Patent ID: 7581195
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A device for managing data objects, comprising: displaying means for displaying thumbnails representative of data objects; defining means for defining a focus region that indicates a focus thumbnail subject to processes; moving means for moving the displayed thumbnails along a predetermined path through the focus region; and enable/disable means for selectively enabling and disabling the moving means, the displaying means statically displaying a single thumbnail in the focus region when the enable/disable means disables the moving means, the displaying means displaying the thumbnails to move along the predetermined path through the focus region when the enable/disable means enables the moving mean; wherein the displaying means further displays an interface portion with a plurality of indicia, and further comprising selection means for selecting one of the indicia of the interface portion; wherein the indicia include a plurality of order indicia each representing one of a plurality of predetermined sequence orders, the displaying means displaying the thumbnails in an order represented by an order indicium selected by the selection means; and wherein the order indicia include a time indicium; and when the selection means selects the time indicium, the displaying means displays the thumbnails separated by distance corresponding to time between when the corresponding data objects were produced.