Patent ID: 7853898
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
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.