Method and system for restricting the display of images
First Claim
1. A method in a computer system for displaying images, the method comprising:
- providing an image package including an image plan and images, the image plan defining a sequential display of the images, each image having an attribute value;
receiving from a user a restricted attribute condition indicating that images with an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition are not to be displayed; and
executing the image plan to display the images by selecting the next image to be displayed in accordance with the image plan;
determining whether the selected image has an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition;
when it is determined that the selected image has an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition, suppressing the display of the selected image; and
when it is determined that the selected image does not have an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition, displaying the selected image, wherein when the display of an image is suppressed, the next image of the image plan that does not have an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition is displayed after the display of a previous image.
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Abstract
A method and system for displaying images that restrict (i.e., prevent) the display of certain images. An image display system is provided with image packages that each include an image plan and images to be displayed. The image plan specifies the sequential display of images and may specify timing, transitioning, panning, and other information relating to the display of the images. The image display system allows a user to define a “restricted attribute condition” that indicates which images are not to be displayed. When the image display system executes an image plan, it selects the next image to be displayed in accordance with the image plan. Prior to displaying the selected image, the image display system determines whether the selected image has attribute values that satisfy a restricted attribute condition. When a restricted attribute condition is satisfied, the image display system suppresses the display of the selected image.
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45 Claims
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1. A method in a computer system for displaying images, the method comprising:
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providing an image package including an image plan and images, the image plan defining a sequential display of the images, each image having an attribute value;
receiving from a user a restricted attribute condition indicating that images with an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition are not to be displayed; and
executing the image plan to display the images by selecting the next image to be displayed in accordance with the image plan;
determining whether the selected image has an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition;
when it is determined that the selected image has an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition, suppressing the display of the selected image; and
when it is determined that the selected image does not have an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition, displaying the selected image, wherein when the display of an image is suppressed, the next image of the image plan that does not have an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition is displayed after the display of a previous image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method in a computer system for modifying an image plan, the method comprising:
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providing an image package including an image plan and images, the image plan specifying a sequential display of the images, each image having an attribute value;
receiving from a user a restricted attribute condition indicating that images with an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition are not to be displayed; and
for each image of the image plan, determining whether the image has an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition; and
when it is determined that the image has an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition, adjusting the image plan so that the image is not displayed as part of the image plan and so that an image that does not have an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition is displayed after the display of a previous image of the image plan. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method in a computer system for distributing image packages to display systems, the method comprising:
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for a plurality of images, displaying the image to a user; and
receiving from the user an indication of a category attribute value for a category attribute to be assigned to the image;
receiving from a user an image plan that identifies a sequence of images to be displayed;
generating an image package that specifies the image plan, images of the image plan, and the category attribute value of each image; and
sending the generated image package to image display systems wherein an image display system restricts the display of the images of the sent image package based on the category attribute value of the images and a restricted attribute condition specified by a user of the image display system. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to display images, by a method comprising:
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providing an image plan and images, the image plan defining a sequential display of the images, each image having an attribute value;
receiving from a user a restricted attribute condition indicating that images with an attribute value that satisfies the restricted attribute condition are not to be displayed; and
executing the image plan to display images of the image plan wherein images whose attribute values satisfy the restricted attribute condition are not displayed. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to distribute image packages to display systems, by a method comprising:
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for a plurality of images, receiving from a user an indication of a category attribute value for a category attribute to be assigned to the image;
receiving from the user an image plan that identifies a sequence of images to be displayed;
generating an image package that specifies the image plan, images of the image plan, and the category attribute value of each image; and
sending the generated image package to an image display system wherein the image display system restricts the display of the images of the sent image package based on the category attribute value of the images and a restricted attribute condition specified by the user of the image display system. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45)
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Specification