Time bar navigation in a media diary application
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1. A computer program product for time bar navigation comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program instructions comprising:
- first instructions configured, when executed, to generate a media view that provides access to digital media files and associates the digital media files with a predefined time period; and
second instructions configured, when executed, to generate the time bar which is divided into segments of unit time along a predefined direction, each segment of unit time having a respective width, as measured in the predefined direction, that proportionally depends upon a number of media files associated with a respective segment of unit time.
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Abstract
A time bar that is navigable within a media diary application for the purpose of efficiently locating a date associated with a media file. The media diary is an application implemented on a digital device for the purpose of organizing by timeframe the digital media files that exist on the device. The time bar feature provides a means to easily and efficiently locate media files within the diary.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer program product for time bar navigation comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program instructions comprising:
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first instructions configured, when executed, to generate a media view that provides access to digital media files and associates the digital media files with a predefined time period; and second instructions configured, when executed, to generate the time bar which is divided into segments of unit time along a predefined direction, each segment of unit time having a respective width, as measured in the predefined direction, that proportionally depends upon a number of media files associated with a respective segment of unit time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for time bar navigation comprising:
a processor and a memory storing computer-readable program instructions, the computer-readable program instructions comprising; first instructions configured, when executed, to generate a media view that provides access to digital media files and associates the digital media files with a predefined time period; and second instructions configured, when executed, to generate the time bar which is divided into segments of unit time along a predefined direction, each segment of unit time having a respective width, as measured in the predefined direction, that proportionally depends upon a number of media files associated with a respective segment of unit time. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method utilizing at least one digital device for time bar navigation comprising:
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associating a digital media file with a predefined time period; representing the digital media file in a media view that provides access to the media file with the associated predefined time period; and causing to be displayed, the time bar which is divided into a plurality of segments of unit time along a predefined direction in combination with the media view that permits a user to locate the digital media file based on the associated predefined time period, wherein the causing the time bar to be displayed comprises defining a respective width, as measured in the predefined direction, for each segment of unit time that proportionally depends upon the number of media files associated with a respective segment of time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method utilizing at least one digital device for time bar navigation comprising:
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providing the user of a digital device a display of the time bar and a media view that represents media files in association with a predefined time period, wherein the time bar has one or more time levels, a display of at least one time level being divided into a plurality of segments of unit time along a predefined direction, and wherein a display of each segment of unit time of the plurality of segments of unit time of the at least one time level has a respective width, as measured in the predefined direction, proportionally depends upon a number of media files associated with a respective segment of unit time; causing display of a specific predefined time period for which a respective media file is associated in response to activating the one or more time levels of the time bar; causing display of a representation of the respective media file and the associated predefined time period in response to activating the specific period of time period; and accessing the media file in response to activation the representation of the media file. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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