Method of and system for browsing and displaying items from a collection
First Claim
1. A method of browsing and displaying media items from a media collection comprising steps of:
- storing information about each of a plurality of media items in a media collection;
obtaining a plurality of tags, the tags being terms or phrases associated with one or more of the media items in the media collection;
storing the tags in machine-readable storage media;
displaying an item image that is representative of a media item on a display screen along with tag images comprising the terms or phrases of each of a plurality of tags associated with the media item;
in response to a user selecting a particular one of the displayed tag images, displaying the selected tag image along with a plurality of item images that are representative of media items associated with the selected tag, the item images each having a size that represents a respective relevancy of the media item to the selected tag; and
in response to the user selecting a particular one of the displayed item images after said selecting a particular one of the displayed tag images, displaying the selected item image along with a plurality of tag images comprising terms or phrases of tags associated with the selected media item.
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of browsing and displaying items from a collection is provided. Information about each of plurality of items in a collection is stored. A plurality of user-entered tags is obtained. Each tag comprises a term associated with one or more of the items in the collection. The tags are stored in machine-readable storage media. An image that is representative of an item is displayed on a display screen along with images that are representative of each of a plurality of associated tags. In response to a user selecting a particular one of the displayed tags, an image representing the selected tag is displayed along with a plurality of images that are representative of items associated with the selected tag. In response to the user selecting a particular one of the displayed items, an image that is representative of the selected item can be displayed along with a plurality of images that are representative of tags associated with the selected item.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of browsing and displaying media items from a media collection comprising steps of:
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storing information about each of a plurality of media items in a media collection; obtaining a plurality of tags, the tags being terms or phrases associated with one or more of the media items in the media collection; storing the tags in machine-readable storage media; displaying an item image that is representative of a media item on a display screen along with tag images comprising the terms or phrases of each of a plurality of tags associated with the media item; in response to a user selecting a particular one of the displayed tag images, displaying the selected tag image along with a plurality of item images that are representative of media items associated with the selected tag, the item images each having a size that represents a respective relevancy of the media item to the selected tag; and in response to the user selecting a particular one of the displayed item images after said selecting a particular one of the displayed tag images, displaying the selected item image along with a plurality of tag images comprising terms or phrases of tags associated with the selected media item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for browsing and displaying media items from a media collection comprising:
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a plurality of remote devices under control of users; and one or more servers in communication with the plurality of remote devices wherein the one or more servers store information about each of plurality of media items in a media collection and wherein the one or more servers store a plurality of tags, the tags being terms or phrases associated with one or more of the media items in the media collection, and wherein the one or more servers cause an item image that is representative of a media item to be displayed on a display screen of a particular one of the remote devices along with tag images comprising the terms or phrases of each of a plurality tags associated with the media item, wherein in response to a user selecting a particular one of the displayed tag images, the one or more servers cause the selected tag image to be displayed on the display screen along with a plurality of item images that are representative of media items associated with the selected tag, the item images each having a size that represents a respective relevancy of the media item to the selected tag, and, wherein in response to the user selecting a particular one of the displayed item images after said selecting a particular one of the displayed tag images, displaying the selected item along with a plurality of tag images comprising terms or phrases of tags associated with the selected media item.
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22. Non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon a software program, which when executed, causes one or more computers to perform a method of browsing and displaying media items from a media collection comprising steps of:
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storing information about each of a plurality of media items in a media collection; obtaining a plurality of tags, the tags being terms or phrases associated with one or more of the media items in the media collection; storing the tags in machine-readable storage media; displaying a an item image that is representative of a media item on a display screen along with tag images comprising the terms or phrases of each of a plurality of tags associated with the media item; in response to a user selecting a particular one of the displayed tag images, displaying the selected tag image along with a plurality of item images that are representative of media items associated with the selected tag, the item images each having a size that represents a respective relevancy of the media item to the selected tag; and in response to the user selecting a particular one of the displayed item images after said selecting a particular one of the displayed tag images, displaying the selected item image along with a plurality of tag images comprising terms or phrases of tags associated with the selected media item.
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