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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Raymond Lee Haynes, Ii, Smithville, MO (US);
Dave Nelson, New York, NY (US);
Robb Smigielski, Kansas City, MO (US);
Raymond Lee Haynes, II, Smithville, MO (US);
Dave Nelson, New York, NY (US);
Robb Smigielski, Kansas City, MO (US);
Copia Interactive, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of browsing and displaying items from a collection is provided. Information about each of plurality of items is stored in machine-readable storage media. A group of the items is selected for display. One of a plurality of image sizes is assigned to each of the items of the group. Images that are representative of each of the items of the group are displayed on a display screen using the assigned image sizes. A particular position on the display screen that is occupied by a particular one of the items of the group can be selected randomly. The image size assigned to each item can be representative of the corresponding item's rank according to at least one sorting criterion.