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Idle time multimedia viewer method and apparatus for collecting and displaying information according to user defined indicia

  • US 5,796,945 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1995
  • Issued: 08/18/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for displaying images during idle time of a personal computer, comprising:

  • means for generating a set of user-defined indicia of images comprising audio, graphics, or text, to collect from a selected database of a plurality of image collections for creating individualized selected sets of image collections of interest to a user of a personal computer for subsequent display of the graphics or text images on a video terminal of said personal computer or display of audio images by communicating sound from said personal computer during idle time as defined by said user of said personal computer;

    means for collecting said sets of image collections based on said set of user-defined indicia of images to collect, said collecting of said sets of image collections occurring automatically at user-specified instances whereby said sets of image collections are communicated from said database of image collections to said personal computer of the user;

    means for displaying repeatedly in a sequence of images, representative portions of said sets of image collections during said idle time of said personal computer; and

    means for displaying upon user selection during display of one of said representative portions the one of the sets of image collections corresponding to said one representative portion.

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