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US 2004/0167971 A1Published application
Restartable image uploading
AssigneeShutterfly, Inc.
InventorsEva Manolis, Chase Garfinkle, Patrick Teo, Hwei Mien Quek, Roderick Mann
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method uploads image data to a remote computer such as a server by: defining an area in a user interface adapted to receive an image; generating a thumbnail associated with the image when the image is associated with the area; and, uploading the image to the server.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for uploading image data to a remote computer, comprising:
- defining an area in a user interface adapted to receive an image;
- generating a thumbnail associated with the image when the image is associated with the area;
- partitioning the image into one or more fragments;
- and,
- uploading each fragment to the remote computer.
2 more elements
A computer-implemented method of uploading image files from a local computer to a remote computer, comprising:
- receiving input from a user identifying an image file;
- generating a thumbnail image from the image file;
- partitioning an image file into a plurality of fragments;
- initiating an upload of the fragments to the remote computer;
- and
- displaying information about the status of the upload of the image file.
3 more elements
A system for uploading image data to a remote computer, comprising:
- a display device for defining an area in a user interface adapted to receive an image;
- a computer for generating a thumbnail associated with the image when the image is associated with the area and for partitioning the image into one or more fragments;
- and,
- a communication device for uploading each fragment to the remote computer.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.