Interactive Screen Saver Method and Apparatus
First Claim
1. An interactive screen saver method comprising:
- initiating a screen saver on a data processing device;
detecting keyboard input and/or mouse input on the data processing device while the screen saver is running;
determining whether the screen saver is a keyboard interactive and/or a mouse interactive screen saver;
if the interactive screen saver is keyboard interactive and/or mouse interactive, then performing interactive operations within the interactive screen saver in response to user input entered from the keyboard and/or mouse, respectively without quitting the screen saver; and
if the interactive screen saver is not keyboard and/or mouse interactive, then quitting the interactive screen saver in response to detecting the keyboard input and/or mouse input.
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Abstract
An apparatus and computer-implemented method are described for an interactive screen saver. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: initiating a screen saver on a data processing device; detecting keyboard input and/or mouse input on the data processing device while the screen saver is running; determining whether the screen saver is a keyboard interactive and/or a mouse interactive screen saver; if the interactive screen saver is keyboard interactive and/or mouse interactive, then performing interactive operations within the interactive screen saver in response to user input entered from the keyboard and/or mouse, respectively without quitting the screen saver; and if the interactive screen saver is not keyboard and/or mouse interactive, then quitting the interactive screen saver in response to detecting the keyboard input and/or mouse input.
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36 Claims
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1. An interactive screen saver method comprising:
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initiating a screen saver on a data processing device; detecting keyboard input and/or mouse input on the data processing device while the screen saver is running; determining whether the screen saver is a keyboard interactive and/or a mouse interactive screen saver; if the interactive screen saver is keyboard interactive and/or mouse interactive, then performing interactive operations within the interactive screen saver in response to user input entered from the keyboard and/or mouse, respectively without quitting the screen saver; and if the interactive screen saver is not keyboard and/or mouse interactive, then quitting the interactive screen saver in response to detecting the keyboard input and/or mouse input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for an interactive multimedia screen saver comprising:
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initiating a multimedia screen saver; responsively displaying one or more graphical images, each graphical image representing particular multimedia content stored on a storage device; detecting that a user has selected a particular graphical image from the screen saver by manipulating a mouse or keyboard; and responsively playing the multimedia content represented by the selected graphical image. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A machine-readable medium having program code stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the operations of:
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initiating a screen saver on a data processing device; detecting keyboard input and/or mouse input on the data processing device while the screen saver is running; determining whether the screen saver is a keyboard interactive and/or a mouse interactive screen saver; if the interactive screen saver is keyboard interactive and/or mouse interactive, then performing interactive operations within the interactive screen saver in response to user input entered from the keyboard and/or mouse, respectively without quitting the screen saver; and if the interactive screen saver is not keyboard and/or mouse interactive, then quitting the interactive screen saver in response to detecting the keyboard input and/or mouse input. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A machine-readable medium having program code stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the operations of:
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initiating a multimedia screen saver; responsively displaying one or more graphical images, each graphical image representing particular multimedia content stored on a storage device; detecting that a user has selected a particular graphical image from the screen saver by manipulating a mouse or keyboard; and responsively playing the multimedia content represented by the selected graphical image. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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