      FIG. 6  illustrates slides generated after reordering subheadings on the main structure slide. 
           [0015]      FIG. 7  illustrates a method for creating and organizing a new presentation using a main structure slide in a presentation application. 
           [0016]      FIG. 8  illustrates a method for deleting subheadings on a main structure slide in a presentation application. 
           [0017]      FIG. 9  illustrates a method for reordering subheadings on a main structure slide in a presentation application. 
           [0018]      FIG. 10  illustrates a method for creating and organizing a new presentation using a main structure slide by a presentation application. 
           [0019]      FIG. 11  illustrates a method for deleting subheadings using a main structure slide by a presentation application. 
           [0020]      FIG. 12  illustrates a method for reorganizing subheadings using a main structure slide by a presentation application. 
           [0021]      FIG.13  is a block diagram illustrating example physical components of a computing device with which embodiments of the invention may be practiced. 
           [0022]      FIGS. 14A and 14B  are simplified block diagrams of a mobile computing device with which embodiments of the present invention may be practiced. 
           [0023]      FIG. 15  is a simplified block diagram of a distributed computing system in which embodiments of the present invention may be practiced. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0024]    Various embodiments are described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, and which show specific exemplary embodiments. However, embodiments may be implemented in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the embodiments to those skilled in the art. Embodiments may be practiced as methods, systems or devices. Accordingly, embodiments may take the form of a hardware implementation, an entirely software implementation or an implementation combining software and hardware aspects. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense. 
         [0025]      FIG. 1A  illustrates a main structure slide  100  of a presentation application such as Microsoft PowerPoint®. As shown, the main structure slide  100  includes several dialogue boxes for adding a title  102 , a first subheading  104 , a second subheading  106 , a third subheading  108 , and a ‘create’ button  110  to generate presentation slides using the inputs entered. The main structure slide  100  may further include an interface for adding more subheadings and/or deleting subheadings. 
         [0026]      FIG. 1B  illustrates a populated main structure slide  100 . In this example, ‘Space Travel’ is input as the title  102 , ‘Apollo’ is input as the first subheading  104 , ‘Mercury’ is input as the second subheading  106 , and ‘Gemini’ is input as the third subheading  108 . 
         [0027]      FIG. 2A  illustrates slides  200  that are automatically generated using the automated title and subtitling system. As shown, three resulting slides  200  and navigational elements are automatically generated. Each of the resulting slides  200  represents one of the subheadings input into the main structure slide, as shown and described with respect to  FIGS. 1A and 1B . Thus, in this example, three subheadings were input and accordingly, three main resulting slides were generated. Resulting slide  202  represents the main ‘Apollo’ slide, resulting slide  204  represents the main ‘Mercury’ slide, and resulting slide  206  represents the main ‘Gemini’ slide. 
         [0028]    Furthermore, one or more children slides may be generated that follow and correspond to each main or parent slide. For example, the ‘Apollo’ parent slide  202  may be followed by slides  2 - 7  and slide  8  may represent the ‘Mercury’ slide  204 . In such an example, slides  2 - 7  are children slides of the ‘Apollo’ parent slide  202  while the ‘Mercury’ slide  204  is another parent slide. Furthermore, the ‘Apollo’ parent slide  202  and slides  2 - 7  are grouped together in a section. Accordingly, the ‘Mercury’ slide  204 , and any subsequent children slides are combined in a separate section. The parent/child slide relationship is illustrated in further detail with respect to  FIG. 2B . 
         [0029]    Each of the slides  200  has several areas: a title area  208 , a linkable subheading area  210 , and a content area  212 . In this embodiment, the title area  208  represents the title of the presentation, ‘Space Travel’, as entered in the main structure slide shown in  FIG. 1B . The title area  208  may be included on each slide, or alternatively it may be included on the parent slides and excluded from the children slides. 
         [0030]    The linkable subheading area  210  includes the names of each subheading as entered in the main structure slide. Each subheading is automatically linked to its particular section, thereby allowing easy navigation from one section to another by clicking on the desired link. Linking is discussed in further detail below. In this example, the emphasized, or bolded, subheading in the linkable subheading area  210  indicates the name of the particular section to which the slide belongs. Accordingly, the emphasized subheading indicates the present section. For example, in slide  202 , ‘Apollo’ is emphasized in bold and appears as a larger font which indicates that the displayed slide is in the ‘Apollo’ section. Likewise, the emphasized ‘Mercury’ subheading in slide  204  indicates that it corresponds to the ‘Mercury’ section, and the emphasized ‘Gemini’ subheading in slide  206  indicates that it corresponds to the ‘Gemini’ section. Thus, if there are several children slides following slide  202 , ‘Apollo’ will be highlighted on each ‘Apollo’ child slide, indicating that the slide displayed is in the ‘Apollo’ section of the presentation. Additionally, each ‘Apollo’ child slide will include linkable elements to the ‘Mercury’ and ‘Gemini’ sections. 
         [0031]    As discussed above, each of the subheadings in the subheading area  210  is automatically linked such that a user may click on a subheading and be taken directly to the parent slide of that section in the presentation. While a bolded and underlined link is shown, it is understood that alternative methods of emphasizing the current section are included within the invention, including italics, font size, text color, background color, and other methods known to those skilled in the art. The linking is depicted by the dotted line. For example, if the ‘Apollo’ parent slide  202  is displayed, the ‘Gemini’ hyperlink can be selected and accordingly, the Gemini slide  206  will be displayed. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the linked subheading may be modified to allow linking to a slide other than the parent slide. The linked subheadings feature makes navigation between sections in large presentations easy. Furthermore, this feature is available while the presentation is operating in presentation mode. 
         [0032]    Also in this embodiment, the content area  212  represents a placeholder for text, images, or video. In this embodiment, the content area is depicted by two boxes outlined by a dashed line. In some embodiments, the content area  212  is depicted by one box, and in other embodiments the content area  212  is depicted by several boxes. 
         [0033]      FIG. 2B  illustrates a parent slide and children slides generated using the automated title and subtitling system. As described with respect to  FIG. 2A , the presentation application generated parent slides titled ‘Apollo,’ ‘Mercury,’ and ‘Gemini’ as well as children slides following each parent slide. This embodiment illustrates the ‘Apollo’ parent slide  202  followed by its six children slides  202   a - 202   f.  Additionally shown in this example is the parent ‘Mercury’ slide  204  that follows the children slides  202   a - 202   f.  As shown in this example, children slides  202   a - 202   f  are grouped within a section corresponding to the ‘Apollo’ parent slide  202 , and the ‘Mercury’ slide  204  and its children slides (not shown) that correspond to a separate section. 
         [0034]      FIG. 3A  illustrates removing a subheading on a main structure slide  300 . As discussed above, the exemplary main structure slide  300  includes several dialogue boxes for adding a title  302 , a first subheading  304 , a second subheading  306 , a third subheading  308 , and a ‘create’ button  310  to generate presentation slides. As shown in  FIG. 1A , the first subheading  304 , second subheading  306 , and third subheading  308  were populated with ‘Apollo,’ ‘Mercury,’ and ‘Gemini,’ respectively. In this example, the second subheading  306  populated with ‘Mercury’ is to be deleted. In this embodiment, there is a delete button  312  corresponding to each dialogue box that deletes that particular subheading. 
         [0035]      FIG. 3B  illustrates a resulting main structure slide  300  after removal of the ‘Mercury’ subheading (e.g., in response to a user selecting the delete button  312  adjacent the ‘Mercury’ subheading). In this example, the main structure slide  300  now includes two subheadings: the first subheading  304  titled ‘Apollo’ and a second subheading  306  now titled ‘Gemini.’ 
         [0036]      FIG. 4  illustrates slides  400  generated after removing a subheading on the main structure slide. As shown, there are two slides  400  generated: a first slide  402  corresponding to the first subheading and a second slide  404  corresponding to the second subheading. In this example, three subheadings were originally entered as shown and described with reference to  FIG. 1 . Subsequently, the second subheading titled ‘Mercury’ was deleted as shown and described with reference to  FIG. 3 . Accordingly, two slides  400  were generated, excluding the ‘Mercury’ slide which was deleted (along with any related children slides). Therefore, resulting slide  402  represents the main ‘Apollo’ slide and resulting slide  404  represents the main ‘Gemini’ slide. Furthermore, the ‘Mercury’ link has been removed from the subheading area  210  of the resulting main slides  402  and  404 . 
         [0037]    In some embodiments, a user may delete a subheading after content has been added to children slides in that section. In this instance, the content may be preserved by adding or assigning the children slides to a new section or an existing section. In either example, the user may manually delete or re-arrange these slides accordingly. Alternatively, the user has the option to re-insert the deleted section and add the corresponding children slide(s) thereto. 
         [0038]      FIG. 5  illustrates reordering subheadings on the main structure slide  500 . As shown, the ‘Apollo’ subheading  502  is now reordered such that it is now located below the ‘Mercury’ subheading  504 . In some embodiments, the reordering is done by a drag and drop operation while in other embodiments, reordering is done by deleting and re-entering text accordingly. Alternatively or additionally, up and down arrows are provided next to each subheading for reordering accordingly. Furthermore, it is understood that any reordering of the parent slides will also correspond to a reordering of the corresponding children slides. 
         [0039]      FIG. 6  illustrates slides  600  generated after reordering subheadings on the main structure slide. As shown, there are three resulting slides  600  generated: a first resulting slide  602 , a second resulting slide  604 , and a third resulting slide  606 . Each of the resulting slides  600  represents one of the subheadings. Additionally, the slides  600  are reordered according to the new order as shown and described with reference to in  FIG. 5 . Thus, in this example, resulting slide  602  now represents the main ‘Mercury’ slide, the following resulting slide  604  represents the main ‘Apollo’ slide, and the final resulting slide  606  represents the main ‘Gemini’ slide. Additionally, the subheading links within the subheading area  210  are reordered accordingly. As discussed above, each subheading link provides a link to a corresponding main or parent slide. 
         [0040]    Alternatively, the concept of an automated system for organizing presentation slides disclosed herein can be applied to generate section headings and navigational elements to an existing slide deck. For example, the system and method disclosed herein may be used to analyze an existing slide deck to determine topic sections and generate navigational elements on each slide. In one example, the system analyzes cues on each slide such as changes in style, text, images, designs, etc., and determines section headings based on those cues. The system thereafter generates navigational elements on each slide in the slide deck. 
         [0041]      FIG. 7  illustrates a method  700  for creating and organizing a new presentation using a main structure slide in a presentation application. As should be appreciated, the particular steps of method  700  and the following methods described below are not exclusive and, as will be understood by those skilled in the art, the particular ordering of steps as described herein is not intended to limit the method, e.g., steps may be performed in differing order, additional steps may be performed, and disclosed steps may be excluded without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure. 
         [0042]    This method  700  begins at operation  702  in which a presentation user first enters a title  702  in the title dialogue box as shown and described with reference to  FIG. 1 . Next, the method  700  moves to operation  704  in which the user enters at least one subheading in the main structure slide. As discussed above, each subheading represents different sections within the presentation that are each linkable for easy navigation within the presentation. The method  700  then concludes with operation  706  wherein the user selects the create button to commence slide generation. 
         [0043]      FIG. 8  illustrates a method  800  for deleting subheadings on a main structure slide in a presentation application. The method  800  begins at operation  802  in which a presentation user selects the delete button next to a subheading dialogue box in the main structure slide. Operation  802  can be repeated for as many subheadings as the user wants to delete. Alternatively, the user can manually delete the text from the dialogue box to delete a particular subheading. Next, the method  800  proceeds to operation  804  wherein the user selects the create button to commence slide generation that excludes the deleted slide(s). 
         [0044]      FIG. 9  illustrates a method  900  for reordering subheadings on a main structure slide in a presentation application. The method  900  begins at operation  902  in which a presentation creator moves an already existing subheading above or below another existing subheading (e.g., by dragging and dropping the subheading on the display). Operation  902  is repeated until the subheadings are suitably arranged. Next, the method  900  proceeds to operation  904  wherein the user selects the create button to commence slide generation that incorporates the newly reordered slides. 
         [0045]      FIG. 10  illustrates a method  1000  for creating and organizing a new presentation using a main structure slide by a presentation application. The method  1000  begins at operation  1002  in which the presentation application prompts a user to enter a title in the main structure slide as shown and described with respect to  FIG. 1 . Next in operation  1004 , the presentation application prompts the user to enter at least one subheading which represents section headings within the presentation. Next, the presentation application receives a create request  1006 . In this example, a create request  1006  instructs the presentation application to generate slides that include the user inputs as requested in operations  1002  and  1004 . For example, the slides generated may include a title, as requested from the user in operation  1002  and each subheading, as requested from the user in operation  1004 . Additionally, the create request  1006  hyperlinks each subheading that is located in the subheading area (see  FIG. 2 , ref.  210 ) on each slide to make a navigational presentation based on user inputs. Next, in operation  1008 , the presentation application generates the slides including the content, hyperlinked sections, and title on each slide. Next in operation  1010 , the presentation application displays the generated slides including a title and navigational elements such as hyperlinked subheadings for each slide. 
         [0046]      FIG. 11  illustrates a method  1100  for deleting subheadings using a main structure slide by a presentation application. The method  1100  begins at operation  1102  in which the presentation application receives a request to delete a subheading. Operation  1102  may be repeated for as many delete requests sent by the user to the presentation application. Next, the presentation application receives a create request  1104  that instructs the presentation application to generate slides that exclude the deleted slides. Additionally, upon receiving the create request  1104 , the presentation application hyperlinks subheadings on the remaining slides to make a navigational presentation while also removing hyperlinks and subheadings that were deleted in operation  1102 . Next, in operation  1106 , the presentation application generates slides, wherein the slides now exclude the deleted section(s) and associated hyperlinks. Finally, in operation  1108 , the presentation application displays the generated slides. 
         [0047]      FIG. 12  illustrates a method  1200  for reorganizing subheadings using a main structure slide by a presentation application. The method  1200  begins in operation  1202  when the presentation application receives a reorganization request. Receiving a reorganization request  1202  from the user includes receiving instructions for restructuring the presentation accordingly. Next, the presentation application receives a create request  1204  that instructs the presentation application to generate slides that include a new sequence of slides. Next, in operation  1206 , the presentation application generates slides, wherein the slides now reflect the new slide order as received by the reorganization request in operation  1202 . In operation  1206 , the presentation application generates slides including the newly ordered slides as well as new hyperlinks to subheadings reflecting the new slide sequence. Finally, in operation  1208 , the presentation application displays the reorganized slides. 
         [0048]    In addition, the embodiments and functionalities described herein may operate over distributed systems (e.g., cloud-based computing systems), where application functionality, memory, data storage and retrieval and various processing functions may be operated remotely from each other over a distributed computing network, such as the Internet or an intranet. User interfaces and information of various types may be displayed via on-board computing device displays or via remote display units associated with one or more computing devices. For example user interfaces and information of various types may be displayed and interacted with on a wall surface onto which user interfaces and information of various types are projected. Interaction with the multitude of computing systems with which embodiments of the invention may be practiced include, keystroke entry, touch screen entry, voice or other audio entry, gesture entry where an associated computing device is equipped with detection (e.g., camera) functionality for capturing and interpreting user gestures for controlling the functionality of the computing device, and the like. 
         [0049]      FIGS. 13-15  and the associated descriptions provide a discussion of a variety of operating environments in which embodiments of the invention may be practiced. However, the devices and systems illustrated and discussed with respect to  FIGS. 7-9  are for purposes of example and illustration and are not limiting of a vast number of computing device configurations that may be utilized for practicing embodiments of the invention, described herein. 
         [0050]      FIG. 13  is a block diagram illustrating physical components (i.e., hardware) of a computing device  105  with which embodiments of the invention may be practiced. The computing device components described below may be suitable for the computing devices described above. In a basic configuration, the computing device  105  may include at least one processing unit  1302  and a system memory  1304 . Depending on the configuration and type of computing device, the system memory  1304  may comprise, but is not limited to, volatile storage (e.g., random access memory), non-volatile storage (e.g., read-only memory), flash memory, or any combination of such memories. The system memory  1304  may include an operating system  1305  and one or more program modules  1306  suitable for running software applications  1320  such as a presentation application  118 . The operating system  1305 , for example, may be suitable for controlling the operation of the computing device  105 . Furthermore, embodiments of the invention may be practiced in conjunction with a graphics library, other operating systems, or any other application program and is not limited to any particular application or system. This basic configuration is illustrated in  FIG. 13  by those components within a dashed line  1308 . The computing device  105  may have additional features or functionality. For example, the computing device  105  may also include additional data storage devices (removable and/or non-removable) such as, for example, magnetic disks, optical disks, or tape. Such additional storage is illustrated in  FIG. 13  by a removable storage device  1309  and a non-removable storage device  1310 . 
         [0051]    As stated above, a number of program modules and data files may be stored in the system memory  1304 . While executing on the processing unit  1302 , the program modules  1306  (e.g., the presentation application  118 ) may perform processes including, but not limited to, one or more of the stages of the methods  700 - 1200  illustrated in  FIGS. 7-12 . Other program modules that may be used in accordance with embodiments of the present invention may include electronic mail and contacts applications, word processing applications, spreadsheet applications, database applications, slide presentation applications, drawing or computer-aided application programs, etc. 
         [0052]    Furthermore, embodiments of the invention may be practiced in an electrical circuit comprising discrete electronic elements, packaged or integrated electronic chips containing logic gates, a circuit utilizing a microprocessor, or on a single chip containing electronic elements or microprocessors. For example, embodiments of the invention may be practiced via a system-on-a-chip (SOC) where each or many of the components illustrated in  FIG. 13  may be integrated onto a single integrated circuit. Such an SOC device may include one or more processing units, graphics units, communications units, system virtualization units and various application functionality all of which are integrated (or “burned”) onto the chip substrate as a single integrated circuit. When operating via an SOC, the functionality, described herein, with respect to the presentation application  118  may be operated via application-specific logic integrated with other components of the computing device  105  on the single integrated circuit (chip). Embodiments of the invention may also be practiced using other technologies capable of performing logical operations such as, for example, AND, OR, and NOT, including but not limited to mechanical, optical, fluidic, and quantum technologies. In addition, embodiments of the invention may be practiced within a general purpose computer or in any other circuits or systems. 
         [0053]    The computing device  105  may also have one or more input device(s)  1312  such as a keyboard, a mouse, a pen, a sound input device, a touch input device, etc. The output device(s)  1314  such as a display, speakers, a printer, etc. may also be included. The aforementioned devices are examples and others may be used. The computing device  105  may include one or more communication connections  1316  allowing communications with other computing devices  1318 . Examples of suitable communication connections  1316  include, but are not limited to, RF transmitter, receiver, and/or transceiver circuitry; universal serial bus (USB), parallel, and/or serial ports. 
         [0054]    The term computer readable media as used herein may include computer storage media. Computer storage media may include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information, such as computer readable instructions, data structures, or program modules. The system memory  1304 , the removable storage device  1309 , and the non-removable storage device  1310  are all computer storage media examples (i.e., memory storage.) Computer storage media may include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other article of manufacture which can be used to store information and which can be accessed by the computing device  105 . Any such computer storage media may be part of the computing device  105 . Computer storage media does not include a carrier wave or other propagated or modulated data signal. 
         [0055]    Communication media may be embodied by computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal, such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism, and includes any information delivery media. The term “modulated data signal” may describe a signal that has one or more characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media may include wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, radio frequency (RF), infrared, and other wireless media. 
         [0056]      FIGS. 14A and 14B  illustrate a mobile computing device  1400 , for example, a mobile telephone, a smart phone, a tablet personal computer  610 , a laptop computer, and the like, with which embodiments of the invention may be practiced. With reference to  FIG. 14A , one embodiment of a mobile computing device  1400  for implementing the embodiments is illustrated. In a basic configuration, the mobile computing device  1400  is a handheld computer having both input elements and output elements. The mobile computing device  1400  typically includes a display  1405  and one or more input buttons  1410  that allow the user to enter information into the mobile computing device  1400 . The display  1405  of the mobile computing device  1400  may also function as an input device (e.g., a touch screen display). If included, an optional side input element  1415  allows further user input. The side input element  1415  may be a rotary switch, a button, or any other type of manual input element. In alternative embodiments, mobile computing device  1400  may incorporate more or less input elements. For example, the display  1405  may not be a touch screen in some embodiments. In yet another alternative embodiment, the mobile computing device  1400  is a portable phone system, such as a cellular phone. The mobile computing device  1400  may also include an optional keypad  1435 . Optional keypad  1435  may be a physical keypad or a “soft” keypad generated on the touch screen display. In various embodiments, the output elements include the display  1405  for showing a graphical user interface (GUI), a visual indicator  1420  (e.g., a light emitting diode), and/or an audio transducer  1425  (e.g., a speaker). In some embodiments, the mobile computing device  1400  incorporates a vibration transducer for providing the user with tactile feedback. In yet another embodiment, the mobile computing device  1400  incorporates input and/or output ports, such as an audio input (e.g., a microphone jack), an audio output (e.g., a headphone jack), and a video output (e.g., a HDMI port) for sending signals to or receiving signals from an external device. 
         [0057]      FIG. 14B  is a block diagram illustrating the architecture of one embodiment of a mobile computing device. That is, the mobile computing device  1400  can incorporate a system (i.e., an architecture)  1402  to implement some embodiments. In one embodiment, the system  1402  is implemented as a “smart phone” capable of running one or more applications (e.g., browser, e-mail, calendaring, contact managers, messaging clients, games, and media clients/players). In some embodiments, the system  1402  is integrated as a computing device, such as an integrated personal digital assistant (PDA) and wireless phone. 
         [0058]    One or more application programs  1466  may be loaded into the memory  1462  and run on or in association with the operating system  1464 . Examples of the application programs include phone dialer programs, e-mail programs, personal information management (PIM) programs, word processing programs, spreadsheet programs, Internet browser programs, messaging programs, and so forth. The system  1402  also includes a non-volatile storage area  1468  within the memory  1462 . The non-volatile storage area  1468  may be used to store persistent information that should not be lost if the system  1402  is powered down. The application programs  1466  may use and store information in the non-volatile storage area  1468 , such as e-mail or other messages used by an e-mail application, and the like. A synchronization application (not shown) also resides on the system  1402  and is programmed to interact with a corresponding synchronization application resident on a host computer to keep the information stored in the non-volatile storage area  1468  synchronized with corresponding information stored at the host computer. As should be appreciated, other applications may be loaded into the memory  1462  and run on the mobile computing device  1400 , including the presentation application  118  described herein. 
         [0059]    The system  1402  has a power supply  1470 , which may be implemented as one or more batteries. The power supply  1470  might further include an external power source, such as an AC adapter or a powered docking cradle that supplements or recharges the batteries. 
         [0060]    The system  1402  may also include a radio  1472  that performs the function of transmitting and receiving radio frequency communications. The radio  1472  facilitates wireless connectivity between the system  1402  and the “outside world,” via a communications carrier or service provider. Transmissions to and from the radio  1472  are conducted under control of the operating system  1464 . In other words, communications received by the radio  1472  may be disseminated to the application programs  1466  via the operating system  1464 , and vice versa. 
         [0061]    The visual indicator  1420  may be used to provide visual notifications, and/or an audio interface  1474  may be used for producing audible notifications via the audio transducer  1425 . In the illustrated embodiment, the visual indicator  1420  is a light emitting diode (LED) and the audio transducer  1425  is a speaker. These devices may be directly coupled to the power supply  1470  so that when activated, they remain on for a duration dictated by the notification mechanism even though the processor  1460  and other components might shut down for conserving battery power. The LED may be programmed to remain on indefinitely until the user takes action to indicate the powered-on status of the device. The audio interface  1474  is used to provide audible signals to and receive audible signals from the user. For example, in addition to being coupled to the audio transducer  1425 , the audio interface  1474  may also be coupled to a microphone to receive audible input, such as to facilitate a telephone conversation. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the microphone may also serve as an audio sensor to facilitate control of notifications, as will be described below. The system  1402  may further include a video interface  1476  that enables an operation of an on-board camera  1430  to record still images, video stream, and the like. 
         [0062]    A mobile computing device  1400  implementing the system  1402  may have additional features or functionality. For example, the mobile computing device  1400  may also include additional data storage devices (removable and/or non-removable) such as, magnetic disks, optical disks, or tape. Such additional storage is illustrated in  FIG. 14B  by the non-volatile storage area  1468 . 
         [0063]    Data/information generated or captured by the mobile computing device  1400  and stored via the system  1402  may be stored locally on the mobile computing device  1400 , as described above, or the data may be stored on any number of storage media that may be accessed by the device via the radio  1472  or via a wired connection between the mobile computing device  1400  and a separate computing device associated with the mobile computing device  1400 , for example, a server computer in a distributed computing network, such as the Internet. As should be appreciated such data/information may be accessed via the mobile computing device  1400  via the radio  1472  or via a distributed computing network. Similarly, such data/information may be readily transferred between computing devices for storage and use according to well-known data/information transfer and storage means, including electronic mail and collaborative data/information sharing systems. 
         [0064]      FIG. 9  illustrates one embodiment of the architecture of a system for providing detection and grouping of graphics elements in a fixed format document to one or more client devices, as described above. Content developed, interacted with, or edited in association with the presentation application  118  may be stored in different communication channels or other storage types. For example, various documents may be stored using a directory service  1522 , a web portal  1524 , a mailbox service  1526 , an instant messaging store  1528 , or a social networking site  1530 . The presentation application  118  may use any of these types of systems or the like for enabling data utilization, as described herein. A server  1520  may provide the presentation application  118  to clients. As one example, the server  1520  may be a web server providing the presentation application  118  over the web. The server  1520  may provide the presentation application  118  over the web to clients through a network  1515 . By way of example, the client computing device may be implemented as the computing device  105  and embodied in a personal computer, a tablet computing device  1510  and/or a mobile computing device  1400  (e.g., a smart phone). Any of these embodiments of the client computing device  105 ,  610 ,  1400  may obtain content from the store  1516 . 
         [0065]    Embodiments of the present invention, for example, are described above with reference to block diagrams and/or operational illustrations of methods, systems, and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. The functions/acts noted in the blocks may occur out of the order as shown in any flowchart. For example, two blocks shown in succession may in fact be executed substantially concurrently or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality/acts involved. 
         [0066]    The description and illustration of one or more embodiments provided in this application are not intended to limit or restrict the scope of the invention as claimed in any way. The embodiments, examples, and details provided in this application are considered sufficient to convey possession and enable others to make and use the best mode of claimed invention. The claimed invention should not be construed as being limited to any embodiment, example, or detail provided in this application. Regardless of whether shown and described in combination or separately, the various features (both structural and methodological) are intended to be selectively included or omitted to produce an embodiment with a particular set of features. Having been provided with the description and illustration of the present application, one skilled in the art may envision variations, modifications, and alternate embodiments falling within the spirit of the broader aspects of the general inventive concept embodied in this application that do not depart from the broader scope of the claimed invention.

Technology Category: 3