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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2009
James W. Lanahan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dane M. Howard, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brian F. Williams, San Carlos, CA (US);
James W. Lanahan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dane M. Howard, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brian F. Williams, San Carlos, CA (US);
Ebay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, methods and apparatus are provided for flexible and user-friendly navigation of loaded media in a multi-media presentation, such that a user may be able to view and/or edit the presentation. In one embodiment, a method for navigating loaded media comprises loading a page of a collage document to a client device, the page having a plurality of layers with each layer being associated with a media object. The method further includes creating a list of layers of the loaded page, each layer indexed by at least a position in the collage document; navigating the collage document in at least one direction and at at least one speed based on user input; and filtering the list of layers based on at least the position in the collage document and a visual window of a user interface to display visible layers of the page within the visual window. A client device for navigating loaded media is also disclosed.