METHOD OF AND CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH A PLURALITY OF PICTURE FILES

• US 20140096075A1
• Filed: 10/01/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Joseph King
• Original Assignee: John Joseph King
• Inventors: King, John Joseph
• Application Number:
  US13/632,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20140096075A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/800
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A method of displaying images associated with a plurality of picture files on a display of a portable wireless device is disclosed. The method comprises displaying a first image associated with a first picture file; enabling a user to identify a location associated with the first picture file; and displaying a second image in response to a prompt for a next picture file; wherein the second image is related to the first image.

Claims

1. A method of displaying images associated with a plurality of picture files on a display of a portable wireless device, the method comprising:

displaying a first image associated with a first picture file;

enabling a user to identify a location associated with the first picture file; and

displaying a second image in response to a prompt for a next picture file;

wherein the second image is related to the first image.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the second image is a zoomed-out version of the first image.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the second image is associated with a second picture file.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the second picture file is zoomed-out image of the first picture file.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first picture file and the second picture file are associated with a first location.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the prompt is provided by a user.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the prompt is provided in response to a time-out.

8. A method of displaying images associated with a plurality of picture files on a display of a portable wireless device, the method comprising:

displaying a first image associated with first picture file;

receiving a request for a hint by a user; and

displaying a second image in response to the request for a hint;

wherein the second image is related to the first image.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the second image is a zoomed-out version of the first image.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the second image is associated with a second picture file.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the second picture file is zoomed-out image of the first picture file.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the first picture file and the second picture file are associated with a first location.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising enabling the user to identify the location of the picture file.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein enabling the user to identify the location of the picture file comprises enabling the user to select a location of a plurality of locations, provided on the display, which might be associated with the picture file.

15. A portable wireless device enabling the display of an image, the portable wireless device comprising:

a memory storing a plurality of picture files;

a control circuit coupled to the memory, the control circuit enabling the display of a first image associated with a first picture file of the plurality of picture files; and

a display enabling a user to identify a location associated with the first picture file,

wherein a second image is displayed in response to a prompt for a new image.

16. The portable wireless device of claim 15 wherein the second image is a zoomed-out version of the first image.

17. The portable wireless device of claim 15 wherein the second image is associated with a second picture file, and the second picture file is zoomed-out image of the first picture file.

18. The portable wireless device of claim 15 wherein the first picture file and the second picture file are associated with a first location.

19. The portable wireless device of claim 15 wherein the prompt is provided by a user.

20. The portable wireless device of claim 15 wherein the prompt is provided in response to a time-out.