Distributed scripting for presentations with touch screen displays

摘要

A live presentation may be prepared and displayed by providing a primary scripting room for preparing a presentation script and a control computer in the primary scripting computer for use by a control operator to view and/or edit possible contributions to the presentation script and for saving the presentation script being preparing. At least one remote scripting room may be connected to the primary scripting room by network to form a virtual scripting room therewith. A remote computer may be provided in the remote scripting room for operation by a contributor to provide possible contributions to the presentation script viewable by the remote operator. At least portions of the saved scripted presentation may be presented on a display computer as the live presentation.

主权项

1. A method for preparing and presenting a live presentation, said method comprising:
providing a computer in a primary scripting room for use by a control operator to view and manage proposed contributions to a presentation script and for saving the presentation script being prepared; structuring the presentation script as a series of segments, each of which segments includes one or more elements; accessing at least one of the elements remotely through the Internet; saving the presentation script on the computer responsive to an interaction with an operator of the computer; and after preparing and saving the presentation script, presenting at least portions of the saved scripted presentation to a presentation audience on a display computer as the live presentation.