Claims
- 1. A method for publishing a streaming media presentation containing temporal media and events associated with references to nontemporal media combined according to a timeline and a layout specification, comprising:
confirming availability of all of the data files including the temporal and nontemporal media in the streaming media presentation; encoding the streaming media presentation; transferring the streaming media presentation to a first streaming media server; and transferring the nontemporal media data files to a second server.
- 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising previewing the streaming media presentation from the first streaming media server.
- 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising previewing the streaming media presentation before transferring the streaming media presentation.
- 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting up a profile indicating account access information, a pathname for reading, a pathname for writing for each of the first and second servers and associated with a name.
- 5. The method of claim 4, wherein encoding uses the profile to create the streaming media presentation.
- 6. A system for providing a service to an author for publishing a multimedia presentation, comprising:
an encoder having a first input for receiving a timeline comprising one or more first tracks for temporal media and one or more second tracks for nontemporal media, a second input for receiving a layout specification indicating an association between each of the one or more first tracks and one or more second tracks and a display location and having an output for providing a streaming media presentation containing the temporal media and the nontemporal media combined according to the timeline and the layout specification; a transfer tool for transferring the streaming media presentation file to a first media server and the nontemporal media to a second media server; wherein the user has a first account for the streaming media server; wherein the user has a second account for the second media server; and wherein the authoring tool has an association with a service that provides the streaming media server.
- 7. A system for providing a service to authors for creating and publishing multimedia presentations, accessible remotely by an authoring tool capable of transferring data between the authoring tool and the system, comprising:
an account management system enabling multiple users to register, each with a usemame and password and billing information; a server including computer readable storage media having storage space allocated for each of the registered users, for publishing multimedia presentations for access through a publicly accessible computer network; a media publication management system for interacting with the authoring tool to enable transfer of streaming media from multimedia presentations from the authoring tool to the server; and a media access management system accessible by each registered user and enabling each registered user to transfer multimedia data from the system to the authoring tool for use in a multimedia presentation.
- 8. A method for publishing a presentation specified by a timeline including a plurality of tracks and a layout defining a spatial relationship among media in the plurality of tracks, comprising:
receiving an indication of a distribution format for the presentation and one or more destination storage locations; for each file referred to in the timeline of the presentation, create a file name for the file in the one or more destination storage locations; encoding the presentation in the distribution format using the file names in the one or more destination storage locations and indicating the spatial relationship; and transferring the encoded presentation and each file to the one or more destination storage locations.
- 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising verifying connections with the destination storage location before transferring.
- 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more destination storage locations includes a first media streaming server for the encoded presentation and a second server for each file referred to in the timeline of the presentation
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This Application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/539,749, filed Mar. 31, 2000, now pending, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
Divisions (1)
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Number |
Date |
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Parent |
09539749 |
Mar 2000 |
US |
Child |
10887072 |
Jul 2004 |
US |