A digital image display device for displaying a sequence of digital media assets, the digital media assets including both individual digital still images and groups of related digital still images, comprising a display screen; a processor; and a processor-accessible program memory. The processor-accessible program memory stores executable instructions for causing the processor to execute the steps of: designating a sequence of digital media assets; and sequentially displaying each digital media asset in the sequence of digital media assets on the display screen, wherein if a displayed digital media asset is an individual digital still image it is displayed for a specified display time duration, and if a displayed digital media asset is a group of related digital still images the display time duration is subdivided and each of the digital still images in the group of related digital still images is displayed for a corresponding display time duration fraction.

Embodiments of the invention include techniques for storing and managing repositories of electronic presentation documents. Presentation storage repositories may be implemented in various storage systems including individual computer servers, distributed storage networks, cloud-based storage systems, and the like. Presentation search interfaces may support various searching and customization capabilities. Search interface and search engine components may be implemented to receive search requests from client devices, retrieve electronic presentation data from one or more storage repositories, and generate customized search results based on the retrieved electronic presentation data. Search and presentation capabilities may include storing user-specific selections of presentation cover slides, and then retrieving and/or generating user-specific thumbnails for search results interfaces. Additionally, presentation access and usage statistics may be tracked and stored within the storage repository and may be incorporated into the customized searching and presentation capabilities.

A narrative includes a number of serially connected narrative segments combined by a director or editor in a defined sequence to tell a story. A number of different narrative segments are available to the director or editor. A content delivery editor provides editors and directors with the ability to augment a narrative with additional narrative segments that provide alternate perspectives, views, or insights to the consumer. Such allows conveyance of the same narrative to the consumer using a number of plots or perspectives. Branch points in the narrative provide the consumer the opportunity to follow a storyline they find interesting. Each consumer follows a “personalized” path through the narrative. The director or editor may influence selection at branch points by providing priming stimuli prior to presentation of a prompt to select a branch and by optionally providing target stimuli during presentation of the prompt to select a branch.

Techniques are described to support shared applications, including a shared application that permits retrieval, presentation and traversal of information resources. The innovative techniques enable multiple participants at different locations to both see and interact with assets such as a web-based content. The innovative techniques centralize the functionality of an application that is to be shared. A shared application is executed, during a collaboration, at a centralized location in a manner that does not require any local resources to create an application instance.

An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive an addition instruction for adding a page to album data including a plurality of pages; an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a user selection image as an image to be arranged in the page to be added in response to the addition instruction, the user selection image being selected by a user; a first analysis information obtaining unit configured to obtain analysis information of the user selection image; and a selecting unit configured to select an image to be arranged in the added page other than the user selection image, based on the analysis information of the user selection image.

Methods, systems, and storage media for recording moments as they are occurring and utilizing a virtual assistant to re-play those moments as a fully or partially immersive experience are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: record data for a particular moment as the moment is occurring and utilize a virtual assistant to replay the moment as a fully or partially immersive experience. The recorded data may include indicators of a plurality of sensory perceptions for the recorded moment.

A system that provides for the accessing and playing of media files having differing associated rights such as non-DRM media files, purchased and downloaded media files, subscription download files such as tethered downloads, and subscription streamed DRM files. The system also provides a method and user interface for sharing a media collection among computing devices in communication via a network. The system allows access and playback, from each computing device on a network, of all media files in a media collection, regardless of their associated rights.

A plurality of pieces of image data and audio data are determined from a data area. Information on a slideshow group associated with a plurality of pieces of identification information identifying the respective pieces of image data and identification information identifying the audio data, and location information indicating locations, in the data area, of the plurality of pieces of image data and the audio data are stored in a metadata area. The metadata, the plurality of pieces of image data, and the audio data are stored in a single media file.

A method and a system for producing a story video are provided. A method for producing a story video, according to one embodiment, can produce a specific story video by determining a theme of a story that is suitable for collected videos and selecting and arranging an appropriate video for each frame of a template associated with the theme.

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a head-mounted device a speech input from a user and a visual input captured by cameras of the head-mounted device, wherein the visual input comprises subjects and attributes associated with the subjects, and wherein the speech input comprises a co-reference to one or more of the subjects, resolving entities corresponding to the subjects associated with the co-reference based on the attributes and the co-reference, and presenting a communication content responsive to the speech input and the visual input at the head-mounted device, wherein the communication content comprises information associated with executing results of tasks corresponding to the resolved entities.