| 摘要 |
A system and method for creating and displaying a timeline presentation. A timeline presentation enables a presenter to provide a dynamic and animated display of a timeline and associated information. Events may be added to a timeline by providing information about an event (e.g., date, time, and description) and associating the event with the timeline. Events may be associated with a multimedia file and visually represented using a variety of treatments. Events may be associated with an absolute point in time, a period of time, or a time relative to another event. A timeline may also include annotations, which provide information that may not necessarily be associated with a particular event. A timeline presentation dynamically displays events, annotations, and nested timelines in a pre-determined sequence. The disclosed system also allows a presenter to markup a timeline presentation to draw a viewer's attention to certain features of the timeline. |
