Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Mark D Mackenzie

Mark R Gibson

Jeffrey C Fong

Kathryn L Parker

Rodger William Benson

Mark Jeffrey Weinberg

William T Flora

Tandy Woodson Trower, Ii

Christopher D Williams

Molly Scoville Rhoten

Louis Amadio

Marc S Oshiro

Ryan James D'Aurelio

Mark S Newell

Noah Spitzer-Williams

Jennifer Waters

Steve Moreland

Switching between an arm's length user interface and a distance user interface is provided. A first user interface optimized to operate a computer from an arm's-length distance is presented on a display. A command is received. It is determined whether the command is from a wired device or a wirelessly-connected device. When the command is from a wired device, then the first user interface continues to be presented. When the command is from a wirelessly-connected device, then the display is toggled from the first user interface to the distance user interface. The distance user interface is optimized for operating the computer from a television-viewing distance. The television-viewing distance measured in feet is approximately half of a diagonal measure of the image displayed on the display device measured in inches.

User interface for operating a computer from a distance

A method and system are disclosed for presenting digital images over a display in a slideshow presentation. The slideshow has an appearance of the images being hand-placed and for providing a more human feel to the presentation of digital images.

Slideshow method for displaying images on a display

A new user interface, a distance user interface, in a computer system for operating a computer from a television-viewing distance is provided. A centralized display is provided enabling a user to access streaming video and sound as well as music files, video files, and picture files from a single screen. Collaborative sharing of media content is provided by enabling a computer's operations and feedback to be collectively observed from a distance.

A list of media, such as image media, is dynamically generated and provided to a user. The dynamically generated media playlist may be associated with a user's 'favorite pictures,' 'favorite music' or some other type of media. Each of the &#x201c;favorite media&#x201d; features may be associated with playlist criteria, which is used to dynamically construct a query for media files to include on the playlist. The criteria may specify several requirements for including media in the dynamically created playlist, for example user rating, recently added media, and other criteria. The query is sent to a database, which returns a playlist of media. The returned playlist is provided to a media center, which retrieves and provides the listed media to a user.

Dynamic selection of media for playback

A system and method for presenting images to a user. A set of available animations to be performed when presenting digital images to a user is defined. A digital image and an available animation are selected. The selection of the available animation may include consideration of a previously performed animation and/or consideration of attributes of the selected digital image. The selected digital image is then presented to the user, and the selected animation is performed with respect to the image. The invention further includes methods for providing a slide show of digital images to a user.

Slideshow animation algorithms

Image for a display screen

Interface for a display screen

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Mark D Mackenzie