Method and system for locally indexing and searching for digital photos
OwnerTal FLORENTINinventor
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products, such as software products, are provided for locally indexing photographs (e.g., digital photographs), stored in a user (local) computer. There is also a search mechanism, such as a search engine, for the local computer, allowing the user to easily find these now-indexed digital photographs on their local computer.
Claims20
A method for creating a local database associated with a computer, the computer linked to a communications network, comprising:
- in a main folder associated with the computer, identifying stock photographs in the main folder;
- determining the online stock photo service for each of the identified stock photographs;
- accessing the stock photograph page for each of the identified stock photographs from a destination over the communications network;
- extracting data from the stock photograph page for each of the identified stock photographs, over the communications network;
- and,
- rendering the extracted data for each identified stock photograph as an indexed item for each identified stock photograph, in a local database associated with the computer.
A computer usable non-transitory storage medium having a computer program embodied thereon for causing a suitable programmed system to create a local database associated with a local computer linked to a communications network, by performing the following steps when such program is executed on the system, the steps comprising:
- in a main folder associated with the computer, identifying stock photographs in the main folder;
- determining the online stock photo service for each of the identified stock photographs;
- accessing the stock photograph page for each of the identified stock photographs from a destination over the communications network;
- extracting data from the stock photograph page for each of the identified stock photographs, over the communications network;
- and,
- rendering the extracted data for each identified stock photograph as an indexed item for each identified stock photograph, in a local database associated with the computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.