Computer-assisted interactive method and apparatus for making a multi-media presentation

Claim 1

An interactive method for making a presentation comprising visual elements selected from text, graphics, still and motion video on at least one remote passive computer display comprising the steps of: a) assembling said visual elements by (i) assigning a unique index to each of said elements and (ii) loading each of said elements into a predetermined input device by said unique index, (iii) then repeating steps i and ii until said visual elements have been indexed and loaded, then (iv) addressing said input devices by selected index members so that selected elements are displayed at discrete, addressable sections on a first active computer display, then (v) viewing said selected elements on said first active computer display, then (vi) making a select/reject decision with respect to each of said displayed elements, then (vii) repeating steps iv through vi until a frame comprising at least one visual element located at a predetermined discrete addressable section thereof is formed; then b) storing said frame in a script buffer; and then c) repeating steps a and b until a plurality of frames constituting a presentation is accumulated in said buffer; then d) displaying said presentation on a second active computer display by recalling a predetermined frame from said buffer; then e) reviewing said frame on said second active computer display while blanking said frame on at least one remote passive computer display; then f) independently addressing said discrete sections of said frame; then g) selectively editing said visual elements of said frame; then h) displaying said selectively adjusted frame on said at least one remote passive computer display; and then i) repeating steps d through g until a predetermined presentation has been displayed on said at least one remote computer display.