Method and apparatus for managing image display in a digital image display apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for displaying a plurality of digitally stored images, comprising the steps of:
- selecting, with respect to each image of a plurality of digitally stored images, a respective group of a plurality of groups of said digitally stored images, and assigning each said image of said plurality of digitally stored images to the respective selected group, said selecting and assigning being performed automatically by a digital data processing device;
designating a respective mascot image from each said group of said plurality of groups of said digitally stored images, said designating a respective mascot step being performed automatically by a digital data processing device, wherein said step of designating a respective mascot image from each group comprises designating a respective mascot image based on a history of user interaction with said plurality of digitally stored images without including user interaction for selecting a mascot image manually by a user;
displaying successive images of said plurality of images on a display of a digital data processing device responsive to user navigation input selections, only one image at a time being displayed on said display, wherein said user navigation input selections include a first next image input selection and a second next image input selection, wherein receiving said first next image input selection from a user while displaying a first image in a first group of images on said display causes an image from a next group of images to be displayed on said display, and wherein receiving said second next image input selection from a user while displaying said first image in a first group of images on said display causes a next image within said first group of images to be displayed on said display;
wherein receiving said first next image input selection from a user while displaying said first image in said first group of images on said display causes the designated mascot image from said next group of images to be displayed on said display.
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Abstract
A digital device automatically arranges digital images for display in a stack-based arrangement, wherein images are grouped in multiple stacks according to at least one grouping criterion, and the user can scroll over groups of images. Preferably, the digital device automatically selects a mascot image from each group as the top of the corresponding stack. When the images are displayed using a digital display apparatus, the user can scroll through the mascot images only, without reviewing the other images in each stack. When the user finds a mascot image of interest, he may optionally scroll down the images in the stack. Preferably, images are grouped according to power-on session, and mascots are chosen based on user interaction history.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for displaying a plurality of digitally stored images, comprising the steps of:
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selecting, with respect to each image of a plurality of digitally stored images, a respective group of a plurality of groups of said digitally stored images, and assigning each said image of said plurality of digitally stored images to the respective selected group, said selecting and assigning being performed automatically by a digital data processing device; designating a respective mascot image from each said group of said plurality of groups of said digitally stored images, said designating a respective mascot step being performed automatically by a digital data processing device, wherein said step of designating a respective mascot image from each group comprises designating a respective mascot image based on a history of user interaction with said plurality of digitally stored images without including user interaction for selecting a mascot image manually by a user; displaying successive images of said plurality of images on a display of a digital data processing device responsive to user navigation input selections, only one image at a time being displayed on said display, wherein said user navigation input selections include a first next image input selection and a second next image input selection, wherein receiving said first next image input selection from a user while displaying a first image in a first group of images on said display causes an image from a next group of images to be displayed on said display, and wherein receiving said second next image input selection from a user while displaying said first image in a first group of images on said display causes a next image within said first group of images to be displayed on said display; wherein receiving said first next image input selection from a user while displaying said first image in said first group of images on said display causes the designated mascot image from said next group of images to be displayed on said display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A program product for displaying a plurality of digitally stored images, comprising:
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a plurality of instructions tangibly recorded on computer-readable media and executable by at least one digital data processing device, wherein said instructions, when executed by at least one digital data processing device, cause the at least one digital data processing device to perform the steps of; automatically designating a respective mascot image from each group of a plurality of groups of digitally stored images, at least some of said groups containing a plurality of digitally stored images, said automatically designating a respective mascot image being based on a history of user interaction with said plurality of digitally stored images without including user interaction for selecting a mascot image manually by a user; displaying images of said plurality of images on a display of a digital data processing device responsive to user navigation input selections, wherein said user navigation input selections include a first input selection and a second input selection, wherein said first input selection causes the respective designated mascot image from at least one group of images to be displayed on said display, and wherein said second input selection causes at least one image which is not a mascot, said at least one image within a current selected group of images, to be displayed on said display. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A digital data apparatus for displaying digital images, comprising:
at least one processor; a memory for storing processor-executable instructions; a display for displaying digitally stored images; and a display program comprising a plurality of instructions executable by said processor, said display program automatically selecting, with respect to each image of a plurality of digitally stored images, a respective group of a plurality of groups of said digitally stored images, and assigning each said image of said plurality of digitally stored images to the respective selected group; wherein said display program displays images of said plurality of images on said display responsive to user navigation input selections, wherein said user navigation input selections include a first input selection and a second input selection, wherein, for at least a first subset of said digitally stored images, receiving said first input selection from a user while displaying a first image of the first subset causes said display program to display an image of a next group of images following the group to which the first image of the first subset belongs, and wherein receiving said second input selection from a user while displaying the first image of the first subset causes said display program to display at least one image from the group to which the first image of the first subset belongs other than the first image; wherein said display program further comprises a mascot selection function for automatically designating a respective mascot image from each said group of said plurality of groups of said digitally stored images; and
said designating a respective mascot step being performed automatically by a digital data processing device;wherein said mascot selection function automatically designates a respective mascot image from each said group based on a history of user interaction with said plurality of digitally stored images without including user interaction for selecting a mascot image manually by a user; wherein said next group input selection causes the designated mascot image from a next group of images to be displayed on said display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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