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System for enabling a user to view visual content on an information handling system

  • US 8,863,025 B2
  • Filed: 08/26/2010
  • Issued: 10/14/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for presenting visual content via an information handling system comprising:

  • acquiring visual content for presentation; and

    ,presenting the visual content within a mosaic screen presentation, the mosaic screen presentation leveraging rows and columns of a grid, the grid comprising a plurality of discrete content pieces of various sizes and shapes, the boundaries between the discrete content pieces being squeezed so as to substantially eliminate space between the discrete content pieces; and

    wherein the mosaic screen presentation comprises a horizontal organization and a vertical organization;

    the horizontal organization being divided into a plurality of columns;

    the vertical organization being based on recency, the recency being based upon most recently acquired visual content;

    the acquiring further comprises incorporating visual items from web services;

    the incorporating visual items from the web services further comprises limiting content provided via the web services via a favoriting process, the favoriting process comprising limiting content provided via the web services based upon user selected favorites; and

    ,the visual items from web services are stored on the information handling system within a dynamic, temporary directory, content within the dynamic, temporary directory being cleared when new content is added to the dynamic, temporary directory.

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