Digital media retrieval and display
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- at a display, displaying a plurality of graphical, animated agents each agent being associated with stored search criteria;
for each agent during an autonomous mode, varying motion of that agent on the display on the basis of at least one behavior parameter which is pseudo random;
receiving a user input to select one of the agents, wherein the received user input is one of a plurality of different types of user input, each associated with a different type of media retrieval operation;
providing a graphical user interface to enable a user to create, edit and delete the agents, and to enable a user to transfer agents between user communications devices using a short range wireless communications link;
triggering a media retrieval operation to retrieve at least one digital media item from a store comprising a plurality of digital media items, the media retrieval operation using the search criteria associated with the selected agent, triggering the media retrieval operation also triggering an animation of the selected agent traveling to a location representing the store; and
displaying the retrieved digital media item at the display.
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Abstract
Retrieval and display of digital media items is described. For example, the digital media items may be photographs, videos, audio files, emails, text documents or parts of these. In an embodiment a dedicated apparatus having a touch display screen is provided in a form designed to look like a domestic fish tank. In an embodiment graphical animated agents are depicted on the display as fish whose motion varies according to at least one behavior parameter which is pseudo random. In embodiments, the agents have associated search criteria and when a user selects one or more agents the associated search criteria are used in a retrieval operation to retrieve digital media items from a store. In some embodiments media items are communicated between the apparatus and a portable communications device using a communications link established by tapping the portable device against the media retrieval and display apparatus.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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at a display, displaying a plurality of graphical, animated agents each agent being associated with stored search criteria; for each agent during an autonomous mode, varying motion of that agent on the display on the basis of at least one behavior parameter which is pseudo random; receiving a user input to select one of the agents, wherein the received user input is one of a plurality of different types of user input, each associated with a different type of media retrieval operation; providing a graphical user interface to enable a user to create, edit and delete the agents, and to enable a user to transfer agents between user communications devices using a short range wireless communications link; triggering a media retrieval operation to retrieve at least one digital media item from a store comprising a plurality of digital media items, the media retrieval operation using the search criteria associated with the selected agent, triggering the media retrieval operation also triggering an animation of the selected agent traveling to a location representing the store; and displaying the retrieved digital media item at the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A dedicated digital media retrieval and display apparatus comprising:
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a display, displaying a plurality of graphical, animated agents each agent being associated with stored search criteria; a memory storing a plurality of digital media items; a processor arranged, for each agent during an autonomous mode, to vary motion of that agent on the display on the basis of at least one behavior parameter, which is pseudo random; the processor also being arranged to; spontaneously create or delete agents according to pre-specified rules; transfer agents between user communications devices using a short range wireless communications link; select one of the agents as a result of a user input; carry out a media retrieval operation to retrieve at least one digital media item from the store, the media retrieval operation using the search criteria associated with the selected agent; display an animation of the one of the agents traveling to a location representing the store in response to the one of the agents being selected; and display the retrieved digital media item at the display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more device-readable media, the one or more device-readable media being hardware, with device-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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at a display, displaying a plurality of graphical, animated agents each agent being associated with stored search criteria; for each agent during an autonomous mode, varying motion of that agent on the display on the basis of at least one behavior parameter which is pseudo random;
spontaneously creating agents according to pre-specified rules;transferring agents between user communications devices using a short range wireless communications link; selecting one of the agents using received user input, wherein the received user input includes one of a plurality of different types, each of the different types being associated with a different type of media retrieval operation, selecting one of the agents triggering an animation of the one of the agents traveling to a location representing a store; triggering the media retrieval operation associated with the received user input to retrieve at least one digital media item from a-the store comprising a plurality of digital media items, the media retrieval operation using the search criteria associated with the selected agent; displaying the retrieved digital media item at the display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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