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Creating a theme used by an authoring application to produce a multimedia presentation

US7840905B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2003
Grant dateNov 23, 2010
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2562
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A menu theme is created using a menu theme description file that contains a general description of each object (such as a drop zone area, selectable menu buttons, menu title, theme background, etc.) contained in the menu theme. In addition, the menu theme description file contains a path to one or more patch files for each object in the menu theme, the patch file being used to render the object. The patch file contains a description of an arrangement of modules including a list of the modules and relationships between them. In some embodiments, a patch file is created using a composer application that displays a graphical representation of the patch file and translates the graphical representation to a textual representation.

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