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US 7,623,740 B2Granted
Image scaling arrangement
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsGreg Marriott, Jesse Boettcher, Thomas Dowdy, David Heller, Jeff Miller, Jeffrey L. Robbin
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Abstract
Methods and system for transferring images between devices are disclosed. For example, differently scaled images by a host device may automatically and/or selectively be transferred to a media player for display. In turn, appropriately scaled images may be transferred automatically and/or selectively to another display device for example a TV, camera or printer. The selectivity may occur either at the host level or at the player level.
Claims20
A method for utilizing a portable media device as a media server, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a portable media device, a set of files, wherein the set of files include a plurality of files being the same media converted into different formats, wherein at least some of the formats represent a format that cannot be natively displayed by the portable media device but can be natively displayed by a device connected to the portable media device;
- storing the set of files;
- receiving a command to display the media in a first selected format that can be natively displayed by a first device connected to the portable media device;
- retrieving a file, from the set of files, that corresponds to the first selected format;
- and
- transmitting the file corresponding to the first determined format to the first device.
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A method for utilizing a portable media device as an image server, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a portable media device, a set of images, wherein the set of images include a plurality of images being the same original image convened into different formats, wherein at least some of the formats represent a format that cannot be natively displayed by the portable media device but can be natively displayed by a device that can be connected to the portable media device;
- storing the set of images;
- receiving a command to display the original image in a first selected format that can be natively displayed by a first device connected to the portable media device;
- retrieving an image, from the set of images, that corresponds to the first selected format;
- and
- transmitting the image corresponding to the first determined format to the first device.
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A method for utilizing a portable media device as a video server, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a portable media device, a set of files, wherein the set of files include a plurality of files being the same video converted into different formats, wherein at least some of the formats represent a format that cannot be natively displayed by the portable media device but can be natively displayed by a device that can be connected to the portable media device;
- storing the set of files;
- receiving a command to display the video in a first selected format that can be natively displayed by a first device connected to the portable media device;
- retrieving a file, from the set of files, that corresponds to the first selected format;
- and
- transmitting the file corresponding to the first determined format to the first device.
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A system comprising:
- a personal media device;
- a first display device;
- and
- a second display device;
- wherein the personal media device is configured to:
- receive a set of files, wherein the set of files include a plurality of files being the same media converted into different formats, wherein at least some of the formats represent a format that cannot be natively displayed by the portable media device but can be natively displayed by a device that can be connected to the portable media device;
- storing the set of files;
- receiving a command to display the media in a first selected format that can be natively displayed by a first device connected to the portable media device;
- retrieving a file, from the set of files, that corresponds to the first selected format;
- and
- transmitting the file corresponding to the first determined format to the first device.
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A portable media device, comprising:
- means for receiving, at a portable media device, a set of images, wherein the set of images include a plurality of images being the same original image converted into different formats, wherein at least some of the formats represent a format that cannot be natively displayed by the portable media device but can be natively displayed by a device that can be connected to the portable media device;
- means for storing the set of images;
- means for receiving a command to display the original image in a first selected format that can be natively displayed by a first device connected to the portable media device;
- means for retrieving an image, from the set of images, that corresponds to the first selected format;
- and
- means for transmitting the image corresponding to the first determined format to the first device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.