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US 2002/0154147 A1Published application
Photo ranking system for creating digital album pages
OwnerAmy E. Battlesinventor
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Abstract
A user ranks photographic images by providing ranking information to an information handling system. Each photographic image is tagged with the rank selected by the user, and sized based on its ranking. In this way, photographic images ranked higher by the user may be sized larger than photographic images ranked lower. The sized photographic images may then be saved in an album file or other data file, or printed out, or both.
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A method for creating album pages for a user, comprising:
- displaying an image to the user;
- receiving information from the user for said image, said information comprising ranking information;
- and
- sizing said image based on said ranking information.
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A method for creating album pages for a user, comprising:
- displaying to the user a photographic image, said photographic image stored as image data;
- receiving information from the user for said photographic image, said input comprising ranking information having one of a plurality of discrete values;
- storing said ranking information in association with said image data;
- repeating said displaying, receiving and storing steps for a plurality of photographic images;
- sizing said photographic images by selecting a discrete image size corresponding to said ranking information;
- generating at least one album page comprising said sized photographic images;
- and
- printing said at least one album page.
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A digital camera, comprising:
- a camera processor;
- a camera storage device electrically connected to said camera processor;
- a camera display electrically connected to said camera processor;
- and
- at least one ranking control electrically connected to said camera processor, whereby a user utilizes said ranking control to select a ranking for an image shown on said camera display.
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A computer program product, comprising
- instructions for displaying an image to the user;
- instructions for receiving information from the user for said image, said information comprising ranking information;
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- instructions for storing said ranking information in association with said image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.