US 7,447,992 B2
Method of producing publications, electronic publication produced by the method, and method and network system for displaying the electronic publication
Hideki Kawabata, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to E Media Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/344,571
PCT Filed Aug. 13, 2001, PCT No. PCT/JP01/06986
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 07, 2003,
PCT Pub. No. WO02/15043, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 21, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 2000-247744 (JP), filed on Aug. 17, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2004/0047510 A1, Mar. 11, 2004
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 715—243  [715/251; 715/253; 358/1.18; 705/26] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of producing a publication by superimposing multimedia data on a plurality of page images, the method comprising:
displaying a first display page image, the first display page image being one of a white page image or a formatted page image;
the white page image being capable of being linked to a data file to form a formatted page image of the publication and the data file including raster image data;
creating an imposition data for the white page image based on the data file, the imposition data being based on stored data and parameters related to forming the formatted page image of the publication;
reading the raster image data for the first display page image;
selecting a second display page image through an image transformation process on the basis of screen transit operation information;
linking the raster image data, on the basis of an input operation using an input unit, to a designated area on the second display page image through the input operation;
superimposing the raster image data linked to a designated area on the second display page image;
arranging the first display page image to exclude the raster image data linked to a designated area on the second display page image;
linking at least one of motion picture information, audio information and command information relating to the raster image data, to the formatted page image;
producing an electronic publication by associating the formatted page image to at least one of motion picture information, audio information and command information linked to the page image.