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1. A digital image display device for displaying a collection of digital images, comprising:
a display screen; a processor; a real-time clock; an image memory for storing a plurality of digital images; and a processor-accessible program memory storing executable instructions for causing the processor to execute the steps of: initiating a sequential display of a sequence of digital images on the display screen at an initial time, wherein the initial time is the time at which a first image of a plurality of images in the sequence of digital images is displayed, the sequence of digital images including at least a subset of the stored digital images, each digital image being displayed for an image display duration, the image display duration for each image in the sequence of digital images being set to an initial image display duration at the initial time; modifying the image display duration during the display of the sequence of digital images responsive to an elapsed time, the elapsed time corresponding to the difference between the initial time and a current time as determined from the real-time clock; and for a particular digital image, modifying the particular digital image display duration responsive to metadata associated with the particular digital image, wherein the metadata provides a plurality of importance ratings for the particular digital image including at least a low importance level, an intermediate importance level, and a high importance level. |
