System, method and apparatus for converting and integrating media files
View Patent ↗The present invention teaches a digital media file conversion and integration system including a server coupled to the Internet to allow users to download media files to a server the Internet. The system contains devices to screen, compress, and update the media files, devices to break down the media files into low level components, devices to convert one or media files to an intermediate format and then combine the intermediate formats to create an output format, devices to convert output formats to a presentation file, electronic storage to allow third party access to the presentation file through the Internet or email. Presentation files can be created for electronic devices such as portable digital assistants or cellular phones. Users can choose from several output formats. Users can subscribe to the presentation service or pay per use. In an alternate embodiment, users can author digital media files on a personal computer and download the authored file to the presentation conversion system.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a presentation file;
automatically identifying primitive components in said presentation file, wherein said primitive components include audio primitive components, picture primitive components, graphic primitive components, and supporting material primitive components;
automatically decomposing said primitive components into sub-components;
automatically converting each of said sub-components of said decomposed primitive components into corresponding intermediate format components;
integrating said intermediate format components into a single output presentation file corresponding to each target format of a plurality of target formats, wherein said integrating said intermediate format components includes adding timing information and presentation support information;
adapting and routing a final output to a corresponding output device, wherein adapting includes adjusting said single output presentation file to fit bandwidth requirements of each selected one or more output devices; and
controlling scheduling conversion and integration processes associated with producing said final output corresponding to said each target format.
2. The method of claim 1 , said presentation file comprising a POWERPOINT® format presentation application file.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of said plurality of target formats comprises a FLASH® format multimedia application file.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: serving said output presentation file as a web presentation.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising adapting said single output presentation file corresponding to each target format for viewing by a third party using different networking technologies, including wired, guided or line-of-sight optical, and radio frequency networking over any network including a wide area network, a local area network, a wireless network, a public switched telephone network, or the Internet.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising requiring monetary remuneration in exchange for converting said presentation file into said plurality of target formats.
7. A computer-implemented method for converting multi-media content into a plurality of target formats to deliver to one or more selected output devices, the method comprising the acts of:
receiving one or more input multi-media content files;
automatically identifying multi-media type primitive components in said one or more input multi-media content files, wherein said multi-media type primitive components include audio primitive components, picture primitive components, graphic primitive components, and supporting material primitive components;
automatically decomposing said multi-media type primitive components into sub-components
automatically converting each of said sub-components of said decomposed multi-media type primitive components into corresponding intermediate format components;
integrating said intermediate format components into a single output presentation file corresponding to each target format of said plurality of target formats, wherein the integrating said intermediate format components includes adding timing information and presentation support information;
adapting and routing a final output to corresponding output device, wherein adapting includes adjusting said output presentation file to fit bandwidth requirements of each selected output device; and
controlling scheduling conversion and integration processes associated with producing said final output corresponding to each target format of a plurality of target formats.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising adapting said single output presentation file corresponding to each target format for viewing by a third party using different networking technologies, including wired, guide or line-of-sight optical, and radio frequency networking over any network including a wide area network, a local area network, a wireless network, a public switched telephone network, or the Internet.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising requiring monetary remuneration in exchange for converting said multi-media content into said plurality of target formats.