Using digital objects organized according to a histogram timeline
US6996782B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/54
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for organizing visual digital objects and for selecting one or more of such visual digital objects for viewing includes developing a histogram timeline which identifies a number of visual digital objects organized according to predetermined time periods and providing thumbnail representations thereof; selecting a portion of the histogram timeline for viewing such thumbnail representations of visual digital objects corresponding to such selected portion; and determining if one or more of the viewed such thumbnail representations is of interest and then viewing the corresponding digital visual object(s).
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