System, method, and user interface for controlling the display of images on a mobile device
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1. A mobile device comprising:
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a memory;
a display screen; and
a plurality of software applications executable by the processor, wherein the plurality of software applications comprises an image viewer application and an attachment viewer application for viewing an attachment to a message that is received by the mobile device and wherein the processor is configured to;
while an image provided by the image viewer application is displayed on the display screen, display a first plurality of menu items on the display screen, the first plurality of menu items representing image manipulation options for manipulating a view of the image provided by the image viewer application; and
while an image provided by the attachment viewer application is displayed on the display screen, display a second plurality of menu items on the display screen, the second plurality of menu items being visually similar to the first plurality of menu items, the second plurality of menu items representing image manipulation options for manipulating a view of the image provided by the attachment viewer application.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a system, method, and user interface for controlling the display of images to users of mobile devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a set of options to manipulate, navigate, and/or view images, common among multiple applications executable on a mobile device, is provided to users. Images may also be saved on a memory store on the mobile device.
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1. A mobile device comprising:
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a processor; a memory; a display screen; and a plurality of software applications executable by the processor, wherein the plurality of software applications comprises an image viewer application and an attachment viewer application for viewing an attachment to a message that is received by the mobile device and wherein the processor is configured to; while an image provided by the image viewer application is displayed on the display screen, display a first plurality of menu items on the display screen, the first plurality of menu items representing image manipulation options for manipulating a view of the image provided by the image viewer application; and while an image provided by the attachment viewer application is displayed on the display screen, display a second plurality of menu items on the display screen, the second plurality of menu items being visually similar to the first plurality of menu items, the second plurality of menu items representing image manipulation options for manipulating a view of the image provided by the attachment viewer application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of controlling the display of images on a mobile device, the method comprising:
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displaying on a display screen of the mobile device an image provided by an image viewer application; displaying on the display screen a first plurality of menu items representing image manipulation options for manipulating a view of the image provided by the image viewer application; displaying on the display screen an image provided by an attachment viewer application for viewing an attachment to a message that is received by the mobile device; displaying on the display screen a second plurality of menu items visually similar to the first plurality of menu items, the second plurality of menu items representing image manipulation options for manipulating a view of the image provided by the attachment viewer application; and wherein a processor on the mobile device is configured to perform the method.
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of processor-executable instructions for performing a method of controlling the display of images on a mobile device, the method comprising:
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displaying on a display screen of the mobile device an image provided by an image viewer application; displaying on the display screen a first plurality of menu items representing image manipulation options for manipulating a view of the image provided by the image viewer application; displaying on the display screen an image provided by an attachment viewer application for viewing an attachment to a message that is received by the mobile device; and displaying on the display screen a second plurality of menu items visually similar to the first plurality of menu items, the second plurality of menu items representing image manipulation options for manipulating a view of the image provided by the attachment viewer application. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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