Apple Inc.

Christopher Morgan Connors

Paul Bradford Vaughan

Jay Christopher Capela

Ted Stephen Boda

James Eric Tilton

Michael Richard Peirce

Ralph Lynn Melton

Techniques for remotely controlling a presentation application are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, a device, such as a handheld device, is linked over a network with a presentation running on a presentation application. In one embodiment, the remote control application allows the presentation to be controlled over the network by direct communication with the presentation application. In certain embodiments, the remote control application displays parts of the presentation, such as a slide being currently presented, and allows navigation of the presentation. In addition, in certain embodiments, the remote control application displays presentation notes, preview slides, or other information useful to a presenter operating the remote control application.

Remote control of a presentation

Techniques for displaying object animations on a slide are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, objects on a slide may be assigned actions when generating or editing the slide. The effects of the actions on the slide are depicted using one or more respective representations which represent the slide as it will appear after implementation of one or more corresponding actions.

Action representation during slide generation

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Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Christopher Morgan Connors