Patent ID: 7028257

Claim:
A method for creating and displaying stylized digital content, the method comprising: reading a first file containing a digital content item to be stylized; reading a plurality of second files, each second file containing at least one style definition and each second file containing a different set of style definitions; creating a plurality of display instances of stylized digital content by applying the at least one style definition from each second file to the digital content item of the first file; mapping each of the plurality of display instances of stylized content to a different area of a display device; receiving a selection of a location on the display device from a pointing device, the location corresponding to an area of the display device mapped to one of the plurality of display instances of stylized content; displaying the one of the plurality of display instances of stylized content corresponding to the received selection of the location on the display device; wherein each second file comprises a first style field containing a first style definition and a second style field containing a second style definition; receiving a selection of a display instance; sending a prompt to the display device indicating a status of the first style definition and second style definition; receiving an accepted status for the first style definition and a non-accepted status for the second style definition; selecting from the plurality of second files, a subset of second files containing the first style definition; creating a second plurality of display instances of stylized digital content by applying the subset of second files to the content of the first file; mapping each of the second plurality of display instances of stylized content to a different area of the display device; receiving a selection of a second location on the display device from a pointing device, the location corresponding to an area of the display device mapped to one of the second plurality of display instances of stylized content; and displaying the one of the second plurality of display instances of stylized content corresponding to the received selection of the second location on the display device.