Patent ID: 7546554
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system to support multimedia content browsing on a mobile device, comprising: a browsing component software application a microprocessor executing in the mobile device, wherein the mobile device comprises a display screen; wherein the browsing component renders a keyword query text box in a first area of the display screen, multimedia contents in a second area of the display screen, and a video controller in a third area of the display screen; wherein the multimedia contents are rendered on overlapping content layers within the second area of the display screen, the content layers comprising a first content layer that renders query results, a second content layer that renders keyframes, and a third content layer that renders videos, wherein the content layers always overlap each other in totality throughout the entire area of the second area of the display screen; wherein the browsing component further renders a transparent widget layer on the display screen, the transparent widget layer being completely transparent within the display screen until activated by a user, wherein the transparent widget layer independently, interactively and continuously adjusts the degree of transparency of two or more of the content layers via an input device, wherein transparency values for the content layers comprise continuous gradient values between 0.0 and 1.0, a content layer having a transparency value of 0.0 being completely transparent and a content layer having a transparency value of 1.0 being completely opaque; and wherein the browsing component receives the multimedia contents from a processing component based on a keyword query, wherein the processing component searches for and retrieves the multimedia contents relevant to the keyword query from a multimedia content database, wherein the processing component transmits the multimedia contents relevant to the keyword query to the browsing component over a communication network.