Interactive image display system
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1. An image distribution method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a payment parameter generated using a card reader at a user location;
receiving a user-initiated selection of an image available from an image distribution system;
communicating the image from the image distribution system to the user location in dependence upon the payment parameter; and
inhibiting communication of a subsequent image to the user location until a subsequent payment parameter is received, the subsequent payment parameter generated using the card reader at the user location.
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Abstract
An interactive image display system includes a user interface to select a portion of a wide-angle image sequence. An image processor processes the portion of the wide-angle image sequence selected by the user interface to produce a perspective corrected image sequence. A display device displays the perspective corrected image sequence produced by the image processor. An accounting system monitors a usage parameter associated with the interactive image display system. A controller selectively inhibits an operative feature provided by at least one of the user interface, the image processor, and the display device based upon the usage parameter.
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13 Claims
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1. An image distribution method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a payment parameter generated using a card reader at a user location; receiving a user-initiated selection of an image available from an image distribution system; communicating the image from the image distribution system to the user location in dependence upon the payment parameter; and inhibiting communication of a subsequent image to the user location until a subsequent payment parameter is received, the subsequent payment parameter generated using the card reader at the user location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An image distribution method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a user-initiated selection of an image available from an image distribution system; inhibiting communication of the image to a user location; receiving a payment parameter generated using a card reader at the user location; and communicating the image from the image distribution system to the user location upon receiving the payment parameter.
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6. An image distribution method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a payment parameter generated using a card reader at a user location; communicating at least one image from the image distribution system to the user location upon receiving the payment parameter; monitoring a measure of information communicated from the image distribution system to the user location; and inhibiting subsequent communication from the image distribution system to the user location when the measure of information crosses a threshold dependent upon the payment parameter. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. An image distribution method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a payment parameter generated using a card reader at a user location; upon receiving the payment parameter, communicating at least one image from the image distribution system to the user location until a measure of information communicated from the image distribution system to the user location crosses a threshold dependent upon the payment parameter.
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9. An image distribution method comprising the steps of:
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communicating a wide-angle image from an image distribution system to a user location; and inhibiting a capability to display a perspective corrected image of a portion of the wide-angle image at the user location when a usage parameter crosses a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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