System and method for transferring scanned imaging data to a personal imaging repository

A method for transferring scanned imaging data from a scanning device to a personal imaging repository having one or more imaging data stores for storing the imaging data of a user and a composition store for storing imaging compositions having links to the imaging data, said method comprising:

• receiving the scanned imaging data;
• obtaining, by the scanning device, user information relating to the personal imaging repository that identifies an imaging data store and a composition store associated to the user;
• connecting, by the scanning device, with the imaging data store of the personal imaging repository indicated from the user information;
• transferring, by the scanning device, the scanned imaging data to the imaging data store;
• and
• storing by the scanning device, in the composition store associated to the user, a link reference that identifies a location of the scanned imaging data where the composition store maintains a plurality of link references to a plurality of imaging data that may be stored in separate imaging data stores.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program codes embodied in the medium that when installed in a scanning device linked to a personal imaging repository with an imaging data store for storing the imaging data and a composition store for storing imaging compositions with links to the imaging data, the product causes the scanning device to:

• receive scanned imaging data;
• obtain user information relating to the personal imaging repository;
• connect with the imaging data store of the personal imaging repository indicated from the user information;
• transfer the scanned imaging data to the imaging data store;
• and
• transfer a link to a composition store associated with the user, the composition store being configured to contain link references to a plurality of image data associated with the user that may be stored in different imaging data stores on remote devices.

A computer program product comprising readable program codes that when executed causes a scanning device to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving references to a personal imaging repository of a user, the references including a data store reference that identifies an imaging data store for storing scanned image data and a composition store reference that identifies a composition store for storing link references to scanned image data associated with the user;
• transferring a scanned image data to the image data store using the data store reference;
• obtaining a link reference to the scanned image data transferred to the image data store;
• and
• causing the link reference to be stored in a composition store identified by the composition store reference where the composition store can be accessed by a plurality of remote web services to identify locations of scanned image data associated with the user.