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WO2010144429A1 - Procédés et appareil pour le traitement d'images associées d'un objet en fonction de directives - Google Patents

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WO2010144429A1
WO2010144429A1 PCT/US2010/037746 US2010037746W WO2010144429A1 WO 2010144429 A1 WO2010144429 A1 WO 2010144429A1 US 2010037746 W US2010037746 W US 2010037746W WO 2010144429 A1 WO2010144429 A1 WO 2010144429A1
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  • Embodiments relate generally to processing of images, and, in particular, to selection and display of images of an object at a communication device so that movement of the object can be represented.
  • Processing of data at a device to represent movement of an object within a display for interactive media (e.g., games), simulations, and/or so forth can be computationally expensive.
  • real-time processing of geometric models e.g., three-dimensional (3D) geometric models, two-dimensional (2D) geometric models), 3D and/or 2D rendering, and/or so forth can require relatively large memory buffers and/or streamlined processing pipelines dedicated to these types of processing.
  • Some devices, such as mobile devices, that have relatively limited processing resources may not be capable of representing motion of an object on a display in a desirable fashion using known data processing techniques.
  • a mobile phone with limited processing resources is typically not capable of real-time processing of a geometric model of an object at a speed that is practical for use in an application and/or while performing other necessary operations.
  • a processor-readable medium can store code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to receive a set of directives from a host device.
  • the set of directives can define an aspect of a media resource.
  • a set of target locations can be defined within a canvas displayed at a communication device based on the set of directives.
  • An image can be selected from a set of images for display at a target location from the set of target locations based on the set of directives. Each image from the set of images can represent a perspective view of an object.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram that illustrates communication devices in communication with a host device via a network, according to an embodiment.
  • FIGS. 2 A through 2E are schematic diagrams that illustrate images and/or glyphs displayed on a canvas of a communication device 250, according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram that illustrates several images from a set of images selected and displayed based on paths associated with directives, according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart that illustrates a method for displaying an image from a set of images, according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram of a table that includes image selection information, according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram that illustrates orientation indicators associated with images from a set of images and neighbor relationships between images from the set of images, according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart that illustrates a method for selecting and displaying an image based on a directive and image selection information, according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram of a table that illustrates a multi-tiered map of neighbor relationships, according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 9 is an illustration of a directive including a directive description portion and a directive content portion, according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart that illustrates method for defining and distributing a group of directives, according to an embodiment.
  • a communication device can be configured to define (e.g., determine), for example, an order (e.g., a sequence, a serial order), a location (e.g., a target location), and/or a timing (e.g., a specified start time, a time period) for displaying images of an object so that a movement (e.g., a translational movement, a rotational movement about several non-parallel axes, oscillating movement) of the object can be represented.
  • the images can be from a set of images where each image represents (e.g., depicts an illustration of) a perspective view of the object.
  • images from a set of images of an airplane can be serially displayed within a specified time period at various target locations within a canvas of a communication device to represent, for example, a barrel roll of the airplane across the canvas.
  • a set of images of an object can collectively be processed at a communication device as an image resource (e.g., as a single image resource or object) and can be referred to as such.
  • one or more images from a set of images of an object can be selected and/or displayed (e.g., displayed at a target location and/or at a specified time) at a communication device based on image selection information associated with the set of images.
  • image selection information such as orientation indicators and/or a map of neighbor relationships that are associated with the set of images.
  • the image selection information can be included in, for example, a metadata file associated with the set of images.
  • each of the orientation indicators can be, for example, an indicator of at least a component of an orientation of the object within an image.
  • the orientation can be with respect to an origin position (e.g., a start position) of the object.
  • an orientation indicator can indicate that an image represents an object rotated around and/or along a specified axis with respect to an origin position (which can be represented within a separate image) or is moved away from an origin position.
  • the map of neighbor relationships can, for example, be used to determine which images from a set of images can be selected and/or displayed after a specified image from the set of images has been selected and/or displayed.
  • a set of images and a metadata file associated with the set of images can collectively be processed at a communication device as an image resource (e.g., as a single image resource or object) and can be referred to as such.
  • images from a set of images of an object can be selected and/or displayed (e.g., displayed at a target location and/or at a specified time) at a communication device based on at least a portion of a directive (or a path defined at a communication device based on the directive).
  • images from a set of images of an object can be selected and/or displayed based on a description within a directive, a parameter value included in a directive, compressed sensor data included in the directive, a characteristic of path defined within a display based on a directive, and/or so forth.
  • one or more images from a set of images can be selected and/or displayed at one or more locations along a path (e.g., moved over the path, moved near a path) defined within a display of a communication based on a directive.
  • one or more images from a set of images can be selected and/or displayed along or near a path with a timing (e.g., during a specified time period) determined at the communication device based on, for example, a portion of a directive used to define the path.
  • images from a set of images can be dynamically selected and/or displayed at a communication device in response to directives, for example, as they are received.
  • a directive received at a communication device can be defined, at least in part, by a user at another communication device.
  • the directive can be pushed to the communication device from the other communication device, for example, via a host device.
  • the directive can be downloaded by (e.g., pulled by) the communication device from the host device via a network.
  • the directive can be used to trigger, for example, display of a visual resource (e.g., a glyph) at the communication device and/or playback of an audio resource.
  • a communications device is intended to mean a single communications device or multiple communications devices; and “network” is intended to mean one or more networks, or a combination thereof.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram that illustrates communication devices 180 in communication with a host device 120 via a network 170, according to an embodiment.
  • communication device 150 is configured to communicate wirelessly with the host device 120 via a gateway device 185.
  • communication device 160 is configured to communicate wirelessly with the host device 120 via a gateway device 195.
  • the network 170 can be any type of network (e.g., a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a virtual network, a telecommunications network) implemented as a wired network and/or a wireless network with one or more segments in a variety of environments such as, for example, an office complex.
  • each of the communication devices 180 can be, for example, a computing entity (e.g., a personal computing device), a mobile phone, a monitoring device, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and/or so forth.
  • each of the communication devices 180 can have one or more network interface devices (e.g., a network interface card).
  • each of the communication devices 180 can function as a source device and/or as a destination device.
  • wireless communication devices in FIG. 1 in some embodiments, one or more of the communication devices 180 can be configured to communicate over the network 170 via a wire, or alternatively can be a wired communication device without wireless communication capabilities.
  • the communication devices 180 can be referred to as client devices, and processing at the communication devices 180 can be referred to as client-side processing.
  • the communication device 160 has a processor 162, a memory 164, and a display 166.
  • the memory 164 can be, for example, a random-access memory (RAM), a memory buffer, a hard drive, and/or so forth.
  • the processor 162 of the communication device 160 can be configured to access (e.g., process, select) one or more images from a set of images 14 stored in the memory 164 of the communication device 160.
  • each image from the set of images 14 can represent (or can include) a perspective view of an object.
  • the set of images 14 can include images of any type of object such as a vehicle, a toy, a tool, an animal, and/or a person.
  • the set of images 14 can include images of imaginary objects and/or the set of images 14 can include images of objects that may or may not be interacting.
  • the set of images can include images of objects in one or more states (e.g., a solid state, an idle state, a destroyed state).
  • the processor 162 of the communication device 160 can be configured to define (e.g., determine), for example, an order (e.g., a sequence, a serial order), a target location, a timing, and/or so forth for displaying images from the set of images 14 of the object so that a movement (e.g., a translational movement, a rotational movement) of the object can be represented.
  • the set of images 14 can include images of a baseball in various positions (e.g., in various stages of rotation).
  • the processor 162 of the communication device 160 can be configured to trigger serial display of images from the set of images 14 within the display 166 so that translational movement and/or rotational movement of the baseball within the display 166 can be represented.
  • processing related to the set of images 14 e.g., selecting images from the set of images, determining a timing for displaying images from the set of images
  • the set of images 14 can be associated with image selection information that can be used by the processor 162 to select one or more images from the set of images 14 and/or display (e.g., display at a target location and/or at a specified time) the image(s) from the set of images 14 at the communication device 160.
  • the set of images 14 can be associated with image selection information, such as orientation indicators and/or a map of neighbor relationships. For example, in some embodiments, an image from the set of images 14 can be selected based on an orientation indicator associated with the image. The image can then later be displayed during a time period at one or more target locations within the display 166 of the communication device 160.
  • the time period and/or target location(s) can be determined based on the orientation indicator associated with the image.
  • Processing of the set of images 14 can similarly be performed based on a map of neighbor relationships.
  • a first image from the set of images 14 can be selected for display at the communication device 160 based on a map of a neighbor relationship between the first image and a second image (from the set of images 14) already being displayed at the communication device 160.
  • processing related to image selection information associated with the set of images 14 can be performed at an image processing module (not shown) of the communication device 160. More details related to image selection information, such as maps of neighbor relationships and/or orientation indicators, that can be associated with a set of images and used to select an image for display at a communication device are described in connection with FIGS. 2 through 8.
  • the set of images 14 of the object can collectively be processed at the communication device 160 as an image resource (e.g., as a single image resource or object) and can be referred to as such.
  • the set of images 14 can be downloaded from, for example, a host device and stored in a single array.
  • the set of images 14 can be stored together and/or accessed from a library of image resources as a single entity.
  • the set of images can be processed as a single entity based on its association with a metadata file that includes image selection information.
  • the memory 164 can be a buffer where the set of images 14 are loaded as a single entity in response to a request from an application of the communication device 160.
  • the library of image resources can be, for example, downloaded and/or installed independent of an application (and/or other module) at the communication device 160 used to process images from the library of image resources and/or directives.
  • image resources can be added and/or removed from the library of image resources without modifying (or substantially without modifying) an application (and/or other module) at the communication device 160 configured to process the image resources and/or directives.
  • the processor 162 of the communication device 160 is configured to receive a directive 12 from host device 120.
  • the processor 162 can be configured to select an image from the set of images 14 and/or trigger display of the image at a target location and/or with a specified timing based on one or more portions of the directive 12 (or a portion of a path defined using the directive 12).
  • the processor 162 can be configured to select an image for display along a path defined within the display 166 of the communication device 160 during a specified time period based on the directive 12.
  • the directive 12 can be configured to trigger processing of (e.g., rendering of, display of) a media resource such as a visual resource (e.g., a glyph) and/or an audio resource.
  • a media resource such as a visual resource (e.g., a glyph) and/or an audio resource.
  • the directive 12 can include compressed sensor data that can be used to trigger display of a glyph (e.g., an alphanumeric letter, an outline of a shape).
  • processing related to directives can be performed at a directive processing module (not shown) of the communication device 160.
  • the directive 12 received at communication device 160 can be referred to as an input directive or as an incoming directive. Because the communication device 160 can be a destination of the directive 12, the communication device 160 can be referred to as a destination communication device.
  • the communication device 150 has a processor 152, a memory 154, and a display 156. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication device 150 can be configured to define a directive 10 that can be sent to host device 120.
  • the directive 10 can be defined at the communication device 150 in response to an interaction of a user with the communication device 150.
  • the directive 10 can include compressed sensor data produced based on an interaction of a user with the display 156 (e.g., touch display) or other type of user interface (not shown) associated with (e.g., included in) the communication device 150.
  • the directive 10 can be defined in response to a finger movement on a touch screen display of the communication device 150.
  • communication device 150 can be configured to perform a function associated with communication device 160, and vice versa.
  • the directive 10 defined at and sent from communication device 150 can be referred to as an output directive or as an outgoing directive. Because the communication device 150 can be a source of the directive 10, the communication device 150 can be referred to as a source communication device. In some embodiments, the communication device 150 can be a remote device with respect to communication device 160, and vice versa. More details related to defining and processing of directives are discussed in connection with FIGS. 9- 10, and in connection with U.S. Patent Application No.
  • the directive 12 can be associated with the directive 10.
  • the directive 12 can be a copy of the directive 10.
  • the directive 10 can be pushed to the host device 120 from communication device 150, copied at the host device 120, and forwarded (pushed or pulled) from the host device 120 to the communication device 160 as directive 12.
  • the directive 12 can be defined at a processor 122 of the host device 120 based on the directive 10.
  • the directive 12 can have a data portion (e.g., a payload portion) equal to directive 10, but directive 12 can have routing portion that is different than a routing portion included in directive 10. The different routing portion can be defined at the host device 120.
  • directive 12 and/or directive 10 can be stored at a memory 124 of the host device 120.
  • the directive 12 can be stored at the host device 120 until the directive 12 is requested by communication device 160.
  • the directive 12 can be sent to the communication device 160.
  • the directive 10 can be stored at the memory 124 of the host device 120 until a request for a directive is received from the communication device 160.
  • the host device 120 can be configured to define directive 12 based on directive 10 and can send directive 12 to the communication device 160. In other words, the directive 12 can be pulled from the host device 120 by the communication device 160.
  • the host device 120 can be any type of device configured to send data to and/or receive data from one or more of the communication devices 180 via the network 170.
  • the host device 120 can be configured to function as, for example, a server device (e.g., a web server device), a network management device, and/or so forth.
  • one or more portions of the host device 120 and/or one or more portions of the communication devices 180 can include a hardware-based module (e.g., a digital signal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA)) and/or a software-based module (e.g., a module of computer code, a set of processor-readable instructions that can be executed at a processor).
  • a hardware-based module e.g., a digital signal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA)
  • a software-based module e.g., a module of computer code, a set of processor-readable instructions that can be executed at a processor.
  • one or more of the functions associated with the host device 120 e.g., the functions associated with the processor 122
  • one or more of the functions associated with the communication devices 180 e.g., functions associated with processor 152
  • communication device 150 can be configured to perform one or more functions associated with communication device 160, and vice versa.
  • FIGS. 2 A through 2E are schematic diagrams that illustrate images and/or glyphs displayed on a canvas 252 of a communication device 250, according to an embodiment.
  • the canvas 252 can be, for example, a background image, or a collection of background images, displayed within a display (not shown) of the communication device 250.
  • FIGS. 2A through 2E each illustrates a snapshot from a sequence of snapshots of the canvas 252 as images of an airplane are moved within the canvas and as smoke glyphs are displayed within the canvas 252.
  • a time T of each snapshot is shown in each of FIGS. 2A through 2E.
  • the set of images 60 are stored in a memory 256 of the communication device 250.
  • the image 62 is a perspective view of the airplane, as are each of the images from the set of images 60.
  • Each of the images from the set of images 60 (of the airplane) is a static image (e.g., a static compressed image, a graphics interchange format (GIF) image, a joint photographic experts group (JPEG) image, a tagged image file format (TIFF) image).
  • GIF graphics interchange format
  • JPEG joint photographic experts group
  • TIFF tagged image file format
  • Each of the images is not, for example, a real-time view of a three-dimensional model that can be dynamically rendered at the communication device 160.
  • the set of images 60 can be referred to as a stack of images.
  • the path 82 (which is illustrated as a dashed line in FIG. 2A) can be defined by, for example, the communication device 250 based on one or more directives 80 received at the communication device 250. As shown in FIG. 2A, the set of images 60 can be stored in the memory 256 of the communication device 250.
  • the directives 80 can include, for example, one or more parameter values that can be used by the communication device 250 to define the path 82.
  • the parameter value(s) can include a parameter value representing a radius of curvature of a path, a path width parameter value, a path length parameter value, a parameter value representing a directionality (e.g., a set of vectors) of the path, a path velocity parameter value, a path orientation parameter value, a parameter value representing a time period associated with the path (e.g., a time period that a portion of the path can be accessed), and/or so forth.
  • a parameter value representing a radius of curvature of a path e.g., a path width parameter value, a path length parameter value, a parameter value representing a directionality (e.g., a set of vectors) of the path, a path velocity parameter value, a path orientation parameter value, a parameter value representing a time period associated with the path (e.g., a time period that a portion of the path can be accessed), and/or so forth.
  • FIG. 2B also illustrates a portion of a smoke glyph 70 displayed along the path 82 up to a rear portion of the image 62 of the airplane. Specifically, the portion of the smoke glyph 70 is displayed from the beginning portion 81 of the path 82 to the middle portion 83 of the path 82.
  • the image 64 of the airplane is a perspective view of the airplane that is different than a perspective view of the airplane represented (e.g., depicted) within image 62.
  • the image 64 of the airplane can be displayed immediately after display of the image 62 of the airplane (shown in FIG. 2B) is completed.
  • image 64 of the airplane can be displayed in a frame (e.g., a frame produced by a display at a specified frequency) directly following a last frame within which the image 62 of the airplane is displayed.
  • the image 64 of the airplane and the image 62 of the airplane can be concurrently displayed for a short period of time.
  • the path 84 (which is illustrated as a dashed line in FIG. 2D) can be defined by, for example, the communication device 250 based on one or more of the directives 80 received at the communication device 250.
  • the image 66 of the airplane is a perspective view of the airplane that is different than the perspective views of the airplane represented (e.g., depicted), respectively, within image 62 and image 64.
  • one or more of the directives 80 can be defined at a source communication device (not shown) in response to, for example, a direct user interaction with or a user-triggered interaction with the source communication device.
  • the directives 80 that can be used to define the path 82 and the path 84 at the communication device 250 can be defined in response to, for example, finger strokes of a user at a source communication device (not shown). Accordingly, a shape of a first finger stroke of the user at the source communication device can substantially correspond with the path 82, and a shape of a second finger stroke of the user (which is separate from the first finger stroke) at the source communication device can substantially correspond with the path 84.
  • the image 68 of the airplane is a perspective view of the airplane that is different than the perspective views of the airplane represented (e.g., depicted), respectively, within image 62, image 64, and image 66.
  • FIG. 2E also illustrates a smoke glyph 71 displayed along the path 84 up to a rear portion of the image 68 of the airplane.
  • the images from the set of images 60 can be selected and displayed within the canvas 252 (as shown in FIGS. 2A through 2E) based on, for example, one or more rules (not shown in FIGS. 2A through 2E), image selection information associated with the set of images 60 (e.g., a map of neighbor relationships, a set of orientation indicators), and/or one or more portions of the directives 80 used to define path 82 and/or path 84.
  • the rule(s) can be included in, for example, an algorithm executed at the communication device 250 and/or can be included in a user preference that can be accessed from a memory (not shown) of the communication device 250.
  • image 62 of the airplane can be selected from the set of images 60 based on at least a portion of the directive 80 used to define the path 82 and/or based on a characteristic of the path 82.
  • a transition from image 62 of the airplane to image 64 of the airplane can be determined based on one or more rules and/or based on a map of neighbor relationships.
  • the smoke glyph 70 and/or the smoke glyph 71 can be selected and/or displayed within the canvas 252 based on, for example, one or more rules, image selection information associated with the glyphs (e.g., a map of neighbor relationships, a set of orientation indicators), and/or one or more portions of the directives 80 used to define path 82 and/or path 84.
  • image selection information associated with the glyphs e.g., a map of neighbor relationships, a set of orientation indicators
  • portions of the smoke glyph 71 can be displayed along the path 84 (as shown in FIG. 2E) based on a user preference and/or based on the image 68 being an image of an airplane.
  • At least some of the images can be selected from the set of images 60 and displayed on the canvas 252 as the paths (e.g., path 82) are defined.
  • image 62 and image 64 are selected from the set of images 60 and displayed on the canvas 252 after path 82 is defined, but before path 84 is defined.
  • Image 66 and image 68 are selected from the set of images 60 after path 84 is defined.
  • images from a set of images can be selected and/or displayed as portions of a path are defined based on a directive.
  • images from the set of images 60 are serially displayed.
  • the images selected from the set of images 60 and displayed on the canvas 252 collectively define a serial sequence of images.
  • the images are displayed in the following order: image 62, image 64, image 66, and image 68.
  • the serial order (or sequence) with which the images from the set of images 60 are selected and/or displayed on the canvas 252 could be different if path 84 were defined before path 82.
  • Path 84 could be defined before path 82 if the directive(s) 80 used to define path 84 was received and processed at the communication device 250 before the directive(s) 80 used to define path 82 was received and processed at the communication device 250.
  • the set of images 60 can include more images than image 62, image 64, image 66 and image 68 that are respectively shown in FIGS. 2A through 2E.
  • larger and/or smaller images of the airplane than those shown in FIGS. 2 A through 2E can be included in the set of images 60 and used by the communication device 250 to represent movement of the airplane into and/or out of a plane of the canvas 252.
  • movement of the image 66 of the airplane in the space 86 between the end portion 85 of the path 82 and the beginning portion 87 of the path 84 can be along a path (not shown).
  • the path can be defined at the communication device 250 based on a directive (such as directives 80).
  • the communication device 250 can be configured to select and/or display (e.g., display with a specified timing and/or at one or more target location(s)) one or more images of the airplane based on an algorithm related to transitions in a space between one path and another path that are separated (e.g., not connected, not coupled).
  • the communication device 250 can be configured to trigger display of default images from a set of images in a space between paths.
  • the default images can be displayed based on a default sequence for displaying the images.
  • the communication device 250 can be configured to select and/or display (e.g., display with a timing and/or at a target location(s)) one or more images of the airplane from the set of images 60 based on an algorithm after processing associated with a final directive from the directives 80 is completed.
  • the communication device 250 can be configured to select and/or display one or more images of the airplane from the set of images 60 until another of the directives 80 is received.
  • the communication device 250 can be configured to select and/or display (e.g., display with a specified timing and/or at one or more target location(s)) one or more images of the airplane based on an algorithm until a new directive (not shown) is received at the communication device 250.
  • the communication device 250 can be configured to trigger display of default images (e.g., a default group of images) from the set of images 60 until a new directive (not shown) is received.
  • the default images can be displayed based on a default sequence for displaying the images.
  • one or more of the images from the set of images 60 can be selected and/or displayed within the canvas 252 based on a directive from the directives 80 associated with an audio resource such as an audio file.
  • the directive from the directives 80 can include a payload associated with an audio resource.
  • the audio resource can be, for example, a stock sound clip and/or can be defined at, for example, a source communication device by a user (e.g., a voice of a user).
  • a directive that includes (and/or is linked to) an audio resource can also include one or more parameter values that can be used to define a path.
  • a communication device can be configured to select and/or display one or more images from a set of images based on playback of an audio resource associated with one or more directives.
  • the images can be selected and/or displayed in accordance with (e.g., synchronously with) one or more portions of a waveform associated with playback of the audio resource.
  • a set of images of an airplane can be selected and/or displayed synchronously on a canvas with playback of jet engines sounds.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram that illustrates several images from a set of images 32 selected and displayed based on paths 39 associated with directives 30, according to an embodiment.
  • the images can be displayed at a display 356 of a communication device 350. Images from the set of images 32 can be selected and displayed at one or more target locations along one or more portions of paths 39.
  • the paths 39 include path 31, path 33, and path 35.
  • the set of images 32 includes images Ni through N Q , and the directives 30 include directive Wl, directive W2, and directive W3.
  • path 31 (shown as a dashed line) is defined using directive W3
  • path 33 (shown as a dashed line) is defined using directive W2
  • path 35 (shown as a dashed line) is defined using directive Wl.
  • a processor (not shown in FIG. 3) of a communication device 350 can be configured to interpret one or more portions of the directives 30 and can be configured to define the paths 39 within the display 356.
  • the directive W3 can include data (e.g., binary data) that can be used by a processor of the communication device 350 to define path 31, which has a curved portion 36, within the display 356.
  • path 33 is disposed between path 31 and path 35. Specifically, one end of path 33 is connected with path 31 and the other end of path 33 is connected with path 35.
  • the paths 39 shown in FIG. 3 may or may not be made visible to a user of the communication device 350.
  • image Ni is selected and statically displayed at target location A on path 31
  • image N 2 is selected and statically displayed at target location C on path 33
  • Image N3 is selected and displayed starting at target location B on path 31
  • Image N3 is moved along path 31 from target location B to target location C on path 33 along direction E.
  • image N 3 is displayed starting at target location B and moved along portions of path 31 and portions of path 33 to target location C.
  • the movement of image N3 along path 31 and path 33 can be implemented by displaying image N3 at multiple different times (e.g., mutually exclusive times) at multiple different target locations between target location B and target location C as a series of static images.
  • the image N 1 , the image N 2 , and the image N3 can be displayed with a specified timing (e.g., starting at specified times and/or during specified time periods).
  • images from the set of images 32 are serially displayed (e.g., serially displayed at mutually exclusive display start times, serially displayed during substantially mutually exclusive periods of times).
  • image Ni can be displayed immediately after display of image N 2 is completed
  • image N3 can be displayed immediately after display of image N 2 is completed.
  • one or more images from the set of images 32 can be displayed during overlapping periods of time (e.g., during overlapping periods of time that have mutually exclusive display start times).
  • the communication device 350 is configured to trigger display of several of the set of images 32 along at least portions of the paths 39, in some embodiments, the communication device 350 can be configured to trigger display of one or more of the images 32 at target locations that are not along the paths 39. For example, the communication device 350 can be configured to trigger display of one or more of the set of images a specified distance from a portion of one or more of the paths 39 and/or a glyph associated with one or more of the paths 39.
  • images can be selected from the set of images 32 and/or displayed (e.g., displayed at target locations along (or a specified distance from) one or more portions of the paths 39, displayed at specified times (e.g., during specified time periods)) based on, for example, one or more parameter values associated with the portion(s) of the path(s) 39.
  • the parameter value(s) can define one or more characteristics of portion(s) of the path(s) 39.
  • the parameter value(s) can be included in directives 30 associated with the portion(s) of the path(s) 39 and/or can be calculated at the communication device 350 based any data included in the directives 30 associated with the portion(s) of the path(s) 39.
  • the parameter value(s) can include, for example, a radius of curvature of a path, a path width, a path length, a directionality (e.g., a set of vectors) of the path, a path velocity, a path orientation, a time period associated with the path (e.g., a time period that a portion of the path can be accessed), and/or so forth.
  • the images from the set of images 32 can be selected and/or displayed at one or more target locations and/or at one or more specified times (e.g., during specified time periods) based on one or more rules (e.g., a set of rules) stored at the communication device 350.
  • rules e.g., a set of rules
  • one or more conditions within a rule can be satisfied (or unsatisfied) based on a parameter value associated with a path 39 (e.g., a characteristic of a path 39 as defined by a parameter value).
  • One or more actions within the rule can be performed (e.g., executed) in response to the condition(s) being satisfied (or unsatisfied).
  • the rules can be associated with one or more applications installed at the communication device 350, can be included in an algorithm that can be executed at the communication device 350, and/or can be included in one or more user preferences associated with the communication device 350.
  • one or more rules can be included in a user preference that can be received at and/or stored in a memory (not shown) of the communication device 350.
  • one or more rules can be defined in response to an interaction of a user with the communication device 350. For example, during display of one or more of the set of images 32 at the display 356 of the communication device 350, a user of the communication device can toggle (e.g., toggle via a user interface) a setting that modifies one or more rules used to select and/or display images from the set of images 32. Thus, selection and/or display of images from the set of images 32 can be changed in real-time (e.g., during run-time).
  • selection and/or display of images from the set of images 32 before the setting is toggled can be performed based on a set of rules that is different than a set of rules used to perform selection and/or display of images from the set of images 32 after the setting has been toggled.
  • one or more rules can be defined so that a specific type of motion is represented on the display 356 when the rule(s) are applied.
  • images from a set of images 356 of an object can be selected and/or displayed on the display 356 in a specified order (e.g., a specified sequence) at specified target locations during specified time periods based on a rules so that a specific type of movement of the object is represented within the display 356.
  • rotational movement of an object around two non-parallel axes during a specified period of time can be represented within the display 356 in response to application of one or more rules at the communication device 350.
  • movement of an object into or out of the display 356 in response to application of one or more rules at the communication device 350.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to select one or more of the set of images 32 and/or display selected the image(s) based on the portion(s) of the path(s) 39 being in a particular location.
  • the image(s) can be displayed, for example, at target locations along (or a specified distance from) one or more portions of the paths 39 and/or displayed at specified times (e.g., during specified time periods).
  • the image Ni can be selected and/or displayed at target location A at the end 37 of path 31 because the end 37 of path 31 is located within a specified area (not shown) within the display 356.
  • the location of the end 37 of the path 31 within the specified area can be determined based on one or more parameter values included in directive W3.
  • the parameter values included in directive W3 can be used at the communication device 350 to define the path 31 within display 356.
  • the image N 2 can be selected and/or displayed at target location C because the path 33 has a specified portion within a particular quadrant or portion of the display 356.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to select one or more of the set of images 32 and/or display (e.g., display at a target location, display during a specified time period) the selected image(s) based on the portion(s) of the path(s) 39 having a specified shape (as defined within a parameter value(s) associated with the portion(s) of the path(s)).
  • the image N 2 can be selected and/or displayed at target location C because the path 33 is a straight line and/or because the path 33 has a length value greater than a specified threshold length value included, for example, a condition within a rule.
  • the shape of the path 33 can be defined within one or more parameter values associated with the path 33 (e.g., included in directive W2 used to define the path 33).
  • the image N3 can be selected and/or displayed at target location B because path 31 has a specified radius of curvature (or a radius of curvature value greater than a threshold radius of curvature value included as a part of a condition within a rule).
  • a different image than N 3 could be selected and/or displayed at a different target location (not shown) than target location B if the path 31 had a different radius of curvature than that shown in FIG. 3.
  • a number and/or placement of target locations at which images can be displayed can be determined based on a radius of curvature of a path.
  • a specified number of target locations can be included on a path that has a radius of curvature that exceeds a threshold radius of curvature value.
  • more than two images could be selected by the communication device 250 for display along path 31 if the radius of curvature of path 31 were greater than that shown in FIG. 3.
  • less than two images could be selected for display by the communication device 250 along path 31 if the radius of curvature of path 31 were less than that shown in FIG. 3.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to select one or more images from the set of images 32 and/or display (e.g., display at a target location, display during a specified time period) the selected image(s) based on the portion(s) of the path(s) 39 having a specified orientation (as defined within a parameter value(s) associated with the portion(s) of the path(s)).
  • the image N 2 can be selected and/or displayed at target location C because the path 33 is sloping in a particular direction within the display 356.
  • the slope of the path 33 can be determined by the communication device 350 based on a slope parameter value included in directive W2 (which is used to define path 33).
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to trigger display of the image N 2 at target location C within display 356 because the slope parameter value satisfies a condition associated with a rule.
  • a slope value can be calculated, for example, based data included in a portion of directive W2.
  • an image that has a specified orientation can be selected from a set of images based on a portion of a path having a concave portion (or convex portion) oriented in a specified fashion on a display.
  • the image can be selected from a set of images so that the orientation of the image is based on the orientation of a curved portion of the path.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to select one or more of the set of images 32 and/or display (e.g., display at a target location, display during a specified time period) the selected image(s) based on one or more portions of the paths 39 having a specified orientation with respect to one or more portions of another of the paths 39.
  • the image N 2 can be selected and/or displayed at target location C because the path 33 is sloping towards path 35 and/or because the path 33 is sloping away from an end of path 31.
  • the relationship between path 33 and path 31 can be determined based on one or more parameter values included in directive W2 and directive W3, respectively.
  • the image Ni can be selected and/or displayed at target location A at an end 37 of path 31 because the end 37 of path 31 is not connected to another of the paths.
  • the image N 2 can be selected and/or displayed at target location C because the path 33 is connected with two paths — path 31 and path 35.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to select one or more images from the set of images 32 and/or display (e.g., display at a target location, display during a specified time period) the image(s) based on one or more portions (e.g., parameter values) of the directives 30.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to trigger display of image N 2 at target location C on path 33 because the directive W2 includes one or more parameter values specifying that image N 2 should be displayed at target location C on path 33.
  • a portion of a directive can indicate that an image with a specified orientation should be selected and displayed along a path defined using the directive.
  • the specified orientation can be used by, for example, communication device 350 to determine a target location (or target locations) where the image (with the specified orientation) should be displayed along the path.
  • the directive can be defined at, for example, another communication device (not shown) and/or a host device (not shown) and sent to the communication device 350.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to select one or more images from the set of images 32 and/or display (e.g., display at a target location, display during a specified time period) the selected image(s) based on one or more orientation indicators.
  • the orientation indicators can be, for example, an indicator of an orientation of an object as represented by an image from the set of images 32.
  • the orientation indicator associated with image Ni can indicate a first orientation of an object as represented by image Ni with respect to a second orientation (e.g., an origin position, a start position) of the object.
  • an image e.g., image N 3
  • an orientation indicator representing a specified orientation. More details related to orientation indicators are described in connection with FIGS. 5 through 8.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to select one or more images from the set of images 32 and/or display (e.g., display at a target location, display during a specified time period) the selected image(s) based on a map of neighbor relationships between images from the set of images 32.
  • image N 2 can be selected for display within the display 356 at target location B based on a neighbor relationship between image Ni (which is selected for display at target location A) and image N 2 (which is to be displayed at target location C). More details related to neighbor relationships are described in connection with FIGS. 5 through 8.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to determine a timing for display of one or more of the set of images 32 based on a timing of processing one or more portions of the path(s) 39 and/or based on one or more rules. For example, image Ni can be displayed at target location A as soon as the entire path 31 is determined (e.g., resolved) at the communication device 350 based on directive W3. In some embodiments, the image Ni can be displayed at target location A as soon as a location (within display 356) of a portion of the path 31 associated with target location A is determined at the communication device 350 based on directive W3.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to trigger display of one or more of the set of images 32 at one or more times (e.g., during a specified time period) based on one or more portions (e.g., parameter values) of the directives 30.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to trigger display of image N 2 at target location C on path 33 at a specified time in response to an instruction from the directive W2 to display the image N 2 at target location C on path 33 at the specified time (e.g., within a specified time slot).
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to trigger display of image N 2 at target location C a specified time period after display of, for example, image N 3 at target location B based on one or more parameter values included in directive W2 and/or based on one or more rules.
  • images from the set of images 32 can be moved along one or more portions of the paths 39 based on, for example, a velocity associated with the portion(s) of the path(s) 39.
  • image N3 can be moved along a portion of path 31 in accordance with direction E (as shown in FIG. 3) at a path velocity parameter value included the directive W3 and/or based on one or more rules (e.g., a rule included in a user preference).
  • the image N3 can be moved along a portion of path 33 in accordance with direction E (as shown in FIG. 3) at a path velocity parameter value included the directive W2 and/or included in one or more rules (e.g., a rule included in a user preference).
  • a speed at which the image N3 is moved along direction E by the communication device 350 can change at the transition between path 31 and path 33.
  • the path velocity parameter value included in the directive W3 can correspond with (or can be proportional to) a speed with which the directive W3 is defined at a source communication device by a user.
  • image N 3 can be moved along direction E (as shown in FIG. 3) at a velocity defined within a user preference (e.g., within a rule included in the user preference) and/or during run-time at the communication device 350 by a user.
  • the velocity can be calculated based on a path time period (e.g., a time period during which a portion of the path is available) and a path length associated with a portion of a path 39.
  • a path time period e.g., a time period during which a portion of the path is available
  • different velocities can be associated with different (e.g., overlapping, mutually exclusive) portions of a path 39 (so that an image can be, for example, accelerated).
  • the path 31 can be associated with a direction D, a path length (not shown), and a time period.
  • the direction D, the path length, and the time period can be specified within directive W3, which is used to define path 31.
  • the time period and the path length can be used to determine, at the communication device 350, a velocity that can be associated with the entire path 31. Specifically, the velocity can be calculated at the communication device 350 based the time period divided by the path length. Accordingly, communication device 350 can be configured to trigger display of the image Ni at target location A at a first time at the starting point of the path 31 (in accordance with direction D) as shown in FIG. 3. The image N3 can be displayed at target location B at a second time after the first time. A duration between the first time and the second time can be calculated based on a product of the velocity and a distance (e.g., a length of a portion of the path length) between target location A and target location B. Other types of values such as an acceleration value, a deceleration value, a slope value, and/or so forth can similarly be calculated at the communication device 350.
  • a distance e.g., a length of a portion of the path length
  • additional images from the set of images 32 can be displayed between target location B and target location C so that, for example, rotational movement of an object and be represented.
  • the images displayed between target location B and target location C can be serially displayed between target location B and target location C along mutually exclusive portions of the path 31 and path 33.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to select and/or display a predefined sequence of images from the set of images 32 between two or more target locations (e.g., between target location B and target location C).
  • the paths 39 and/or other processing related to the paths 39 can be scaled up, scaled down, or not scaled at the communication device 350.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to determine whether or not one or more of the paths 39 would be, for example, too large or too small to be included within an area of the display 356 if defined as described within one or more of the directives 30. Accordingly, the communication device 350 can be configured to scale the path(s) 39 so that the path(s) 39 can fit within the area of the display 356 in a desirable fashion.
  • movement of an image from the set of images 32 at a specified velocity can be scaled up and/or down depending on, for example, the processing capability of the communication device 350 and/or a size of the display 356.
  • one or more images can be displayed periodically, randomly, and/or so forth at a target location (or target locations).
  • image Ni can be intermittently displayed at target location A during a specified period of time based on, for example, a rule and/or a portion of the directive used to define path 31.
  • one or more glyphs can be displayed on (or near) one or more of the paths 39.
  • an application associated with (e.g., installed at, accessed from) the communication device 350 can be configured to include one or more glyphs along the path after the path is defined, or as the path is being defined within the display 356. For example, a line can be displayed along path 31 as path 31 is being defined within the display 356.
  • the set of images 32 (which also can be referred to as a image resource) can be selected from library of sets of images (not shown).
  • the set of images 32 can be selected from the library of sets of images based on a user preference and/or a based on a canvas type. For example, a set of images that includes perspective views of a fish can be selected from a library of sets of images based on a canvas representing a underwater scene. Accordingly, images from the set of images of the fish can be selected for display on one or more paths defined based on a set of directives within the underwater scene during a time period.
  • different sets of images can be processed within different canvases based on a single set of directives during various time periods. For example, a first set of images can be processed within a canvas based on a set of directives during a first time period. Later, during a second time period, a second set of images can be processed within the canvas (or a different canvas) based on the same set of directives during a second time period different than the first time period.
  • the processing of the set of directives during the different time periods using different sets of images can be triggered by, for example, a user. Because the different sets of images can be stored locally (and/or pre-loaded) at a communication device, processing the different sets of images during different processing time periods can be performed with a desirable level efficiency (e.g., with minimal instructions, with little interruption of real-time processing).
  • the directives 30 can be stored at a host device (not shown) and/or another communication device (not shown). Each of the directives 30 can be retrieved from the host device and/or from the other communication device in response to a request from the communication device 350. In some embodiments, the directives 30 can be sent to (e.g., streamed to) the communication device 350 when the communication device 350 (and/or an application associated with the communication device 350) is available to receive the directives 30. In some embodiments, one or more of the directives 30 can be sent to the communication device 350 during a session (e.g., a communication session) with the host device and/or the other communication device.
  • a session e.g., a communication session
  • the directives 30 can be sent to the communication device 350 when the communication device 350 is available to receive the directives 30 and can be stored at the communication device 350.
  • the directives 30 can be processed at the communication device 350 at a later time (e.g., at a later time in response to a request triggered by a user of the communication device 350).
  • one or more of the directives 30 can be sent in a group (e.g., within a data packet) to the communication device 350. In such instances, each of the directives 30 can be parsed from the group and processed at the communication device 350.
  • each of the directives 30 can be sent (e.g., streamed), received, and/or processed in a particular order.
  • the directives 30 can be sent to the communication device 350 from, for example, a host in a particular order so that they can be processed at the communication device 350 in that order.
  • the communication device 350 can be configured to process the directives 30 as they are received.
  • each of the directives 30 can be processed at the communication device 350 in an order determined at the communication device 350 regardless of an order that the directives 30 are sent to (and/or received at) the communication device 350.
  • the sequence for processing of the directives 30 can be specified within the directives 30 and/or within an instruction associated with the directives 30.
  • the paths 39 and/or selected images from the set of images 32 can be displayed within a canvas at the display 356. Accordingly, at least a portion of a glyph associated with the paths 39 and/or at least a portion of an image from the set of images 32 can be displayed so that they are visible. In other words, at least a portion of a glyph associated with the paths 39 and/or at least a portion of an image from the set of images 32 can be displayed so that they appear as though they are on top of or within the canvas.
  • At least a portion of a glyph associated with the paths 39 and/or at least a portion of an image from the set of images 32 can be displayed behind at least a portion of canvas so that the portion of the glyph and/or the portion of the image from the set of images 32 are not visible to (e.g., hidden from view of) a user of the communication device 350. More details related to canvases are discussed in connection with U.S. Patent Application No. 12/480,416, filed on June 8, 2009, and entitled “Methods and Apparatus for Remote Interaction Using a Partitioned Display," and U.S. Patent Application No. 12/480,421, filed on June 8, 2009, and entitled “Methods and Apparatus for Remote Interaction Using a Partitioned Display,” each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart that illustrates a method for displaying an image from a set of images, according to an embodiment.
  • a set of images of an object are received at a communication device, at 400.
  • Each of the images from the set of images can be a perspective view of the object.
  • the set of images can be selected from a library of sets of images.
  • the set of images can be received at (e.g., downloaded to) the communication device well before (e.g., days before, weeks before) the set of images are selected and/or displayed.
  • the set of images can be received at the communication device before, after, or when an application configured to process the set of images is installed.
  • a directive associated with a portion of a path is received, at 410.
  • a characteristic of the path such as a radius of curvature and/or a shape of the path, can be determined based on a parameter value included in the directive.
  • a set of rules associated with display of at least a portion of the set of images at a display is received, at 420.
  • the set of rules can be from a user preference and/or can be included in an algorithm executing at the communication device.
  • the set of rule can be retrieved based on the directive.
  • the set of rules can be selected from a library of rules based on the directive being a particular type of directive (e.g., a directive used to define a curved path).
  • one or more of the set of rules can be defined (e.g., defined by a user) during run-time of an application configured to process the set of images and/or the directive at the communication device.
  • An image is selected from the set of images when the portion of the path satisfies a first condition from the set of rules, at 430.
  • the image can be selected based on an orientation of the portion of the path (which can be defined based on the directive) satisfying the first condition.
  • a target location is determined based on the portion of the path satisfying a second condition from the set of rules, at 440.
  • the target location can be selected based on a radius of curvature of the portion of the path (which can be defined based on the directive) satisfying the second condition.
  • a timing for displaying the image at the target location is determined based on the portion of the path satisfying a third condition from the set of rules, at 450.
  • the timing can include displaying the image at the target location for a specified period of time and/or displaying the image at a specified time.
  • the timing can be selected based on a radius of curvature of the portion of the path (which can be defined based on the directive) satisfying the third condition.
  • An image from the set of images can be selected and displayed at a target location and at a time when the parameter value satisfies a condition within the rule, at 430.
  • the image can include a particular perspective view of the object.
  • the rule can be defined so that an image with a particular perspective view of an object will be selected for display when the parameter value is satisfied.
  • portions of the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 4 can be performed in a different order.
  • the selection of the image (block 430), the determination of the target location (block 440), and the timing for displaying the image (block 450) can be performed in a different order.
  • the target location where an image should be displayed can be determined before the image is selected.
  • all or a portion of the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 4 can be performed at a communication device and/or at a host device.
  • instructions related to the portions performed at the host device can be communicated to the communication device so that movement of images (and/or glyphs associated with paths) can be displayed at the communication device in a desirable fashion.
  • portions of the flowchart can be performed during different communication sessions.
  • the set of images can be received at the communication device (block 400) during a communication session that is mutually exclusive from (and/or before) a communication session during which the directive is received (block 410).
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram of a table 500 that includes image selection information, according to an embodiment.
  • images are represented within the table 500 with an image identifier 520 and are each associated with at least one image resource.
  • the image resources are each represented within the table 500 with an image resource identifier 510.
  • image resource H shown in column 510
  • image resource H includes images Hl through H4 (shown in column 520).
  • each of the images (represented in column 520) from the image resources (represented in column 510) are associated with an orientation indicator 530.
  • the orientation indicators 530 can indicate an orientation of an object within the images identified within the table 500.
  • image Hl shown in column 520
  • orientation indicator P-I shown in column 530.
  • the orientation indicator P-I can indicate that the object, as represented within image Hl, has a specified orientation with respect to, for example, an origin orientation of the object.
  • the orientation indicator P-I can indicate that the object is rotated (as represented within image Hl) 90 degrees around an x-axis (of the object) from an origin orientation of the object and/or is rotated (as represented within image Hl) 180 degrees around a y-axis (of the object) from the origin orientation of the object.
  • each of the images (represented in column 520) from the image resources (represented in column 510) are associated with other images included in the table 500 via neighbor relationships 540.
  • the neighbor relationships 540 can indicate which images can be selected and/or displayed after a particular image has been selected and/or displayed at a communication device.
  • image Hl shown in column 520
  • image H3 and image H4 shown in column 540
  • image H3 and/or image H4 can be selected and/or displayed (e.g., displayed at a particular time and/or target location) at a communication device after image Hl has been selected and/or displayed.
  • neighbor relationships 540 can be defined and used to select and/or display images of an object so that the object, as represented within a display based on the images, can move in a desirable fashion (e.g., can move smoothly without unrealistic jerky movements).
  • a communication device can be configured to select and/or trigger display of one or more images along (or near) a path based on one or more of the neighbor relationships 540 included in table 500.
  • image H2 shown in column 520
  • the image H2 can be moved along the first portion of the path, which can be defined using a directive, so that movement of an object represented by image H2 can be represented within the display.
  • the image H2 can be selected, displayed, and moved along the first portion of the path at a specified velocity (e.g., speed) based on, for example, a rule, a portion of the directive (e.g., a parameter value included in the directive), and/or a user preference (e.g., a velocity value included in a user preference).
  • the communication device can determine (e.g., determine at a later time), based on a characteristic of the directive (e.g., a radius of curvature of the directive as defined within a parameter value of the directive), that another image should be displayed along a second portion of the path.
  • the communication device can be configured to determine based on the neighbor relationships 540 included in table 500 that image Hl (which has a neighbor relationship with H2) is the next image to be selected for display along the second portion of the path.
  • a communication device can be configured to select and/or trigger display of one or more images along (or near) a path based on a combination of one or more of the orientation indicators 530 and one or more of the neighbor relationships 540 included in table 500.
  • image U2 shown in column 520
  • image U2 can be selected and displayed along a first portion of a path defined within a display of a communication device based on a directive.
  • the communication device can be configured to determine (e.g., determine at a later time) that another image should be displayed along a second portion of the path based on, for example, a characteristic of the directive (e.g., a radius of curvature of the directive as defined within a parameter value of the directive), a user preference, and/or so forth.
  • the communication device can be configured to determine based on the neighbor relationships 540 included in table 500 that the next image should be selected from the following group of images: image Ul, image U3, image U4, or image U5 (which have neighbor relationships with U2 as shown in column 540).
  • the communication device can be configured to select image U5 based on the orientation indicator P-5 (shown in column 530) associated with image U5, for example, satisfying a condition within a rule (which can be included in an algorithm and/or a user preference).
  • a communication device can be configured to select and/or trigger display of one or more images along (or near) a path based on a combination of one or more of the orientation indicators 530 included in table 500. In other word, the images can be selected and/or displayed without reference to one or more of the neighbor relationships 540 included in table 500.
  • a communication device can be configured to determine based on radius of curvature of a path (as defined within, for example, a directive) and based on a rule that a sequence of images associated with specified orientation indicators should be displayed starting at one of several target locations along the path. Images can be selected and displayed at the target locations along the path based on the orientation indicators.
  • a communication device can be configured to determine based on a rule (e.g., a rule within an algorithm) that a first image having an orientation indicator of P- 1 should be displayed at a first target location along a path (defined using a directive) and moved towards a second target location along the path.
  • the communication device can be configured to determine based on the rule (e.g., the rule within the algorithm) that a second image having an orientation indicator of P-3 should be displayed at the second target location and moved towards a third target location along the path.
  • the second image can be displayed at the second target location in response to the first image arriving at the second target location.
  • the communication device can select image Ul (shown in column 520) from the image resource U (shown in column 510) and display image Ul starting at the first target location along the path because image Ul is associated with orientation indicator P-I (shown in column 530). Image Ul can be moved from the first target location towards the second target location along the path.
  • the communication device can select image U2 (shown in column 520) from the image resource U (shown in column 510) and display image U2 starting at the second target location along the path because image U2 is associated with orientation indicator P-3 (shown in column 530). Image U2 can be moved from the second target location towards the third target location along the path.
  • image Hl (shown in column 520) could be displayed at the first target location along the path and moved towards a second target location along the path because the image Hl has an orientation indicator of P-I (shown in column 530).
  • image H2 (shown in column 520) could be displayed at the second target location and moved towards the third target location along the path second image because image H2 has an orientation indicator of P-3 (shown in column 530).
  • an image from an image resource identified within table 500 can have a neighbor relationship 540 with another image from a different image resource.
  • image H2 (shown in column 520) from image resource H (shown in column 510) can have a neighbor relationship with image U3 (shown in column 520) from image resource U (shown in column 510).
  • any portion of the image selection information from table 500 can be included in a metadata file that is stored in a memory of a communication device.
  • portions of the table 500 can be associated with a set of images (shown in column 520), the portions of the table and the set of images can collectively be processed as an image resource (identified within column 510).
  • the portion of the table 500 associated with image resource U (shown in column 510) and the set of images identified within table 500 in column 520 that are included in image resource U can collectively be processed as an image resource.
  • the portion of the table 500 and the set of images included in image resource U can be downloaded from, for example, a host device and stored within a library of image resources.
  • the image resource U which includes the set of images and the portion of the table 500, can be selected from the library of image resources and processed with respect to a path as a single object by a communication device.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram that illustrates orientation indicators associated with images from a set of images 600 and neighbor relationships between images from the set of images 600, according to an embodiment.
  • Each box shown in FIG. 6 represents an image from the set of images 600 and are respectively labeled Ci through C 16 .
  • Each image from the set of images 600 can include an illustration of a perspective view of an object.
  • Each of the images Ci through C 16 includes a set of orientation indicators that indicates the orientation of the perspective view of the object included in each image.
  • each of the images from the set of images 600 includes an X orientation indicator and a Y orientation indicator.
  • the y-axis can be non-parallel to (e.g., orthogonal to) the x-axis.
  • orientation indicators can be expressed using, for example, polar coordinates and/or any other type of orientation/coordinate system.
  • images from the set of images 600 can be selected by a communication device based on the orientation indicators to define a series of images.
  • the series of images can later be displayed (e.g., displayed as the images are being selected, displayed in the order of the series) at the communication device at specified target locations and/or with a specified timing to represent motion of the object depicted in the series of images.
  • a communication device can be configured to define a series of images that will represent movement of the object (which is shown in the set of images 600) around only a Y axis based on a set of rule.
  • the set of rules can be defined so that only selection of images from the set of images 600 that would result in rotations between 45 degrees and less than 100 degrees may be allowed (in some embodiments, a different range of allowable limits can be used so that, for example, faster or slower motion can be represented).
  • the communication device can be configured to select, as shown by the chain of dashed arrows 54 shown in FIG. 6, a series of images including image C 6 , image C 7 , image Cs, and image C5.
  • Image C 7 is selected after image C 6 , because selecting any other image from the set of images 600 would violate at least one of the set of rules. For example, image Cg could not be selected for display after image C 6 because a difference between the Y orientation indicator of Cs and the Y orientation indicator of image C 6 is greater than 100 degrees. Image C 2 , for example, could not be selected for display after image C 6 because image C 2 represents (e.g., depicts an illustration of) the object rotated about an x-axis from an orientation of the object depicted in image C 6 as indicated by the orientation indicators in image C 2 and image C 6 , respectively.
  • image C 2 represents (e.g., depicts an illustration of) the object rotated about an x-axis from an orientation of the object depicted in image C 6 as indicated by the orientation indicators in image C 2 and image C 6 , respectively.
  • Each of the images from the set of images 600 is related to another of the images from the set of images 600 through neighbor relationships (also can be referred to as a map of neighbor relationships). As shown in FIG. 6, the neighbor relationships are represented by dashed lines between images from the set of images 600. For example, image C 6 is related, via neighbor relationship, to image C 2 , image C 5 , image Cn, and image Ci 2 .
  • images from the set of images 600 can be selected by a communication device based on the neighbor relationships between the images to define a series of images.
  • the series of images can later be displayed (e.g., displayed as the images are being selected, displayed in the order of the series) at the communication device at specified target locations and/or with a specified timing to represent motion of the object depicted in the series of images.
  • a series of images including image C 10 , image Cn, image C 14 , image C 15 , image Ci6 and image C 13 can be defined based on the neighbor relationships between these images. As shown in FIG.
  • image Cn could not have been selected by a communication device after image C 15 for inclusion in the series of images because image Cn and image C 15 are not related via a neighbor relationship.
  • selecting images from the set of images 600 based on a map of neighbor relationships can be referred to as traversing a map of neighbor relationships.
  • the set of images 600 can also include images that represent (e.g., depict an illustration of) the object rotated about or moved along other axes in addition to an x-axis and a y-axis.
  • the set of images 600 can include images that represent movement of the object along and/or around a z-axis.
  • the z-axis can be non-parallel to (e.g., orthogonal to) the x-axis and/or the y-axis.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart that illustrates a method for selecting and displaying an image based on a directive and image selection information, according to an embodiment.
  • a set of images of an object at a communication device at 700.
  • Each of the images from the set of images can be a perspective view of the object.
  • the set of images can be collectively processed as an image resource, and the set of images can be selected from a library of image resources.
  • Image selection information associated with the set of images can be stored, at 710.
  • the image selection information can be included in, for example, a metadata file associated with the set of images.
  • the metadata file can be collectively processed with the set of images as an image resource.
  • the image selection information can be include, for example, orientation indicators associated with images from the set of images and/or a map of neighbor relationships between images from the set of images.
  • Directives are received from a host device, at 720.
  • the directives can be streamed to, for example, the communication device from the host device.
  • the directives can be used to define one or more paths within a canvas (which can be displayed on a display) of the communication device.
  • At least a portion of a path is defined within a canvas of the communication device based on a directive from the received directives, at 730.
  • the portion of the path can be defined based on one or more parameter values included in the directive.
  • a glyph can be defined on the canvas of the communication device based on the directive.
  • An image is selected from the set of images based on the portion of the path and based on the image selection information, at 740.
  • the image can be selected from the set of images based on a map of relationships and based on a characteristic of the portion of the path.
  • the characteristic of the portion of the path can be, for example, a slope of the portion of the path.
  • the characteristic of the portion of the path can be determined at the communication device based on the directive.
  • the characteristic of the portion of the path can be explicitly defined within the directive.
  • the image is displayed at a target location on the portion of the path, at 740.
  • the target location can be determined based on, for example, at least a characteristic of the portion of the path.
  • portions of the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 7 can be performed in a different order.
  • the image selection information associated with the set of images can be stored (block 710) after the directives are received from the host device (block 720).
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram of a table 800 that illustrates a multi-tiered map of neighbor relationships, according to an embodiment.
  • images are represented within the table 800 with an image identifier 820 and are each associated with an image resource.
  • the image resource is represented within the table 800 with an image resource identifier 810.
  • image resource S (shown in column 810) includes images Sl through S5 (shown in column 820).
  • the images can represent perspective views of an object.
  • each of the images (represented in column 820) from the image resources (represented in column 810) are associated with other images included in the table 800 via tier-1 neighbor relationships 830 and via tier-2 neighbor relationships 840.
  • the tier-1 neighbor relationships 830 and tier-2 neighbor relationships 840 can indicate which images can be selected and/or displayed after a particular image has been selected and/or displayed at a communication device.
  • image Sl shown in column 820
  • image S2 and image S3 shown in column 840.
  • image S2 and/or image S3 can be selected and/or displayed (e.g., displayed at a particular time and/or target location) at a communication device after image S 1 has been selected and/or displayed.
  • the different tiers of neighbor relationships can be used to select images from the image resource S so that different types of movement can be represented.
  • the tier-1 neighbor relationships 830 can include neighbor relationships that, when used to select images from the image resource S, will represent faster motion of the object (which is represented within the images) than if the tier-2 neighbor relationships 830 were used to select images from the image resource S.
  • the different tiers of neighbor relationships can be used by a communication device based on, for example, a user preference, a rule, and/or a portion of a directive (e.g., a portion of a path defined based on the directive).
  • the tier-1 neighbor relationships 830 can be used to select images from the set of image resources S for display on a first portion of a path
  • the tier-2 neighbor relationships 840 can be used to select images from the set of image resources S for display on a second portion of the path.
  • the tier-1 neighbor relationships 830 can be used for the first portion of the path and the tier-2 neighbor relationships 840 can be used for the second portion of the path based on, for example, a rule.
  • FIG. 9 is an illustration of a directive including a directive description portion and a directive content portion, according to an embodiment.
  • Directive 909 includes directive description portion 919 and directive data portion 929.
  • directive 909 can include additional portions such as, for example, a length or size portion including a length (e.g., in bytes or bits) of directive 909.
  • Directive description portion 919 can include an identifier or other indicator of a type or class of directive 909.
  • directive description portion 919 can include a directive class or type identifier.
  • directive description portion 919 can describe or provide an indication of the contents or format of directive content portion 929.
  • directive description portion 919 can indicate that directive content portion 929 includes one or more of, for example, video data, audio data, image data, textual data, numeric data (e.g., one or more groups of bits representing signed integer values, one or more groups of bits representing unsigned integer values, and/or one or more groups of bits representing floating-point values), operational instructions, and/or control commands.
  • a directive can include extensible markup language (“XML”) data and/or extensible messaging and presence protocol (“XMPP”) data.
  • a communication device or a communications session controller can access or read directive description portion 919, to determine how to process or interpret directive 909 or a portion of directive 909 such as directive data portion 929.
  • a communications module can determine how to parse a binary bit string or sequence included in directive content portion 929 based on a directive class identifier included in directive description portion 919.
  • directive content portion 929 can include encoded data such as, for example, hexadecimal-encoded data or base64-encoded data.
  • a directive class identifier included in directive description portion 919 can provide an indication to, for example, a communication device of the encoding scheme (or schemes) with which the data included in directive content portion 929 is encoded (e.g., a hexadecimal-encoding data scheme or a base64-encoding scheme).
  • directive content portion 929 can include data representing instructions or commands to be executed by a communication device that receives directive 909. Such instructions or commands can include parameters, characteristics, and/or arguments that can be interpreted or used by a communication device during execution of one or more instructions or commands, and can be referred to as directive parameters or characteristics.
  • directive content portion 929 can include drawing instructions generated, for example, in response to user input at a first communication device.
  • the drawing instructions can include parameters (e.g., characteristics, arguments and/or representations of glyphs) such as, for example, lines, arcs, geometric figures (e.g., circles, ellipses, and/or polygons), paths, and/or groups of points.
  • a communication device receiving directive 909 can determine how to interpret (or process) the drawing instructions and/or parameters based on directive description portion 919, and draw one or more glyphs, images and/or symbols at a display operatively coupled to that communication device based on the drawing instructions and parameters.
  • a display module of a communication device receiving directive 909 can trace or display lines, arcs, paths, geometric figures, and/or points defined within a drawing instruction at a display of that communication device.
  • a communication device receiving directive 909 can reproduce a symbol such as an image, a glyph, and or collections of the same, that is described by one or more drawing instructions included in directive description portion 929.
  • a drawing instruction can include additional parameters such as, for example, line, arc, path, geometric figure, and/or point weights and/or colors, drawing speed or velocity (e.g., a rate at which lines, arcs, paths, geometric figures, and/or points are drawn or displayed to a display operatively coupled to a communication device receiving directive 909), times (e.g., a time period within which lines, arcs, paths, geometric figures, and/or points are drawn or displayed to a display operatively coupled to a communication device receiving directive 909), and/or directionalities (e.g., in which direction to paint or trace a line).
  • drawing speed or velocity e.g., a rate at which lines, arcs, paths, geometric figures, and/or points are drawn or displayed to a display operatively coupled to a communication device receiving directive 909
  • times e.g., a time period within which lines, arcs, paths, geometric figures, and/or points are drawn or displayed to a display operatively
  • a communication device can include user drawing preferences configured to function as defaults for drawing parameters or instructions that are not included in (or to override) directive content portion 929.
  • a directive class identified by directive description portion 919 can include a drawing instruction that defines a line, but does not define a line weight or color as a parameter.
  • One or more user drawing preferences at a communication device receiving directive 909 can be used by, for example, a display module of that communication device to determine or select a line weight and/or color for the line defined within the drawing instruction of directive content portion 929.
  • directive content portion 929 can include image data and/or position and/or orientation data related to one or more images.
  • directive content portion 929 can include a group of base64-encoded images, position information or instructions, and orientation information or instructions for those images.
  • a communication device can receive directive 909, determine the contents of directive 909 based on a directive class identifier included in directive description portion 919, and display images included in directive content portion 929 at display positions defined (or described) by position parameters of directive description portion 929 and in orientations (e.g., rotational offsets) defined (or described) by orientation parameters of directive description portion 929.
  • directive content portion 929 can include position and orientation information and/or identifiers of pre-loaded images. The pre-loaded images can be displayed based on the orientation and/or position information in directive portion 929.
  • directive 909 can include multiple directive content portions.
  • directive 909 can include images as hexadecimal-encoded image data within directive content portion 929, and position parameters, orientation parameters, and/or other parameters related to those images within another directive content portion.
  • directives can be complimentary.
  • directive 909 can include images as binary image data (e.g., within directive content portion 929), and another directive can include position parameters, orientation parameters, and/or other parameters related to the images included in directive 909.
  • directive 909 can include multiple directive description portions and multiple directive content portions.
  • each directive content portion can related to a directive description portion of a directive.
  • a single directive description portion can define or describe multiple directive content portions.
  • multiple directive description portions can define or describe a single directive content portion.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart that illustrates method 1000 for defining and distributing a group of directives, according to an embodiment.
  • Method 1000 can be implemented, for example, as a software module (e.g., source code, object code, one or more scripts, or instructions) stored at a memory and operable to be executed and/or interpreted or compiled at a processor operatively coupled to the memory at a communication device.
  • a software module e.g., source code, object code, one or more scripts, or instructions
  • processor-executable instructions stored at a memory of a communication device can be executed at a processor at the communication device to cause the processor to execute the steps of method 1000.
  • method 1000 can be implemented as one or more hardware modules such as, for example, an ASIC, an FPGA, a processor, or other hardware module at a communication device. In some embodiments, method 1000 can be implemented as a combination of one or more hardware modules and software modules at a communication device.
  • a communication device can associate with a communications session, at 1010.
  • the communication device can respond to an invitation to join or associate with a communications session (e.g., a communications session invitation).
  • a communication device can send an authentication request (e.g., a communications session authentication request) to a host device or a communications session hosted at the host device to associate with a communications session.
  • an authentication request can include authentication or authorization information.
  • an authentication request can include a credential (or access or authentication credential) such as a password, authentication challenge response, an encrypted message (such as an encrypted unique identifier of the communication device or a user of the communication device), a digital digest or hash, a digital certificate, and/or unique identifier.
  • the host device can authenticate the communication device (or user of the communication device) with the communications session based on the credential. In other words, the host device can determine that the communication device (or the user of the communication device) is authentic (e.g., the entity it claims to be) and/or that the communication device (or the user of the communication device) is authorized to access the communication device based on the credential.
  • a credential can be a unique identifier of a user of the communication device that is encrypted with a private key associated with that user.
  • the host device can decrypt the unique identifier with a public key corresponding to the private key with which the unique identifier was encrypted to determine that the user of the communication device is authentic. Additionally, the host device can access a list of unique identifiers that are authorized to access the communications session. If the unique identifier included in the credential is included in the list, the host device can determine that the user of the communication device is authorized to access the communications session.
  • a unique identifier e.g., a unique identifier of a user
  • the unique identifier can be related to or associated with a communication device.
  • the unique identifier can be a hardware identifier or address, or a network identifier or address of a communication device.
  • a communications session can be a connection or relationship such as, for example, a logical connection, a virtual connection, or physical connection between one or more communication devices and a communications session controller.
  • Individual connections e.g., logical, virtual, or physical
  • a communications session can include the communications session controller and the communications session links between communication devices and the communications session controller.
  • communication devices can communicate (e.g., send directives to) one with another via the communications session by passing or relaying that communication through a communications session controller hosted at a host device via communications session links.
  • each communication device can send directives to the communications session controller via communication session links, and the communications session controller can distribute those directives to the other communication devices connected to (or associated with) the communications session via other communications session links.
  • This process can be referred to as communicating (e.g., sending and receiving directives) via the communications session.
  • the communication device can receive parameters of the communications session, at 1020.
  • a communications session can include various parameters to, for example, define characteristics and/or data formats or values that are valid within that communications session.
  • a particular communications session can be related to transmission of textual data, and a parameter of communications session can define encoding (e.g., UTF- 8, UTF-16 or UTF-32) of textual data that is transmitted via the communications session.
  • communications session parameters can be transmitted within directives of a parameter directive class.
  • parameters of a communications session can define other aspects or properties of a communications session such as, for example, which participants of the communications session (e.g., communication devices that are associated with the communications session) can send directives (e.g., to other communication devices associated with the communications session) via the communications session, and which participants of the communications session (also referred to as "participants") can receive directives.
  • participants of the communications session e.g., communication devices that are associated with the communications session
  • directives e.g., to other communication devices associated with the communications session
  • participants of the communications session also referred to as "participants”
  • one or more parameters of a communications session can describe or define which directive classes are valid within the communications session.
  • a communications session can impose limits on which directive classes are distributed via the communications session, and/or which directive classes client applications or programs executing at a communication device can support (e.g., process and/or interpret) to be compliant or compatible with that communications session.
  • a communications session can disassociate from or leave a communications session if the communication device does not support or comply with one or more communications session parameters.
  • a communications session controller can disconnect from or disassociate with communication devices that do not comply with one or more parameters of that communications session.
  • parameters of a communications session can be negotiated between communication devices and the communications session controller. For example, parameters can be negotiated to determine which parameters are compatible with a majority of the communication devices, or which parameters (e.g., security parameters) offer the most secure communications session without violating minimum security standards or requirements.
  • a communication device can partition or configure itself (or one or more client applications related to the communications session) in response to the communications session parameters received, at 1020.
  • a communication device can include a user input device such as a touch screen and/or other user input devices such as a mouse, a camera, a microphone, an accelerometer, and/or a global positioning system ("GPS") module configured to generate sensor data in response to user interaction with the user input device.
  • the communication device (or a user interface or input module of or operatively coupled to the communication device) can detect contact points, gestures, or movement of the user with respect to the user input device using, for example, sensors operatively coupled to the user input device to generate the sensor data.
  • the sensor data can be generated by motion, objects, and/or other input detected by a camera, by movement of the communication device (e.g., detected via one or more accelerometers, gyroscopes, inertial measurement units ("IMUs"), and/or GPS modules), aural or audio input detected by a microphone, and/or by other input.
  • the communication device can then define a data set, at 1040, based on at least a portion of the sensor data.
  • a data set can be, for example, a portion of sensor data detected at a user input device of the communication device.
  • the data set can be a portion of sensor data representing a gesture such as, for example, a line, arc or path of the gesture.
  • the data set can include a start point and an end point of a line with respect to an absolute or relative coordinate system such as, for example, a display or a canvas.
  • the data set can include a start point, an end point, and a radius of an arc, and/or a series of points defining a path.
  • Other examples of data sets include image sensor (or camera) data and/or movement (or motion) data.
  • a data set can be compressed via a compression algorithm to minimize the size or length of a directive and/or to maximize or improve throughput of the communications session or one or more communications session links of the communications session.
  • one data set can include one type of data and another data set can include a different type of data.
  • one data set can include lines, arcs, points, and/or paths derived from a gesture input at a touch screen operatively coupled to the communication device, and another data set can include drawing rates (e.g., speed of a gesture) related to these lines, arcs, points, and/or paths.
  • a communication device receiving directives including these data sets can reproduce the gesture (e.g., as one or more glyphs) at a display operatively coupled to that communication device in form as well as at the rate the gesture was made at the source communication device.
  • the gesture can be reproduced serially one per gesture basis at the destination communication device at the same (or substantially the same) rate or speed and in the same (or substantially the same) form as at the source communication device.
  • the user input detected at 1030 can be used to select or provide an indication of a data set to be defined at 1040.
  • a user can indicate an image file, a video file, an audio file, a symbol, a message, or an image resource to be included in one or more directives.
  • the user can select, for example, a video file (or a portion thereof) that is to be included in a directive as a data set within a directive content portion of that directive, and distributed via a communications session.
  • the video file can be distributed across multiple directives (e.g., portions of the file are defined as data sets and transmitted in multiple directives).
  • a description of the data set is defined, at 1050.
  • an identifier or indication of a directive class representing the data set can be defined.
  • the description of the data set can indicate, for example, a source of the data set, the type of data included in the data set, the format of data included in the data set, the number of data values in the data set, the length (e.g., in bytes or bits) of the data set, whether a data set is compressed and the type of compression, and/or other characteristics of the data set.
  • the description can identify a processing module (e.g., a software module, a general purpose processor, or an ASIC) or a configuration of a processing module that can process or interpret the data set.
  • a processing module e.g., a software module, a general purpose processor, or an ASIC
  • the description and the data set can be included in a directive description portion and a directive content portion of a directive, respectively, at 1060.
  • a directive can be defined based on the description defined at 1050 and the data set defined at 1040.
  • other portions of the directive can also be populated or defined, at 1060.
  • the length (e.g., in byte) of the directive can be calculated and included in a portion of the directive, and/or a source identifier such as a hardware or network identifier of the source communication device of the directive can be included in another portion of the directive.
  • the directive can then be sent (e.g., to a communications session controller of the communications session), at 1070, and the communication device can determine, at 1081, whether more data are included in the user input detected at 1030. If there are more data in the user input (e.g., additional lines, arcs, paths, and/or points within sensor data representing a gesture detected at a touch screen), the communication device can return to step 1040 and define another data set.
  • one data set can be associated with a description related to a first directive class, and another data set can be associated with a description related to a second directive class.
  • directive of multiple directive classes can be defined in response to a single user input or form of user input.
  • a single directive class can describe a single user input. If there are no more data in the user input (or there is an end indication from the user), the communication device can determine, at 1082, whether the communication device is disassociated (or disconnected) from the communications session. If the communication device is disassociated from the communications session, the communication device can stop (or end) method 1000, at 1090. If the communication device is not disassociated from the communications session (i.e., the communication device is still connected to or in communication with the communications session controller) at 1082, the communication device can return to step 1030 to detect additional user input.
  • method 1000 can include more or fewer steps than illustrated in FIG. 10.
  • method 1000 can include initiating the communications session and or sending a disassociation signal to the communications session controller.
  • steps of method 1000 can be rearranged.
  • directives are defined and sent in real-time.
  • directives are sent serially as they are defined at the communication device.
  • the first directive can be defined and sent before the user has provided input for the third directive.
  • the steps of method 1000 can be rearranged, and multiple directives can be defined before any are sent. For example, directives representing all the user input detected at step 1030 can be defined before any directives are sent.
  • directives including an entire image file selected by user input from a user for distribution via the communications session can be defined before any of these directives are sent.
  • all the directives that are defined based on the user input can be sent at substantially the same time (e.g., the directives can be loaded into a transmission buffer and sent serially to the communications session controller for distribution via the communications session controller).
  • directives can include (e.g., within a directive content portion) one or more instructions that cause a communication device receiving a directive to produce some output based on the directive.
  • a communication device can display a message or update a context (e.g., a portion) of a display in response to a directive.
  • a directive can include audio and/or video data and that data can be played at the communication device.
  • images can be manipulated and/or drawing at a display can occur in response to a directive.
  • Some embodiments described herein relate to a computer storage product with a computer- or processor-readable medium (also can be referred to as a processor-readable medium) having instructions or computer code thereon for performing various computer- implemented operations.
  • the media and computer code also can be referred to as code
  • Examples of computer-readable media include, but are not limited to: magnetic storage media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical storage media such as Compact Disc/Digital Video Discs ("CD/DVDs”), Compact Disc-Read Only Memories (“CD- ROMs”), and holographic devices; magneto-optical storage media such as optical disks; carrier wave signal processing modules; and hardware devices that are specially configured to store and execute program code, such as general purpose microprocessors, microcontrollers, Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (“ASICs”), Programmable Logic Devices (“PLDs”), and Read-Only Memory (“ROM”) and Random-Access Memory (“RAM”) devices.
  • magnetic storage media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape
  • optical storage media such as Compact Disc/Digital Video Discs ("CD/DVDs”), Compact Disc-Read Only Memories (“CD- ROMs”), and holographic devices
  • magneto-optical storage media such as optical disks
  • Examples of computer code include, but are not limited to, micro-code or microinstructions, machine instructions, such as produced by a compiler, code used to produce a web service, and files containing higher-level instructions that are executed by a computer using an interpreter.
  • embodiments may be implemented using JavaTM, C++, or other programming languages (e.g., object-oriented programming languages) and development tools.
  • Additional examples of computer code include, but are not limited to, control signals, encrypted code, and compressed code.

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L'invention concerne un support lisible par un processeur pouvant stocker un code représentant des instructions qui en cas d'exécution par un processeur amènent le processeur à recevoir un ensemble de directives d'un dispositif hôte. L'ensemble de directives peut définir un aspect d'une ressource de support. Un ensemble d'emplacements cibles peut être défini dans un canevas affiché au niveau d'un dispositif de communication en fonction de l'ensemble de directives. Une image peut être sélectionnée parmi un ensemble d'images en vue d'un affichage au niveau d'un emplacement cible à partir de l'ensemble d'emplacements cibles en fonction de l'ensemble de directives. Chaque image de l'ensemble d'images peut représenter une vue en perspective d'un objet.
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