Card based package for distributing electronic media and services

摘要

A variety of data structures, components, runtime viewers and methods are described for defining, delivering and rendering wrapped packages of cards in a manner that is particularly well suited, but not limited to, display on mobile devices. Each card may selectively include media content, and a palette of application functionality and/or supporting e-commerce related services. The cards of the wrap packages are ideally threaded together into one or more linear sequences, and authored to convey a book-like narrative that unfolds as the cards are sequentially browsed. In addition, the wrap packages are portable objects that are readily distributed, similar to other electronic messages, through e-mail, messaging, social-media, or via a variety of other electronic communication platforms. As a result, wrap packages are consumable, sharable and savable objects.

主权项

1. A JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) descriptor embedded in a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium, the JSON descriptor:
(i) arranged to define a sequence order for rendering a set of cards suitable for display on a computer display in response to navigable inputs; and (ii) including a plurality of JSON card descriptors, each JSON card descriptor defining the content and layout of an associated one of the cards respectively, wherein at least one of the JSON card descriptors includes one or more component(s), each of the one or more component(s) having content associated therewith and arranged to be rendered when the associated card is rendered on the computer display.