Browser-based system providing methodology for labeling of photo compact discs with a photo-facsimile table of contents
AssigneeLightSurf Technologies, Inc.
InventorAndrew Van Valer
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Abstract
A browser-based system is described that provides a methodology for labeling of photo compact discs with a photo-facsimile table of contents. The system allows a customer at an e-commerce photo Web site to easily archive multiple albums that are on-line onto a CD-ROM along with a personalized table of contents printed onto the CD itself. This provides a user-friendly index of the digital images stored on the CD, thus saving a user from having to load the CD in a CD drive to be able to determine which pictures it contains. In this manner, people having multiple photo-CDs can quickly and easily identify the particular CD that has photographs that are of interest.
Claims51
A browser-based method for printing a graphic table of contents onto disc-shaped media, the method comprising:
- displaying at a browser information indicating images stored on-line that are available for storage on a particular disc, said images being organized on-line in one or more photo albums;
- receiving from the browser, first user input for selecting particular images from one or more photo albums to store on the particular disc;
- based on said first user input, displaying at the browser an interface allowing user configuration of a graphic table of contents for the particular disc, including displaying indicia representative of which photo albums the particular images are selected from;
- receiving from the browser, second user input specifying a particular configuration of the graphic table of contents for the particular disc, said second user input specifying that the graphic table of contents include at least some of the indicia representative of which photo albums the particular images are selected from;
- based on said second user input, automatically composing corresponding graphic elements for the graphic table of contents, for placement on one side of the particular disc, wherein said graphic elements include photo facsimile-sized digital images indicating image content stored on the particular disc;
- and thereafter
- printing the graphic table of contents on the particular disc, such that said graphic table of contents is imprinted onto the particular disc's surface in a manner to allow a user to determine the disc's contents without loading into a computer.
An Internet-based system for printing a graphic table of contents onto disc-shaped media, the system comprising:
- a browser connected to a host computer system via the Internet, wherein said browser displays information indicating images stored on-line at the host computer system that are available for storage on a particular disc, said images being organized on-line in one or more photo albums;
- a software module operating at the host computer system for creating a graphic table of contents in response to;
- first user input for selecting particular images from one or more photo albums to store on the particular disc, and
- second user input specifying a particular configuration of the graphic table of contents for the particular disc;
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- wherein said software module automatically composes corresponding graphic elements for the graphic table of contents, for placement on one side of the particular disc, wherein said graphic elements include photo facsimile-sized digital images indicating image content stored on the particular disc, such that said graphic table of contents is imprinted onto the particular disc's surface in a manner to allow a user to determine the disc's contents without loading into a computer.
A system for printing a graphic table of contents onto a particular storage media, the system comprising:
- a server providing a central repository for digital images;
- an on-line subsystem for:
- allowing a user to select on-line images from the central repository to be stored on the particular storage media,
- allowing the user to approve selection of elements for configuring the graphic table of contents for the particular storage media, said elements comprising photo facsimile-sized digital images indicating image content stored on the particular disc, and
- automatically composing a label image representing the graphic table of contents for the particular storage media;
- and
- a mastering subsystem for:
- storing selected images to the particular storage media;
- and
- labeling the particular storage media with said label image representing the graphic table of contents, such that said graphic table of contents is affixed to the particular storage media's surface in a manner that allows a user to identify without machine aid what images are contained on the storage media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.