MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION EDITOR FOR A SMALL-DISPLAY COMMUNICATION TERMINAL OR COMPUTING DEVICE
A method by which a multimedia presentation editor for use on a (typically handheld) communication or computing terminal ( 10 ) interfaces with a user so as to allow the user to create or edit a presentation ( 20 ), including: a step ( 51 ) in which objects to be displayed successively when a slide ( 21 ) is displayed in play mode, are instead assembled by the editor one under another in a column ( 25 a ), and objects ( 22 ) to be displayed continuously are also assembled in a (one-object-long) column ( 25 b ); and a step ( 52 ) in which the editor displays each column ( 25 a - b ) side-by-side, corresponding to the side-by-side arrangement of respective objects in the different columns ( 25 a - b ) when the slide ( 21 ) is displayed in play mode, thus allowing some parts of the slide ( 21 ) to be fixed, and some parts ( 23 a - c ) to change—the parts having columns with more than one object. Corresponding equipment is also provided.
1 . A method comprising:
assembling in a handheld telecommunication terminal a plurality of slides in a row;
assembling in the handheld telecommunication terminal a plurality of image objects of at least one slide of the plurality of slides in a first column, the plurality of image objects forming part of the at least one slide, wherein each image object of the plurality of image objects is to be displayed sequentially one after the other when a multimedia presentation is played on the handheld telecommunication terminal having a display device; and
assembling in the handheld telecommunication terminal at least one static object of the at least one slide in a second column, wherein the at least one static object is to be displayed together with each image object of the plurality of image objects of the first column when the multimedia presentation is played.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a synchronized multimedia integration language is used to determine how the multimedia presentation is to be played.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia presentation is part of a multimedia message service message.
4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising displaying the first and second columns together on the display device.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one static object comprises only one object that is to be displayed for a playing duration of the at least one slide.
6 . The method of claim 1 , comprising receiving information corresponding to one or more image objects of the plurality of image objects.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the information comprises a duration that the one or more image objects is to be displayed.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of slides is configured to be displayed sequentially, and the plurality of image objects is configured to be displayed during a time segment allocated to the at least one slide.
9 . A handheld telecommunication terminal comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions operable to:
display a plurality of slides sequentially when a multimedia presentation is played on the handheld telecommunication terminal having a display device, wherein at least one slide of the plurality of slides comprises a plurality of image objects forming part of the at least one slide; and
display each image object of the plurality of image objects of the at least one slide sequentially when the multimedia presentation is played.
10 . The handheld telecommunication terminal of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are operable to display a static object together with each image object of the at least one slide.
11 . The handheld telecommunication terminal of claim 10 , wherein the static object comprises only one object that is to be displayed for a duration that the at least one slide is displayed.
12 . The handheld telecommunication terminal of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are operable to display the plurality of image objects during a time segment allocated to the at least one slide.
13 . The handheld telecommunication terminal of claim 9 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions written using a synchronized multimedia integration language.
14 . The handheld telecommunication terminal of claim 9 , wherein the multimedia presentation is part of a multimedia message service message.
15 . A method comprising:
instructing a plurality of slides to be displaying sequentially on a display of a handheld telecommunication terminal, wherein the plurality of slides comprises at least one slide having a plurality of time dependent image objects; and
instructing the at least one slide such that each time dependent image object of the plurality of time dependent image objects is displayed sequentially during a time period in which the at least one slide is displayed.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein instructing the plurality of slides to be displayed sequentially comprises using a synchronized multimedia integration language to instruct the plurality of slides to be displayed sequentially.
17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein using the synchronized multimedia integration language to instruct the plurality of slides to be displayed sequentially comprises using a “par” instruction.
18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein instructing the at least one slide such that each time dependent image object of the plurality of time dependent image objects is displayed sequentially comprises using a synchronized multimedia integration language to instruct the at least one slide such that each time dependent image object of the plurality of time dependent image objects is displayed sequentially.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein using the synchronized multimedia integration language to instruct the at least one slide such that each time dependent image object of the plurality of time dependent image objects is displayed sequentially comprises using a “seq” instruction.
20 . The method of claim 15 , comprising instructing a static object to be displayed together with each time dependent image object of the at least one slide.