Internet presentation system

• US 20040210845A1
• Filed: 05/10/2004
• Published: 10/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SnapOne, Inc. (Synchronoss Technologies Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: SnapOne, Inc. (Synchronoss Technologies Incorporated)
• Inventors: Krieg, Walter J., Paul, Glenn
• Application Number:
  US10/842,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20040210845A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/731
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A software system for use on the Internet that allows users to create view slide-shows of stored digital photographs from any Internet access platform, including cellular phones. The slide-show may contain image and audio elements, as well as dividers containing text, and are presented with a selection of transitions. The system allows viewing of any album of stored graphic as a slide-show, using system default selections for slide-show parameters such as presentation time and background graphics, with a single command. The system also allows for easy user creation of customized slide shows through user selection of slide-show parameters.

Claims

1. An image presentation method, comprising the steps of:

a) accessing a web-page containing links to at least one album, said album containing at least two graphic images in a digital format; and

b) activating a slide-show of said album by a single command, said slide show being a sequential display of each of said graphic images in a predetermined order for a predetermined length of time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said slide show further comprises at least one divide element containing text, at least one mode of transition between said graphic images, at least one background for graphic images and at least one audio element associated with each graphic image.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said order, said length of time, said divide element, said mode of transition, said background graphic and said audio element are system selected defaults.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of c) selecting said order, said length of time, said divide element, said mode of transition, said background graphic and said audio element by a user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said step a) of accessing a web site further comprises using a cellular phone;

and wherein said sequential display of said images occurs on a screen of said cellular phone.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said single command is an audio command.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of converting said graphic images to a BREW compressed format prior to said sequential display of said images on said screen of said cellular device.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein said step a) of accessing a web site further comprises using a cellular phone;

wherein said sequential display of said images occurs on a screen of said cellular phone; and

further comprising the step d) of converting said text of said divider to an audio message and playing said audio message using said cellular phone.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of e) making said web-page accessible to a second user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said slide show further comprises at least one zoom sequence associated with one of said graphic images, said zoom sequence comprising a transition to a view of a portion of said image at an altered size.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of f) ending said slide show with a single page display of a thumbnail image of each of said one or more graphic images.

12. An image presentation system, comprising:

a web-page containing links to at least one album, said album containing at least two graphic images in a digital format; and

a web-page capable of displaying a slide-show of said album in response to a single command, said slide show being a sequential display of each of said graphic images in a predetermined order for a predetermined length of time.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said slide show further comprises at least one divide element containing text, at least one mode of transition between said graphic images, at least one background for graphic images and at least one audio element associated with each graphic image.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said order, said length of time, said divide element, said mode of transition, said background graphic and said audio element are system selected defaults.

15. The system of claim 13, further comprising a web-page capable of allowing a user to select said order, said length of time, said divide element, said mode of transition, said background graphic and said audio element.

16. The system of claim 12, further comprising a cellular phone;

and wherein said sequential display of said images occurs on a screen of said cellular phone.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said single command is an audio command.

18. The system of claim 13, further comprising a cellular phone;

wherein said sequential display of said images occurs on a screen of said cellular phone; and

further comprising a text-to-audio message converter and wherein said audio message is converted message is played by said cellular phone.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein said slide show further comprises at least one zoom sequence associated with one of said graphic images, said zoom sequence comprising a transition to a view of a portion of said image at an altered size.

20. The method of claim 12, further comprising and end-of-slide show web-page comprising a display of a thumbnail image of each of said one or more graphic images.