USER INTERACTION FOR CONTENT BASED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
First Claim
1. A graphic user interface system for use with a content based retrieval system, the graphic user interface system comprising:
- an active display having a plurality of display areas, including;
(a) a main area providing an overview of database contents by displaying a plurality of representative samples of the database contents;
(b) at least one query area into which at least one of the plurality of representative samples can be moved at least from said main area by a user employing gesture based interaction; and
a query formulation module employing the at least one representative sample moved into the at least one query area to provide feedback to said content based retrieval system.
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Abstract
A graphic user interface system for use with a content based retrieval system includes an active display having display areas. For example, the display areas include a main area providing an overview of database contents by displaying representative samples of the database contents. The display areas also include one or more query areas into which one or more of the representative samples can be moved from the main area by a user employing gesture based interaction. A query formulation module employs the one or more representative samples moved into the query area to provide feedback to the content based retrieval system.
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33 Claims
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1. A graphic user interface system for use with a content based retrieval system, the graphic user interface system comprising:
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an active display having a plurality of display areas, including; (a) a main area providing an overview of database contents by displaying a plurality of representative samples of the database contents; (b) at least one query area into which at least one of the plurality of representative samples can be moved at least from said main area by a user employing gesture based interaction; and a query formulation module employing the at least one representative sample moved into the at least one query area to provide feedback to said content based retrieval system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of operation for a graphic user interface system for use with a content based retrieval system, the method comprising:
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providing an overview of database contents by displaying at least two representative samples of the database contents in a main area of an active display; detecting user movement by gesture based interaction of at least one of the representative samples from at least the main area to a query area of the active display; and employing the at least one representative sample moved into the at least one query area to provide feedback to the content based retrieval system. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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