Patent ID: 6683649
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for creating a multimedia presentation from heterogeneous media objects stored in a digital imaging device, each one of the media objects having one or more media types associated therewith, the digital imaging device including a display screen, a navigation control button, and one or more function keys, the method comprising the steps of:a) displaying a representation of each one of the media objects on the display screen; b) selecting one of the displayed media objects in response to a user pressing the navigation control button; c) marking the selected media object in response to a user pressing a corresponding function key; d) displaying a mark indication on the selected media object in response to the user pressing the corresponding function key, wherein the mark indication comprises a number corresponding to an order in which the media object is marked; e) repeating steps (b) through (d) to provide an ordered set of marked media objects; f) optionally changing the number on a marked media object to rearrange the order of the marked media objects; and g) presenting a slide show from the ordered set of marked media objects, where upon initiation of the slide show presentation, each one of the media objects is automatically displayed on the display in the order designated by the number on each media object.