Ephemeral message galleries

Short Message Gallery

[0001] This application is a divisional application of a patent application with an application date of October 2, 2015, an application number of 201580065266.7, and an invention title of "Short Message Gallery".

[0002] Citation of related applications

[0003] This application claims priority from U.S. Patent Application No. 14/505,478 filed on October 2, 2014, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

[0004] The present invention generally relates to the display of ephemeral messages transmitted by a computer network. More particularly, the present invention relates to an ephemeral gallery of short-time messages.

Background technique

[0005] The delivery of messages (eg, text, photos, or videos) via computer networks is well known. However, a problem related to this kind of message is that once the message is viewed or read, the user needs to make a confirmation action to delete or remove the message from his device. Therefore, in some cases, users refrain from sending many messages spontaneously because they are worried that the recipient's inbox will be filled or cluttered.

[0006] In view of the foregoing, it is desirable to maintain spontaneity and expand the communication content of messaging activities, while reducing the burden of device management imposed on message recipients.

Summary of the invention

[0007] The server has a processor and a memory storing instructions executed by the processor to maintain a short-term library of short-term messages. The short-term message is submitted to the short-term gallery. The short-term message has an associated message duration parameter (message duration parameter) and a gallery participation parameter (gallery participation parameter). In response to the identification of the expired gallery participation parameter, the short-term message is removed from the short-term gallery.

Description of the drawings

[0008] The present invention can be understood more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description, in the accompanying drawings:

[0009] FIG. 1 shows the components of an electronic device used in accordance with the present invention.

[0010] FIG. 2 shows processing operations associated with an embodiment of the present invention.

[0011] FIG. 3 shows an electronic device for collecting and enhancing short-time messages.

[0012] FIG. 4 shows a short-term message target routing interface that can be used according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0013] FIG. 5 shows a system for implementing an embodiment of the present invention.

[0014] FIG. 6 shows a short-term gallery processing operation associated with an embodiment of the present invention.

[0015] FIG. 7 shows a short-term gallery data structure associated with an embodiment of the present invention.

[0016] FIG. 8 shows a short-term gallery markup associated with an embodiment of the present invention.

[0017] FIG. 9 shows a short-term gallery markup associated with another embodiment of the present invention.

[0018] FIG. 10 shows operations performed in response to a short-term gallery view request.

[0019] FIG. 11 shows an account management interface for establishing a short-term gallery for receiving short-term messages from multiple users.

[0020] In multiple figures of the drawings, the same reference numerals denote corresponding parts.

Detailed ways

[0021] FIG. 1 shows an electronic device 100. In one embodiment, the electronic device 100 is a smart phone with a processor 102, and the processor 102 communicates with the memory 104. The processor 102 may be a central processing unit and/or a graphics processing unit. The memory 104 is a combination of flash memory and random access memory. The memory 104 stores the short-term message controller 106 to implement the operation of the present invention. The short-time message controller 106 may include executable instructions for accessing a server that coordinates the operations disclosed herein. Alternatively, the short-term message controller 106 may include executable instructions for coordinating some operations disclosed herein, while the server performs other operations.

[0022] The short-term message may be text, image, video, etc. The display time of the short message is usually set by the message sender. However, the display time can also be set by default or specified by the recipient. Regardless of the setting technique, the message is temporary (that is, the message is deleted or cannot be accessed after a certain period of time or after a certain action is taken).

[0023] The processor 102 is also coupled to the image sensor 115. The image sensor 115 may be a well-known digital image sensor, such as a charge coupled device. The image sensor collects the visual media presented on the display 116.

[0024] The touch controller 118 is connected to the display 116 and the processor 102. The touch controller 118 responds to haptic signals applied to the display 116. In one embodiment, the short-term message controller 106 monitors the signal from the touch controller 118. If the tactile contact associated with the mark of the short-term gallery is observed through the touch controller 118, the short-term gallery is displayed to the user as a series of short-term messages.

[0025] The electronic device 100 may also include other components commonly associated with a smart phone, such as a wireless signal processor 120 that provides a connection to a wireless network. The power control circuit 122 and the global positioning system processor 124 may also be used. Although many components in FIG. 1 are well-known in the art, new functions can be implemented by the short-time message controller 106 operating in conjunction with a server.

[0026] FIG. 2 illustrates processing operations associated with the short-time message controller 106. Initially, 200 short-term messages are collected. FIG. 3 shows an electronic device 100 and a touch display 116 having a photo 300, which is used as a short-time message.

[0027] The next processing operation of FIG. 2 is to determine whether to change the timer or message duration parameter 202. Fig. 3 shows an example of a mark 302 of the message duration parameter. In this example, the flag indicates that the default value of the message duration parameter is 5 seconds. If the marker is triggered (for example, by tactile contact), a reminder of a new message duration parameter (for example, 10 seconds) may be provided. This activity (202: Yes) results in the acceptance 204 of the new timer value. If a new timer value is specified, or the timer does not change (202: No), control proceeds to block 206. The user can be prompted to augment the short-time message. As shown in FIG. 3, a drawing tool 304 may be provided to allow the user to add hand-drawn messages. The drawing tool 304 can be manipulated through tactile contact to input messages or annotations of visual media. Alternatively or in addition, a keyboard can be used to type enhanced messages. For example, tapping on the touch display 116 may result in a keyboard being displayed that allows the user to enter a typed message.

[0028] As shown in FIG. 2, the annotation 208 can be accepted in this manner. Enhancements can also be in the form of photo filters. In other words, photo filters can be accepted 210. For example, the first right-to-left swipe on the touch display 116 can drag the first filter on the top of the photo. A second right-to-left swipe on the touch display 116 can drag the second filter on the top of the photo. This type of filter processing is described in the jointly owned US serial number 14/325,270, filed on July 7, 2014, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

[0029] The next operation in FIG. 2 is to accept a destination 212. As described more fully below, the target can be used to identify the intended recipient of a message or location or "gallery" (in which one or more messages can be accessed). FIG. 3 shows an icon 306 for calling the target list. The tactile contact on the icon can lead to a target list of the type shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 4 shows the electronic device 100 displaying the target list. The target list may include targets of "My Story" 402, where "My Story" is a reference to a short-term gallery of short-term messages. The target list may also include a friend or contact area 404, which lists friends who can be recipients of short-time messages. The tactile contact to the box 406 associated with the listed individual or story places the corresponding individual or story on the target list.

[0030] Returning to FIG. 2, after the target list is designated, a short-term message is sent to the designated target 214. For example, a short message is sent to a friend selected from the area 404 (if any). A check is also made to determine whether the message was submitted to the short-term gallery 216. If not (216: No), complete the processing. If it is (216: Yes), the process 220 of FIG. 6 is executed. Therefore, it is possible to send a message to one or more friends and/or submit to a short-term gallery.

[0031] FIG. 5 shows a system 500. This figure shows a simplified representation of a group of electronic devices 100_1 to 100_N, where each electronic device can be configured as the device of FIG. 1. Each electronic device communicates with a network 502, which can be any combination of wireless and wired networks.

[0032] The server 504 is also connected to the network 502. The server 504 includes standard components, such as a central processing unit 510, which is connected to an input/output device 514 via a network 512. The input/output device 514 may include a keyboard, a mouse, a display, and the like. The network interface circuit 516 is also connected to the bus 512 to provide a connection to the network 502. The memory 520 is also connected to the bus 512. The memory 520 stores the short-term library module 522. The short-term library module 522 stores instructions executed by the central processing unit 510 to implement the operation of the present invention. For example, the short-term library module 522 may include instructions for coordinating the processing operations of FIG. 2. These operations may be controlled by the short-term gallery module 522, or may be performed in conjunction with selective operations performed by the short-term message controller 106.

[0033] FIG. 6 illustrates the operation of the short-term library module 522 performed according to an embodiment of the present invention. The first operation in FIG. 6 is to determine whether a new gallery 600 is needed. As discussed in conjunction with FIG. 4, designating "My Story" 402 as the message recipient allows the short-term message to be submitted to the short-term gallery. If the gallery does not exist (600: Yes), a new gallery 602 is created. Alternatively, if a gallery exists and the user wants to create a new gallery, a new gallery 602 is created. It is possible to provide the user with a prompt as to whether the existing gallery should be used or a new gallery should be specified.

[0034] The message is then submitted 606 to the gallery with gallery participation parameters. The gallery participation parameter is the short period of time that the short-term message will continue to exist in the gallery. For example, the first short-time message submitted to the gallery may have a default 24-hour gallery participation parameter. In other examples, the gallery participation parameters can be set by the user. The value of the gallery participation parameter decreases with the passage of time. Therefore, in this embodiment, the short-term message gallery has the gallery participation parameter time of the last message submitted to the gallery.

[0035] In another embodiment, a gallery timer may be assigned to the gallery by the user. The gallery timer can be used to create the expiration date of the associated gallery, and the existence of messages submitted to the gallery does not exceed the expiration date of the gallery. Therefore, in some embodiments, all messages submitted to the gallery will exist during the life of the gallery (regardless of the time of submission). In other embodiments, the message can be submitted along with the gallery participation parameters. In these embodiments, the message expires or becomes inaccessible in the early days of the gallery participation parameter or the remaining life of the gallery.

[0036] The next processing operation of FIG. 6 is to submit an activity mark 608. Examples of active tags are provided below. A check is then made to determine whether there is an expired participation parameter 610. If it is (610: Yes), then remove the short-term message associated with the expired participation parameter from the short-term gallery 614. As a result of the removed message, if the gallery is empty (616: Yes), then

The short-term gallery is terminated and the mark 618 of the gallery is removed. If the gallery is not empty (616: No), check the new message 612. If a new message exists (612: Yes), the process returns to block 604. If the new message does not exist (612: No), the process returns to block 610. If there are no expired participation parameters (610: No), the new message 612 is checked again.

[0037] FIG. 7 shows the data structure of the short-term message gallery. The first malicious U700 may have a list of messages. Another column U702 may have a list of message duration parameters for each message. Another column 704 may have a list of gallery participation parameters for each message. Observe in this example that the values in column 702 total 30 seconds. The short message gallery in this example has four messages, so it will take 30 seconds to display. Further observation, the oldest message (Message") is displayed first, and the message will be deleted within 120 minutes. In this example, the latest message (Message_4) will be kept in the short-term gallery for 1320 minutes. Unless another message is submitted, the short-term gallery will expire at this time. The arrival of new messages will change the gallery timer, but will not change the gallery participation parameters.

[0038] FIG. 8 shows an interface 800 with an area 802 specifying available short-time message gallery (story), and an area 804 with a list of friends (available targets for short-time messages). It is observed that the area 802 has a mark of the short-term message gallery activity. Figure 8 provides an example mark of the time when the last message was submitted to the short-term message gallery. Figure 8 also provides an example graphical markup of the remaining amount of time of the short-term message gallery. It is observed that the first entry was submitted 20 minutes ago, so there is a complete circle to indicate the remaining time of the short-term message gallery. On the other hand, the third entry was submitted 12 hours ago and has approximately half a circle to indicate the remaining time of the short message gallery. This example considers the 24-hour period of the short-term message gallery. Naturally, other time periods can also be used according to embodiments of the present invention.

[0039] FIG. 9 shows an interface 900 with information about a user's story. Each story 902 has a mark of the amount of time remaining. A mark 904 of the number of views of the short-term gallery is also provided. A mark 906 for taking a screenshot of the short message is also provided. Because the intent of the message is temporary, this information is important. If the message recipient overturns the intent by taking a screenshot, the message sender is notified.

[0040] FIG. 10 shows processing operations performed by the short-term gallery module 522 in response to a request for a short-term message gallery. As shown in Figure 8, the user receives a list 802 of available stories. The tactile contact with the marker of the story may be operated as a request to view the short-time message gallery.

[0041] The first operation in FIG. 10 is to display the next message 1000 in the gallery. In the example of Figure 7, the oldest message is the first message to be displayed. Then start the message timer 1002. The message timer expires at the end of the message duration parameter of the displayed short-time message. In the example of Figure 7, the first message (Message") is displayed for 10 seconds. Block 1004 checks whether the timer has expired. Once the timer expires (1004: Yes), a check is made to determine if the gallery is empty 1006. If it is (1006: Yes), the processing is completed at 1008. If not (1006: No), the process returns to block 1000. Repeat this process until the gallery is empty.

[0042] FIG. 11 shows an account management interface 1100 for establishing a short-term gallery for receiving short-term messages from multiple users. This feature can be used to assist accounts of celebrities or organizations, where multiple authorized users are allowed to submit on behalf of a single account. In one embodiment, the user name, display name, contact email, and contact phone number are specified by the account administrator. The authorization account prompt 1102 allows the account administrator to add other users to the short-term gallery. For example, activation of the prompt 1102 may elicit prompts for the user name, display name, contact email, and/or contact phone number. Alternatively, the activation of the prompt 1102 can lead to an interface of the type shown in FIG. 4, through which an authorized account can be added.

[0043] As can be seen from the above exemplary embodiments, the first aspect of the present disclosure includes a method including: [0044] Using one or more computer processor devices configured for this purpose, maintaining a plurality of short A short-term gallery of current messages, the multiple short-term messages each include visual media content, and can be accessed by one or more recipients via the corresponding user

The device checks that each short-term message has an associated gallery participation parameter, the gallery participation parameter indicates the continuously available time value of the corresponding short-term message in the short-term gallery, and each short-term message has an associated gallery participation parameter , The gallery participation parameter indicates the continuously available time value of the corresponding short-term message in the short-term gallery;

[0045] In an automatic operation performed by one or more computer processor devices, in response to identifying the expiration of the gallery participation parameter corresponding to a specific short-time message among the plurality of short-time messages, move from the short-time gallery Except for specific short-term messages; and

[0046] In an automatic operation performed by one or more computer processor devices, the short-term gallery is eliminated in response to identifying the expiration of a gallery availability parameter indicating a time value for the continuous availability of the short-term gallery. .

[0047] The second aspect of the present disclosure includes a system including one or more computer processor devices, and having stored thereon for causing the one or more computer processor devices to perform the same as described above in relation to the first The memory of the operation instruction corresponding to the operation discussed in the aspect. The system includes a server configured to perform the operations in question. In this embodiment, one or more computer processor devices along with associated instructions may provide a short-time message controller configured to perform the related operations described herein. The various features discussed below are applicable to the method of the first aspect and the system of the second aspect.

[0048] Note that for each of the multiple short-term messages whose gallery participation parameter expires before or when the short-term gallery is eliminated, it is possible to perform switching from the short-term gallery when the corresponding gallery participation parameter expires. Remove the short-term message in the operation.

[0049] The visual media content of each corresponding short-time message may include photos or videos. In some embodiments, one or more of the plurality of short-time messages may include enhancements made to the visual media content by the user. Alternatively or additionally, one or more of the multiple short-time messages may include comments made by the user. In some embodiments, the annotation is received from the keyboard. Instead or in addition, annotations can also be received from drawing tools.

[0050] In some embodiments, the gallery availability parameter corresponds to the gallery participation parameter of the last message, and the last message is the last one of the multiple short-term messages submitted to the short-term gallery. Differently defined, the last message is the most recently submitted short-term message among multiple short-term messages in the short-term gallery.

[0051] Alternatively or in combination, the gallery availability parameter may include a gallery timer. In an embodiment where the gallery availability parameter is entirely based on the gallery timer, the short-term gallery can be eliminated when the gallery timer expires, regardless of the status of the corresponding gallery participation parameter in the multiple short-term messages. In other embodiments, the gallery availability parameter is based on the gallery timer and the gallery participation parameter of the last message, and the short time may be executed when one of the gallery timer expires and the gallery participation parameter of the last message expires first. Elimination of the gallery. In this case, at least some short-term messages in the short-term entities will become unviewable when the gallery timer expires, even though the corresponding gallery participation parameters of these short-term messages may still have time left.

[0052] In some embodiments, the maintenance of the short-term gallery may further include maintaining each of the plurality of short-term messages to reach a message duration parameter indicating the corresponding short-term period during the viewing of the short-term gallery. The display duration of the message. In some embodiments, the message duration parameter is a default parameter. In other embodiments, the message duration parameter is set by the user. In this case, the method includes receiving a user-specified value of the message duration parameter of the designated short-time message, and setting the value of the message duration parameter of the designated short-time message to the user-specified value. In some embodiments, each short-time message is automatically assigned a default value, which can be selectively changed in response to user input via a user interface presented on the user device.

[0053] In some embodiments, the method may further include receiving a view of the short-term gallery from a specific user device

Request, and in response to the viewing request, to cause multiple short-term messages to be displayed continuously. Before the succeeding short-term messages in the short-term gallery are automatically displayed, each short-term message will be displayed corresponding to the associated message duration parameter. The corresponding time period. In this embodiment, the method may include, in response to the short-term gallery viewing request, providing a short-term message, where the short-term message is configured to: start to open a message channel for the short-term message to be viewed; determine when the message timer expires Period; and repeat the provide, start and confirm operations until all the short-term messages in the short-term gallery are viewed. The message timer may correspond to the message duration parameter. In some embodiments, based on the earliest submission time, the short-term messages are provided in chronological order.

[0054] The method may further include displaying a mark of the short-term gallery activity on the user device. The issue ephemeral better activity (The issue ephemeral better activity) may be displayed as a part of the user interface presented on the user device so as to be able to review and/or manage one or more short-term galleries. In some embodiments, the mark of the short-term gallery activity may include a mark related to the submission time of the last short-term message submitted among the plurality of short-term messages. In some embodiments, for example, the tag related to the submission time of the last submitted message may include a textual description of the time that has passed since the last submitted message was submitted.

[0055] Alternatively or additionally, the marking of the short-term gallery activity may include a graphical marking of the amount of time remaining before the expiration of the gallery availability parameter. Such graphical indicia may include user interface elements that gradually decrease in the screen surface area as the amount of time remaining before the expiration of the gallery availability parameter decreases.

[0056] Alternatively or additionally, the mark of the short-term gallery activity may include a mark of taking a screenshot of one or more of the plurality of short-term messages in the short-term gallery. The mark of the screenshot may include a screenshot icon and a digital description of the number of screenshots collected by the corresponding short-time message.

[0057] In some embodiments, the mark of the short-term gallery activity may include the number of gallery views performed on the short-term gallery. A user interface that can access the short-term gallery can be displayed in this case, for each short-term message visible in the user interface, a screenshot icon, and a digital description of the number of views received by the corresponding short-term gallery.

[0058] In some embodiments, maintaining the short-term gallery may include performing an operation to submit the short-term message to the short-term gallery, and the operation includes:

[0059] Receive short-time messages and associated message duration parameters from the user;

[0060] storing the short-time message and message duration parameters in the memory, and

[0061] Associate the short-term message with the short-term gallery.

[0062] In some embodiments, the method includes accepting a target selected by the user for submitting one or more short-term messages to the short-term gallery. In some embodiments, the target may include a short-term gallery and one or more designated individuals as recipients. In this case, the method may include automatically providing the short-term gallery to designated individuals. In some embodiments, the short-term messages in the short-term gallery can be specifically viewed by corresponding designated individuals and uploaded users.

[0063] In some embodiments, the method further includes: generating an account management interface; receiving short-time messages from multiple users via the account management interface; and including short-time messages received from multiple users in a common short-term gallery . Therefore, the account management interface provides multiple users with the function of submitting short-term messages to a single short-term gallery. This multi-user short-term gallery can be generated as part of a celebrity or organization account.

[0064] In some embodiments, eliminating the short-term gallery includes making the short-term gallery no longer respond to further viewing requests. In some embodiments, eliminating short-term galleries includes deleting short-term messages and short-term galleries from one or more memories in which they are stored.

[0065] The third aspect of the present disclosure includes a method including:

[0066] Maintain a gallery including multiple short-time messages viewable via one or more user devices, each short-time message

Having an associated gallery participation parameter, the gallery participation parameter indicating the continuously available time value of the corresponding short-term message in the short-term gallery;

[0067] For each of the multiple short-term messages, in response to identifying the expiration of the corresponding gallery participation parameter, the short-term message is removed from the short-term gallery.

[0068] The fourth aspect of the present disclosure includes a method including:

[0069] Maintain a short-term gallery including a plurality of short-term messages, each of which includes visual media content and can be viewed via a corresponding user device, the short-term gallery has a gallery timer, and the gallery timer indicates The continuously available time value of the short-term gallery; and

[0070] In response to identifying the expiration of the gallery timer, the short-term gallery is eliminated by making it inaccessible in response to a viewing request.

[0071] The fifth aspect of the present disclosure includes a method including:

[0072] Maintain a short-term gallery including a plurality of short-term messages viewable via one or more user devices;

[0073] For each of the multiple short-term messages, maintain a corresponding gallery participation parameter, the gallery participation parameter indicating the continuously available time value of the corresponding short-term message in the short-term gallery;

[0074] Maintain a short-term gallery timer, which indicates the continuously available time value of the short-term message; and

[0075] In response to the earliest one of the following, the accessibility of viewing the short-term gallery is eliminated:

[0076] The expiration of the gallery participation timer in the short-term gallery corresponding to the last submitted message, the last submitted message being one of the multiple short-term messages that was recently submitted to the short-term gallery, and

[0077] The expiration of the short-time gallery timer.

[0078] The sixth aspect of the present disclosure includes a method including:

[0079] Maintain a short-term gallery including a plurality of short-term messages, each of which includes visual media content and can be used for online viewing;

[0080] Maintaining a gallery availability parameter, the gallery availability parameter indicating the time value of the continuous availability of the short-term gallery, and the gallery becomes unavailable when the gallery availability parameter expires;

[0081] The user interface is caused to be displayed on the user device so as to be able to view the short-term gallery, the user interface including a mark indicating the current value of the amount of time remaining before the expiration of the gallery availability parameter.

[0082] The mark indicating the current value of the amount of time remaining before the expiration of the gallery availability parameter may include a graphic object on the screen, the configuration and/or shape of which may vary according to the change in the amount of remaining time before the expiration of the gallery availability parameter Change automatically. In one embodiment, the graphical objects on the screen correspond to the screen area for the amount of time that the short-term gallery remains available.

[0083] The seventh aspect of the present disclosure includes a method including:

[0084] Maintain a short-term gallery including multiple short-term messages that can be viewed online, each message has a corresponding gallery participation parameter, and the gallery participation parameter indicates the time value of the continuous availability of the corresponding short-term message in the short-term gallery;

[0085] The user interface is displayed on the user device so that the short-term gallery can be viewed, the user interface includes a mark indicating the last submitted parameter, and the last submitted parameter indicates the last submitted among the multiple short-term messages in the short-term gallery The submission time value associated with the short message.

[0086] In some embodiments, the submitted parameters include the amount of time that has passed since the last submitted short-term message was submitted in the short-term gallery.

[0087] The eighth aspect of the present disclosure includes a method including:

[0088] Maintain a short-term gallery including a plurality of short-term messages, each of which includes visual media content and can be used for online viewing;

[0089] For each of the multiple short-time messages, maintain a corresponding gallery participation parameter, the gallery participation parameter indicating the continuously available time value of the corresponding short-time message in the short-time gallery;

[0090] A user interface is caused to be displayed on the user device so as to be able to view the short-term gallery, the user interface including a mark indicating the number of views received by the short-term gallery

[0091] The ninth aspect of the present disclosure includes a method including:

[0092] Maintain a short-term gallery including a plurality of short-term messages, each of which includes visual media content and can be used for online viewing;

[0093] For each of the multiple short-time messages, maintain a corresponding gallery participation parameter, the gallery participation parameter indicating the continuously available time value of the corresponding short-time message in the short-term gallery;

[0094] The user interface is caused to be displayed on the user device so as to be able to view the short-term gallery, the user interface including a mark indicating the number of screenshots of the message taken in the short-term gallery during viewing.

[0095] The tenth aspect of the present disclosure includes a method including:

[0096] Generate an account management interface that can be accessed via multiple user devices for user management of short-term gallery, including short-term messages that can be viewed online and include visual media content;

[0097] Receiving short-time messages from multiple users via the account management interface; and

[0098] Include short-term messages received from multiple users in a shared short-term gallery.

[0099] The method may include enabling performance of various management functions by any one of a plurality of users with respect to a shared short-term gallery.

[0100] Note that each of the third to tenth aspects of the present disclosure may include various features and functions discussed above in relation to the first and second aspects of the present disclosure.

[0101] The eleventh aspect of the present disclosure includes a system including one or more computer processor devices, and a memory having stored thereon for enabling the one or more computer processor devices to An instruction to execute an operation related to any one of the third to tenth aspects of the present disclosure described above.

[0102] The embodiment of the present invention relates to a computer storage product with a computer-readable storage medium, and computer code thereon for executing instructions as described above in the first to eleventh aspects of the present disclosure. Any one of the related operations corresponds to the operation implemented by the computer. The media and computer code may be specially designed and constructed for the purpose of the present invention, or may be well-known and available to those skilled in the computer software field. Examples of computer-readable media include, but are not limited to: magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes; optical media such as CD-ROM, DVD, and holographic devices; magneto-optical media; and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program code , Such as application-specific integrated circuits "ASIC"), programmable logic devices "PLD), and ROM and RAM devices. Examples of computer code include machine code such as generated by a compiler and files containing higher-level codes executed by a computer using an interpreter For example, the embodiments of the present invention can be implemented using JAVA, C++ or other object-oriented programming languages and development tools. Another embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in hard-wired circuits instead of machine-executable software instructions, or with A combination of machine-executable software instructions is implemented.

[0103] For the purpose of explanation, the foregoing description uses specific nomenclature to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that no specific details are required to implement the present invention. Therefore, for illustration and description

For the purpose of presenting the foregoing description of specific embodiments of the present invention. These descriptions are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed; obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The embodiments are selected and described in order to best explain the principle of the present invention and its practical application, so that other skilled in the art can make best use of the present invention and various implementations with various modifications suitable for the specific intended use example. The following claims and their equivalents are intended to define the scope of the invention.