Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC

Monument Peak Ventures, LLC

John Denis Piper

Peter Thomas Fry

Graham Robert Kiddle

Alan Payne

Hani Muammar

A method for browsing a collection of digital images on a soft-copy display comprising: receiving a collection of digital images; interactively user selecting a digital image using a user interface; determining a plurality of subsets of the digital images, wherein each subset shares a common category with the selected digital image; and displaying the subsets of digital images on the soft-copy display, together with the selected digital image.

Interactive image selection method

Image selection method amongst a plurality of digital images () classified in a plurality of images categories (), the method comprising the following steps: &#x2014;allocating to each image at least one strength value (), &#x2014;allowing an user to select () images amongst the plurality of digital images, &#x2014;collecting () user data, &#x2014;updating () the strength value of all images classified in a same category than an image selected by the user as a function of the collected user data, and &#x2014;upon selection of an image by the user, automatically selecting () at least one additional image classified in at least one same category than an image selected by the user, and for which the strength value exceeds a threshold value &#x2014;making the selected images available () for subsequent use.

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

John Denis Piper