Media manager with integrated browsers
First Claim
1. A graphical user interface providing image-based browsing of data with respect to a display screen associated with a computing device, said graphical user interface comprising:
- an image browser window generated by an application program operating on the computing device, the image browser window concurrently including a first browsing region and a second browsing region, the first browsing region displaying descriptive information regarding one or more digital assets, and the second browsing region displaying a plurality images associated with the one or more digital assets,wherein the second browsing region displays the plurality of images on the display device, each of the images pertaining to an associated digital asset, the second browsing region including at least;
a primary image position displaying one of the plurality of images selected as a primary image; and
a plurality of secondary image positions, each of said secondary image positions displaying a different one of the plurality of images other than the primary image, andwherein the data shown in the first and second browsing regions is automatically synched when selections are made in the first and second browsing regions.
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Abstract
Methods and systems that improve the way media is played, sorted, modified, stored and cataloged are disclosed. One aspect relates to a browse window that allows a user to navigate through and select images that are related to media items. Another aspect relates to a graphical user interface of a media management program that utilizes multiple browse windows. Another aspect relates to simultaneously displayed media browse windows whose operations are integrated together so that the content shown therein is automatically synched when selections are made. Another aspect relates to resetting browsed content to the currently playing media.
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40 Claims
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1. A graphical user interface providing image-based browsing of data with respect to a display screen associated with a computing device, said graphical user interface comprising:
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an image browser window generated by an application program operating on the computing device, the image browser window concurrently including a first browsing region and a second browsing region, the first browsing region displaying descriptive information regarding one or more digital assets, and the second browsing region displaying a plurality images associated with the one or more digital assets, wherein the second browsing region displays the plurality of images on the display device, each of the images pertaining to an associated digital asset, the second browsing region including at least; a primary image position displaying one of the plurality of images selected as a primary image; and a plurality of secondary image positions, each of said secondary image positions displaying a different one of the plurality of images other than the primary image, and wherein the data shown in the first and second browsing regions is automatically synched when selections are made in the first and second browsing regions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for browsing data items with respect to a display screen associated with a computing device, said method comprising:
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providing first and second browsing regions on the display screen, each of the browsing regions providing a different way of browsing through the data items; displaying, within the first browsing region, a plurality of images on the display screen in a horizontal arrangement, each of the images pertaining to an associated data item, where the horizontal arrangement includes at least one of the images displayed in a primary image position and other of the images displayed in secondary image positions; receiving a user input identifying a particular image from the images displayed in the secondary image positions; moving, in response to the user input, the image at the primary image position to one of the secondary image positions while also moving the particular image from the secondary image position to the primary image position; displaying, within the second browsing region, information about the data items corresponding to the plurality of images concurrently with said displaying of the plurality of images on the display screen in the horizontal arrangement; synchronizing the first browsing region with the second browsing region when one of the data items is selected in the second browsing region; and synchronizing the second browsing region with the first browsing region when one of the images is selected in the first browsing region. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for browsing data items with respect to a display screen associated with a computing device, said method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of images on the display screen in a horizontal arrangement, each of the images pertaining to an associated data item, where the horizontal arrangement includes at least one of the images displayed in a primary image position and other of the images displayed in secondary image positions; receiving a user input identifying a particular image from the images displayed in the secondary image positions; moving, in response to the user input, the image at the primary image position to one of the secondary image positions while also moving the particular image from the secondary image position to the primary image position; and displaying information about the plurality of images concurrently with said displaying of the plurality of images on the display screen in the horizontal arrangement, the information being displayed including a list having a plurality of entries, with each entry displaying aspects pertaining to one of the images, wherein, user selection of one of the entries of the list, causes said moving to cause the image associated with the selected entry to become the primary image, and wherein, when the image at the primary image position changes in response to the user input, the entries in the list being displayed change such that at least one entry in the list associated with the image in the primary image position is distinctively displayed from other entries in the list. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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