Method and system for presenting photos on a website
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorScott Schiller
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Abstract
Method and system for presenting photos on a website are disclosed. The method includes selecting one or more thumbnail images in a browser window on a website in response to a select command from a user, dragging the one or more thumbnail images to a drop target in response to a drag command from the user, displaying the one or more thumbnail images in transit to the drop target as collapsible thumbnail images, and dropping the collapsible thumbnail images to the drop target in response to a drop command from the user.
Claims31
A method comprising:
- receiving, from a user, a select command for identifying at least one thumbnail image in a browser window on a website;
- receiving, from the user, a drag command for dragging the at least one thumbnail image to a drop target;
- automatically causing, via a computing device, the at least one thumbnail image to be displayed as at least one reduced size thumbnail image during said dragging and while in transit to the drop target based on the drag command, said reduced size thumbnail image is displayed in a reduced display size from the at least one thumbnail image's display size prior to receiving the drag command, wherein the drop target, based on the drag command, is automatically brought into view, and is based at least in part on the at least one thumbnail image;
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- dropping, via the computing device, the at least one reduced size thumbnail image to the drop target in response to a drop command from the user.
A system comprising:
- one or more servers for interfacing between client devices through a communication network, the one or more servers including at least one computer-readable memory comprising computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions for:
- receiving, from a user, a select command for identifying at least one thumbnail image in a browser window on a website;
- receiving, from the user, a drag command for dragging the at least one-thumbnail image to a drop target;
- automatically causing the at least one thumbnail image to be displayed as at least one reduced size thumbnail image during said dragging and while in transit to the drop target based on the drag command, said reduced size thumbnail image is displayed in a reduced display size from the at least one thumbnail image's display size prior to receiving the drag command, wherein the drop target, based on the drag command, is automatically brought into view, and is based at least in part on the at least one thumbnail image;
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- dropping the at least one reduced size thumbnail image to the drop target in response to a drop command from the user;
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- a processor for executing the computer-executable instructions.
A computer-readable storage medium storing executable program code, when executed by a processor, perform a method for:
- receiving, from a user, a select command for identifying at least one thumbnail image in a browser window on a website;
- receiving, from the user, a drag command for dragging the at least one thumbnail image to a drop target;
- automatically causing the at least one thumbnail image to be displayed as at least one reduced size thumbnail image during said dragging and while in transit to the drop target based on the drag command, said reduced size thumbnail image is displayed in a reduced display size from the at least one thumbnail image's display size prior to receiving the drag command, wherein the drop target, based on the drag command, is automatically brought into view, and is based at least in part on the at least one thumbnail image;
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- dropping the at least one reduced size thumbnail image to the drop target in response to a drop command from the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.