Method and system for transferring and sharing images between devices and locations
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorArnold Neil Blinn
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Abstract
A method and system of formatting and transferring image data allows a user to easily select image data format settings and format received image data in accordance with the user selected format settings. The user can save the image data to a second location in the format that the user so chooses. Manipulation of image data within the same application usable to transfer that data eliminates the need to rely on multiple applications.
Claims48
A method of formatting and transferring image data from a first location to a second location, the method comprising:
- retrieving the image data from the first location;
- receiving a command from a user to save the image data to the second location;
- in response to receiving a command from a user to save the image data to the second location, presenting to the user an interface for selecting a format profile comprising a set of image data format settings, wherein the interface also comprises a graphic actuator for receiving a command from the user to complete the formatting and saving of the image data to the second location;
- receiving via the interface a user selection of the format profile comprising the set of image data format settings, and a user command to complete the formatting and saving of the image data to the second location;
- and
- in response to receiving a user selection of the format profile and the user command to complete the formatting and saving of the image data to the second location:
- formatting the image data in accordance with the set of image data format settings to provide formatted image data, and
- saving the formatted image data to the second location.
A method of automatically formatting and transferring image data from an image data source to an image data destination, the method comprising:
- providing a task for automatically formatting and transferring the image data, wherein the task describes a scheduled time for formatting and transferring the image data, an identification of the image data source, an identification of the image data destination, and a set of image data format settings;
- determining automatically that the scheduled time has arrived;
- and
- in response to determining automatically that the scheduled time has arrived:
- retrieving the image data automatically from the image data source,
- formatting the image data automatically in accordance with the set of image data format settings to provide formatted image data, and
- transferring the formatted image data automatically to the image data destination.
A method for transferring and sharing image data comprising:
- receiving image data at a first location, wherein the image data was transferred to the first location from a second location;
- at the first location, reading a rule correlating a characteristic of the image data with a set of image data format settings to apply to the image data and a third location to which to transfer the image data;
- applying automatically the set of image data format settings to the received image data, in accordance with the rule, to provide formatted image data;
- and
- transferring automatically the formatted image data to the third location in accordance with the rule.
For use in processing and transferring an original image using a computer having a display device, a computer-readable medium having thereon instructions for performing steps comprising:
- retrieving image data from a first location;
- receiving a command from a user to save the image data to a second location;
- in response to receiving a command from a user to save the image data to the second location, presenting to the user an interface for selecting a format profile comprising a set of image data format settings, wherein the interface also comprises a graphic actuator for receiving a command from the user to complete the formatting and saving of the image data to the second location;
- receiving via the interface a user selection of the format profile comprising the set of image data format settings, and a user command to complete the formatting and saving of the image data to the second location;
- and
- in response to receiving a user selection of the format profile and the user command to complete the formatting and saving of the image data to the second location:
- formatting the image data in accordance with the set of image data format settings to provide formatted image data, and
- of saving the image data to the second location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.