Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system relating to tracking the display time and context of the use of a communication device and using the tracked time and context to grant a credit.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system relating to tracking the display time and context of the use of a communication device and using the tracked time and context to grant a credit.

Abstract: A method and system supporting web file sharing transactions via a networked handheld computer system. In a system having a server that automatically detects when new versions of currently used applications are made available for a networked handheld computer system, a method is described for allowing one handheld computer system to facilitate the transfer of a file to another handheld computer system using the server. On the server, each registered handheld has account information indicating the applications (and versions) that it supports. As part of the file sharing transaction, using a token, a sending handheld computer system updates the account information of a receiving handheld to indicate that a download is required the next time the receiving handheld is networked with the server. A new file name may be recorded in the account information, or, a new version of an existing file name may be updated.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for interactively presenting a slide show in a digital imaging device. The method aspect of the present invention includes first creating a slide show from randomly selected ones of the heterogeneous media objects stored in the digital imaging device, where each one of the heterogeneous media objects includes at least one media type such as, a still image, video, and audio. When the slide show is subsequently presented, each one of the media objects in the slide show is automatically displayed on a display the order selected. According to the present invention, the user is able to change the order the media objects will be played back, and able to control how long each one of the media objects will be played back, to thereby interactively present the slide show from the digital imaging device.

Abstract: A system and method for providing user assistance to a user of a digital image device. The present invention, referred to as an interactive context assistant, includes computer-readable instructions stored in a memory unit of the digital image device which are executed by a central processing unit. The present invention is configured to automatically recognize an attribute of the image data. The present invention also includes a database which specifies the user assistance according to the attribute of the image data. The present invention retrieves from the database the user assistance corresponding to the attribute and provides the user assistance to the user via a user interface.