USER-CONTROLLED DISASSOCIATION AND REASSOCIATION OF AUDIO AND VISUAL CONTENT IN A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION

摘要

Presentation systems and methods are provided for the presentation of visual and audible content on an electronic device with a display screen. An array of images is displayed, moving sequentially through the array absent user interaction. Audio content associated with each image is presented as the associated image is selected for presentation. The presentation of visual content can be disassociated from the presentation of audio content by allowing a user to manually scroll through the array of images without disrupting the sequential playback of audio content. Selection of a user interface element causes the visual display of images to scroll back within the array until an image associated with currently-playing audio content returns to the display screen.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for presenting audio and visual content on a network connected user electronic device having a display screen and audio output, comprising the steps of:
initiating the presentation of an array of digital images on the display screen, said images being transmitted to the user electronic device via an electronic communications network, the presentation beginning with a first one of said digital images and proceeding automatically through the array; transmitting audio content associated with said digital images to the user electronic device via an electronic communications network for playback via said audio output; providing a first user interface component viewable on the display screen, the actuation of which enables disassociation of said images from said playback of audio content by scrolling within said array of digital images such that an image associated with audio content extends outside a viewable area of said array of images; providing a second user interface component viewable on the display screen, the actuation of which causes the automatic scrolling within said array of images such that an image associated with presently-playing audio content falls within a viewable area on the display screen.