Patent ID: 6028603
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for presenting a collection of digital media in a media container, said method comprising:defining a plurality of pages in a media container, each page having at least one location for presenting a digital media, each page having first information which defines a layout on said each page of at least one digital media, and wherein said first information for a page is independently controllable relative to other pages of said plurality of pages, and wherein said media container, including said first information and said each digital media, is transferable from one digital processing system to another digital processing system automatically as an entity;storing in a database digital media information for said each digital media and an association to a copy of said each digital media, wherein said copy is stored on a file storage device, and wherein said database comprises digital media information which specifies an assigned order of digital media in said media container, and wherein said digital media information for said each digital media comprises a lower resolution version of said copy of said each digital media, and wherein said assigned order of digital media may be changed by performing a dragging and dropping operation on an image generated from said lower resolution version of said copy of said each digital media;in response to said first information defining a new layout, automatically repositioning said each digital media relative to said plurality of pages;presenting at least one page of said media container according to said first information.