Method of creating, displaying, and interfacing an infinite navigable media wall

• US 8,922,584 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ridicule Limited
• Original Assignee: Frederic Sigal
• Inventors: Sigal, Frederic
• Primary Examiner(s): Yang, Ryan R
• Application Number:
  US13/250,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20130083051A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,187 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A computer implemented method of creating, displaying, and interfacing an infinite navigable media wall includes identifying available media from storage accessible by the computer, generating a logical set of media from the available media, generating the infinite navigable media wall by placing graphical representations of media in the logical set of media on a display of the computer, and displaying the infinite navigable media wall on the display of the computer.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

identifying available media from storage accessible by the computer;

generating a logical set of media from the available media;

generating a wall consisting of a tiled pattern of graphic files corresponding to media in the logical set of media;

displaying at least a portion of the wall that fills a viewable portion of a display of the computer; and

changing the at least portion of the wall displayed based on a user gesture.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising sorting the logical set of media according to a preference.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising filtering the logical set of media according to a preference.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the pattern is based on a metric related to media in the logical set of media.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the pattern is a random pattern.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user gesture is a gesture to move the wall.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user gesture is a gesture to zoom in on the wall.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the user gesture is a gesture to zoom out on the wall.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user gesture is a gesture to select a media.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the wall is dynamically generated in the direction indicated by the user gesture.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphic files correspond to album covers.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphic files correspond to photos.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphic files correspond to videos.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphic files correspond to documents.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising software instructions that, when executed by a processor, performs a method comprising:

identifying available media from storage accessible by a computer;

generating a logical set of media from the available media;

generating a wall consisting of a tiled pattern of graphic files corresponding to media in the logical set of media;

displaying at least a portion of the wall that fills a viewable portion of a display of the computer; and

changing the at least portion of the wall displayed based on a user gesture.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising sorting the logical set of media according to a preference.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising filtering the logical set of media according to a preference.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the pattern is based on a metric related to media in the logical set of media.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the pattern is a random pattern.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the user gesture is a gesture to move the wall.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the user gesture is a gesture to zoom in on the wall.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the user gesture is a gesture to zoom out on the wall.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the user gesture is a gesture to select a media.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the wall is dynamically generated in the direction indicated by the user gesture.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the graphic files correspond to album covers.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the graphic files correspond to photos.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the graphic files correspond to videos.

28. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the graphic files correspond to documents.