Authoring tool for the authoring of wrap packages of cards

摘要

An authoring tool for authoring wrap packages of cards. The authoring tool includes a set of tools that enable an author to create a new card of a wrap selected from a variety of card templates. In various embodiments, the card templates include textual, video, image/photo, document, gallery, chat, widgets, global components, location/GPS, transact, appointment, and end-of-wrap card templates. When a particular card template is selected, the template is then duplicated to create the new card. Thereafter, the author may author the card to include various components, content, attributes, layouts, styles triggers and/or behaviors. As the cards of the wrap are created, the authoring tool provides the author with the ability to order the sequence of the cards. The authoring tool thus enables authors to selectively create wrap packages that include media that conveys a narrative story and application functionality.

主权项

1. An authoring tool, embedded in a tangible non-transitory computer readable medium, the authoring tool comprising: enable authoring of a wrap package including a plurality of cards by:
(a) creating a card overlay; (b) authoring the card overlay to include or associate an overly component; (c) applying the card overlay to two or more of the cards of the wrap package so that the overlay component is associated and rendered with the two or more cards of the wrap package at runtime respectively; andthe authoring tool further configured for generating a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) wrap descriptor that defines the plurality of cards of the wrap package, the JSON wrap descriptor including a plurality of JSON card descriptors, each JSON card descriptor arranged to define a layout of content within a fixed aspect ratio of an associated card by including one or more component descriptors, each component descriptor defining a component container having a relative fixed position within the fixed aspect ratio of the associated card and arranged to either contain or reference the content for the associated card respectively.