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US 6,833,848 B1Granted
Game console based digital photo album
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsGregory J. Wolff, Marko Balabanovic, Makoto Tanaka
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Abstract
A method and a system that combine capabilities for storing, authoring, and viewing various forms of digital media are described. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes accepting a cartridge having a slot for receiving a media card storing a plurality of media objects, displaying the plurality of media objects in reduced visual representations displayed in a plurality of tracks, and navigating among the reduced visual representations.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- means for accepting a cartridge having a slot for receiving a removable memory device to store a plurality of media objects;
- means for displaying the plurality of media objects in reduced visual representations in at least one track;
- and
- means for navigating among the reduced visual representations,
- wherein the display means displays imported objects in a first track, authored stories in a second track and in a third track, at least one of the authored stories on the third track being part of a story under creation,
- wherein means for navigating among the reduced visual representations comprises
- means for selecting the media object from the first track and/or from the second track,
- means for adding a representation of the selected media object to the third track to enable a user to author a new story,
- means for moving one of the authored stories from the second track to the third track to enable the user to edit the authored story, and
- means for selecting background music from a plurality of pre-recorded background music songs and means for associating the selected background music with the authored story,
- wherein the means for selecting comprises a game controller having a joystick and a plurality of control buttons.
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A method comprising:
- accepting a cartridge having a slot for receiving a media card storing a plurality of media objects;
- displaying the plurality of media objects in reduced visual representations displayed in a plurality of tracks;
- and
- navigating among the reduced visual representations, wherein navigating among the reduced visual representations comprises
- moving the media object from the first track and/or from the second track to the third track to enable a user to author a new story, and
- moving the authored story from the second track to the third track to enable the user to edit the authored story,
- wherein moving the media object comprises using a game controller having a joystick and a plurality of control buttons.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.