Method of displaying a tool tip with filtered contents
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSuren Jacobs, Christopher Paola, Rob Sangster
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Abstract
A method of browsing media items is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of displaying (802) representations of the media items on a display (914), defining (803) a filter criterion for a display pointing device (903), browsing (804) the displayed representations of the media items by moving the pointer of the pointing device about the display (914), and displaying (804) in a pop-up window, while the pointer of the pointing device (903) is designating a selected one of the displayed representations of the media items, a representation of the designated media that satisfies the filter criterion.
Claims23
A method of browsing media items, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) presenting, on a display, graphical icons referencing the media items;
- (b) defining a filter criterion to select a desired media item;
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- (c) displaying in a pop-up window, when a pointer of a pointing device designates one of the displayed icons, a representation of a media item that satisfies the filter criterion from among a plurality of media items related to the designated icon.
A method of browsing media items, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) presenting, on a display, graphical icons referencing the media items;
- (b) defining a filter criterion to select a desired media item;
- (c) designating one of the displayed icons with a pointer of a pointing device;
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- (d) displaying in a pop-up window a representation of a media item that satisfies the filter criterion from among a plurality of media items related to the designated icon.
An apparatus for browsing media items, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) means for presenting, on a display, graphical icons referencing the media items;
- (b) means for defining a filter criterion to select a desired media item;
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- (c) means for displaying in a pop-up window, when a pointer of a pointing device designates one of the displayed icons, a representation of a media item that satisfies the filter criterion from among a plurality of media items related to the designated icon.
A computer medium having recorded thereon a computer program for directing an apparatus to implement a method for browsing media items, said program comprising:
- (a) code for presenting, on a display, graphical icons referencing the media items;
- (b) code for defining a filter criterion to select a desired media item;
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- (c) code for displaying in a pop-up window, when a pointer of a pointing device designates one of the displayed icons, a representation of a media item that satisfies the filter criterion from among a plurality of media items related to the designated icon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.