An electronic image visualization system, such as a music stand system and
display, management and communications methodologies relating thereto are
presented. The electronic music stand system is comprised of a performer
subsystem comprising a processing subsystem, librarian logic, performance
logic, and communications management logic. The communications management
logic provides management of communication via the communications
interface with external apparatus responsive to the performance logic and
the librarian logic. The user input apparatus and the display apparatus
can be integrated into a touch-screen input display. The user input
apparatus can alternatively be at least one of a touch-tablet, a
stylus-based writing tablet, a mouse, a keyboard, a joystick, a game
controller, and a switch. In a preferred embodiment, the librarian logic,
the performance logic and the communications management logic are defined
by program data stored in the data storage apparatus, and the processor
is responsive to the program data for managing data formatting,
displaying music, and management of communications of data with the
external apparatus. In one embodiment, two Performer subsystems are
operable alternatively as one of a single appliance as a linked set a
linked mode and as two independent appliances a stand-alone mode, wherein
in the linked mode each of the two Performer subsystems operate
cooperatively with each other as a linked set to provide a two page
display on the video presentation, and wherein in the stand alone mode
each of the two Performer subsystems operates independently and mutually
exclusive of the other to provide two independent and mutually exclusive
single page displays on the video presentation. The present invention
also relates to a method for providing for video display of music
responsive to the music data stored in a music database. The method is
comprised of defining a page of music image data from the music database;
defining ordered logical sections; storing the mapping in a memory for
selective retrieval; and providing for the video display of the music
responsive to the mapping and the storing.