System and Method for Multimedia Authoring and Playback

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to a method of editing a shared presentation over a network, the method including a network data server sending a first display for displaying and editing first presentation data, and sending a second display for displaying and editing second presentation data. The network data server updates the second display by adding a media object following receipt of a first message by the data server indicating that the media object was added to the first presentation data via the first display, the media object including video data or animated graphics data. Further, the network data server updates the first display by modifying playback behavior data of the media object following receipt of a second message by the data server indicating that the playback behavior data was specified for the media object via the second display.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of editing a shared presentation over a network, the method comprising:
 sending, by a network data server, a first display for displaying and editing first presentation data corresponding to the shared presentation;   sending, by the network data server, a second display for displaying and editing second presentation data corresponding to the shared presentation;   updating, by the network data server, the second display by adding a media object following receipt of a first message by the data server indicating that the media object was added to the first presentation data via the first display, the media object including video data or animated graphics data; and   updating, by the network data server, the first display by modifying playback behavior data of the media object following receipt of a second message by the data server indicating that the playback behavior data was specified for the media object via the second display.