Authoring package files

US8479087B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Adobe Systems Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Randy L. Swineford · San Jose, US
• Robert K. McAfee · San Jose, US
• Marissa Dulaney · معلمی نژاد, US
• Vivek Hebbar · Cupertino, US
• Amy Poling · San Jose, US
• Daniel Walsh · San Francisco, US
• Timothy W. Kukulski · Oakland, US
• Clark Phillip Donahue · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 2, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G11B27/031
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various embodiments described herein include systems, methods, software, and data structures of and for authoring and presentation of package files. Some such embodiments include instantiating a package file and receiving a presentation specification to include in the package file, the presentation specification displayable within a media playing application to provide a representation of display elements defined in the package file. Such embodiments may further include receiving content files, defining display elements for each content file, and associating each content file with a respective display element. A package file may then be generated, published, and/or displayed as a function of the presentation specification.