Method and apparatus for formatting digital images in accordance with user-selected communications standard

A system comprising:

• a networking port for communicating with a remote device on a network;
• memory storing frames of image data in respective image files and storing first and second sets of attribute data in first and second attribute control files respectively, said first and second sets of attribute data being compliant with first and second communications standards respectively;
• an operator interface comprising a graphical user-interface menu for selecting one of said first and second attribute control files which corresponds to the one of said first and second communications standards with which said remote device is compliant;
• an object constructing task for constructing data objects with data from said image files and attribute data from said selected one of said first and second attribute control files, said first and second attribute control files being associated with said object constructing task;
• and
• a network manager for transferring data objects from said object constructing task to said networking port destined for said remote device.

An imaging system comprising:

• a networking port for communicating with a plurality of remote devices on a network;
• an operator interface comprising a graphical user-interface menu for selecting one of first and second communications standards which a selected one of said plurality of remote devices is compliant with;
• an image acquisition subsystem for acquiring frames of image data;
• an object constructing task for constructing data objects from frames of image data and from attribute data which is compliant with said selected one of said first and second communications standards;
• and
• a network manager for transferring said data objects from said object constructing task to said networking port destined for said selected one of said plurality of remote devices.