Patent ID: 6964017
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising instructions operable to cause a computer to: receive as an input base visual content; generate a content division structure that divides the base visual content into a plurality of image slices, including instructions operable to cause the computer to generate user-created slices and program-generated slices; receive input from a user selecting one of the plurality of image slices as a trigger slice and an input selecting a trigger event to associate with the trigger slice; receive input from the user defining intermediate visual content for each trigger event, including instructions operable to cause the computer to allow the user to create and modify intermediate visual content as an integral image without regard to boundaries of user-created slices and program-generated slices; generate a set of viewing image files containing viewing visual content derived from the base visual content; use the content division structure to divide the intermediate visual content and the viewing visual content into slices corresponding to the slices of the base visual content; and computationally compare the base visual content and the intermediate visual content identify image slices where the base visual content and the intermediate visual content differ visually and generate a set of swap image files containing swap visual content derived from the identified image slices of the intermediate visual content.