Digital Media Retrieval and Display

A dedicated digital media retrieval and display apparatus comprising:

• a display, displaying a plurality of graphical, animated agents each agent being associated with stored search criteria;
• a memory storing a plurality of digital media items;
• a processor arranged, for each agent during an autonomous mode, to vary motion of that agent on the display on the basis of at least one behavior parameter which is pseudo random;
• the processor also being arranged to select one of the agents as a result of a user input and to carry out a media retrieval operation to retrieve at least one digital media item from the store, the media retrieval operation using the search criteria associated with the selected agent;
• the processor being arranged to display the retrieved digital media item at the display.

One or more device-readable media with device-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

• at a display, displaying a plurality of graphical, animated agents each agent being associated with stored search criteria;
• for each agent during an autonomous mode, varying motion of that agent on the display on the basis of at least one behavior parameter which is pseudo random;
• selecting one of the agents using received user input;
• triggering a media retrieval operation to retrieve at least one digital media item from a store comprising a plurality of digital media items, the media retrieval operation using the search criteria associated with the selected agent;
• displaying the retrieved digital media item at the display.