Patent ID: 8274592

Claim:
A method for browsing a collection of digital images on a display screen with a touch screen user interface, comprising: forming an ordered sequence of digital images including a plurality of distinct digital images from the collection of digital images; entering an image review mode and displaying a first digital image from the ordered sequence of digital images on the display screen; initiating a sequential image display process in response to a user touching the touch screen user interface, wherein the sequential image display process sequentially displays digital images in the ordered sequence of digital images on the touch screen user interface until such time that the user stops touching the touch screen user interface, wherein a time interval between the display of sequential images is specified by a scroll rate which is controlled responsive to a position that the user is touching the touch screen user interface; and overlaying text information on the displayed digital images during the sequential image display process, wherein the text information is only displayed when the scroll rate is greater than a predefined threshold, wherein the text information is overlaid in a fixed position.