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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1998
Dan Torres, San Carlos, CA (US);
Eric C. Anderson, San Jose, CA (US);
FlashPoint Technology, Inc., Peterborough, NH (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for interactively presenting a slide show in a digital imaging device. The method aspect of the present invention includes first creating a slide show from randomly selected ones of the heterogeneous media objects stored in the digital imaging device, where each one of the heterogeneous media objects includes at least one media type such as, a still image, video, and audio. When the slide show is subsequently presented, each one of the media objects in the slide show is automatically displayed on a display the order selected. According to the present invention, the user is able to change the order the media objects will be played back, and able to control how long each one of the media objects will be played back, to thereby interactively present the slide show from the digital imaging device.