Patent ID: 8898569

Claim:
A method of presenting digital content comprising the acts of: obtaining digital data representative of a succession of content items; presenting, by a processor, the succession of content items in a first presentation mode; in the first presentation mode, automatically making a first selection of data representing a content item and automatically providing the selected data to a system for rendering the selected data in perceptible form for each content item in the succession of content items, wherein the system for rendering the data in perceptible form includes a portable device; detecting an action by a user at the rendering system; in response to the act of detecting the action, causing a transition to a second presentation mode, wherein in the second presentation mode the rendering system is caused to render a second selection, different from the first selection, of rendered data representing the content item being presented when the action was detected; detecting by a sensor placement of the portable device on a surface; and in response to the act of detecting by the sensor, transitioning back from the second presentation mode to the first presentation mode, wherein data representing a content item includes digital image data and character encoded data, wherein the first presentation mode includes displaying on a display device only the digital image data and the second presentation mode includes displaying on the display device both the digital image data and additional data including the character encoded data, and wherein the second presentation mode includes shrinking and moving the digital image data and displaying the additional data along with the shrunk and moved digital image data.