Homepage creation and update program
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium encoded with a homepage creation and update program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus, which causes a plurality of image files to be displayed and allows a user to select a desired image and to indicate one of a homepage creation and a homepage update using the selected desired image, wherein the homepage creation and update program causes a computer to execute the functions of:
- displaying a plurality of stored images and allowing the user to select one or more desired images;
allowing the user to indicate a beginning of a homepage creation process, including, if a new homepage is being created, allowing the user to select a layout format;
automatically performing the one of the creation and the update of a homepage using the desired image after the one or more desired images are selected and the beginning of the homepage creation process is indicated by the user; and
,when the user selects a plurality of desired images and indicates the beginning of the homepage creation process, the selected images are sequentially presented individually in a predetermined order to said user to allow said user to add comments before a homepage format of said image is generated that will automatically place said image into said selected layout format, if a new homepage is being created, or into an existing homepage layout, if an existing homepage is being updated.
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Abstract
The homepage creation and update program allows the user to perform only selection of desired images and indication of beginning of homepage creation process to automatically create a homepage easily. The homepage creation and update program possesses a function of displaying plural stored images and allowing the user to select desired images, a function of allowing the user to indicate beginning of the homepage creation process, and a function of automatically creating or updating a homepage using the selected images after the user selects desired images and then indicates beginning of the homepage creation process. The homepage creation and update program allow a computer to execute these functions, so that the user performs only selection of desired images and indication of homepage creation to acquire an automatically or semiautomatically created or updated homepage.
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Citations
30 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium encoded with a homepage creation and update program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus, which causes a plurality of image files to be displayed and allows a user to select a desired image and to indicate one of a homepage creation and a homepage update using the selected desired image, wherein the homepage creation and update program causes a computer to execute the functions of:
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displaying a plurality of stored images and allowing the user to select one or more desired images; allowing the user to indicate a beginning of a homepage creation process, including, if a new homepage is being created, allowing the user to select a layout format; automatically performing the one of the creation and the update of a homepage using the desired image after the one or more desired images are selected and the beginning of the homepage creation process is indicated by the user; and
,when the user selects a plurality of desired images and indicates the beginning of the homepage creation process, the selected images are sequentially presented individually in a predetermined order to said user to allow said user to add comments before a homepage format of said image is generated that will automatically place said image into said selected layout format, if a new homepage is being created, or into an existing homepage layout, if an existing homepage is being updated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product encoded with a homepage creation and update program for use on an image viewer screen that displays a plurality of image files and uses of the plurality of image files and allows a user to select a desired image and a use of the selected desired image, wherein the homepage creation and update program causes a computer to execute the functions of:
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displaying a plurality of stored images and allowing the user to select a desired image; if a new homepage is to be generated, displaying a plurality of homepage layout formats and allowing the user to select a layout; displaying a use of a homepage creation and allowing the user to indicate a beginning of a homepage creation process; automatically performing one of a creation and an update of a homepage using the desired image after the desired image is selected and the beginning of the homepage creation process is indicated by the user; and when the user selects a plurality of desired images and indicates the beginning of the homepage creation process, the selected plurality of images are sequentially presented individually in an order to said user to allow said user to add comments before a homepage format of said image is generated that will automatically place said image into said selected layout format, if a new homepage is being created, or an existing homepage layout, if an existing homepage is being updated. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of at least one of automatically creating and automatically updating a homepage, said method comprising:
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allowing a user to select a homepage layout format, if a new homepage is to be generated; allowing a user to display a plurality of stored images; allowing the user to select one or more desired images from the plurality of stored images; and automatically performing one of a creation and an update of a homepage, using the selected desired images after a beginning of the homepage creation process is indicated by the user, wherein the selected plurality of images are automatically presented sequentially to the user according to one of a sequence that the images are selected by the user and an order based on image information stored in each image file by a camera, to allow said user to add comments to the images, and each said selected image is then automatically placed into a homepage format such as to be in said selected homepage layout format, if a new homepage is being generated, or in an existing homepage layout format, if said selected images are being added to an existing homepage. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus, comprising:
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a data input to connect to at least one of a camera and a memory device; a display which permits image files to be displayed; a user interface which allows a user to have image data displayed on said display, select one or more desired images, and to indicate one of a homepage creation and a homepage update using the selected desired images, including, if a new homepage is being created, allowing the user to select a layout format; and an output to permit a generated homepage or homepage update to be transmitted to a memory device to store said generated homepage or homepage update, wherein said apparatus automatically performs the selected one of the creation and the update of a homepage using the desired image after the one or more desired images are selected and a beginning of the homepage creation process is indicated by the user, and, when the user selects a plurality of desired images and indicates beginning of the homepage creation process, the selected images are sequentially presented individually in a predetermined order to said user to allow said user to add comments before a homepage format of said image is generated that will automatically place said image into said selected layout format, if a new homepage is being created, or into an existing homepage layout, if an existing homepage is being updated. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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