Patent ID: 8028249
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a display associated with a user interface and a collection of digital multimedia objects, the method comprising the steps of: presenting through a user interface a first selection set of predefined organizational metaphors representing selection criteria to be applied to the collection of digital multimedia objects; receiving through the user interface a selection of a former first organizational metaphor from the first selection set of predefined organizational metaphors; determining a former second selection set of the predefined organizational metaphors not provided to the user with the first selection set after receiving the selection of the former first organizational metaphor, the former second selection set being determined based upon the former first selected organizational metaphor and representing additional selection criteria to be applied to the collection of digital multimedia objects; presenting through the user interface the determined former second selection set of predefined organizational metaphors; receiving through the user interface a selection of a former second organizational metaphor from the former second selection set of predefined organizational metaphors; selecting first and second groups of digital multimedia objects from the collection of digital multimedia objects using result presentation rules based at least in part upon at least one of the selected organizational metaphors, each group including a plurality of digital multimedia objects, wherein the digital multimedia objects in each group are chosen from the collection according to the selection criteria associated with the former selected first and second organizational metaphors and the content of the digital multimedia objects or any metadata associated with the digital multimedia objects; providing first and second group icons indicating the first and second selected groups, respectively; presenting on the display at least one of the group icons; receiving through the user interface a selection of one of the presented group icons; and displaying one or more of the plurality of digital multimedia objects associated with the selected group icon; wherein at least one of the digital multimedia objects is in either the first or second selected group associated with the former selected first and second organizational metaphor, and in either the first or second selected group associated with a latter, different selected first and second organizational metaphor.