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US 8,621,047 B2Granted
System and method for managing images over a communication network
AssigneeIntellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC
InventorsDale F. McIntyre, Kenneth A. Parulski
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Abstract
A program storage device and method for creating an electronic icon containing information unique to a category and to a network address including information for associating the icon with a digital image and sending the digital image over a network to the network address.
Claims20
A program storage device readable by a network connected machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of digital images for categorization;
- displaying at least one digital image icon associated with a selection category and with at least one network address, wherein the digital image icon consists of a cropped portion of at least one of the digital images being categorized;
- selecting one of the at least one digital image icon for association with the at least one of the digital images, including searching the plurality of digital images for image information contained in pixels that match image information contained in pixels of the at least one digital image icon;
- categorizing a matching one of the at least one of the digital images according to the selection category associated with the at least one digital image icon;
- and
- sending the at least one of the digital images to the associated network address over the connected network.
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A method for organizing a plurality of digital images comprising:
- displaying a plurality of digital images;
- and
- categorizing at least one of the plurality of digital images using at least one digital image icon including searching the plurality of digital images for image information contained in pixels that match image information contained in pixels of the at least one digital image icon and determining that the at least one of the plurality of digital images includes matching image information, wherein the digital image icon is associated with a selection category and with a network address, wherein the digital image icon consists of a cropped portion of the at least one of said plurality of digital images being categorized;
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- sending the at least one of the plurality of digital images to the associated network address.
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A method comprising:
- selecting a digital image icon for association with one of a plurality of digital images, including searching the plurality of digital images for image information contained in pixels that match image information contained in pixels of the digital image icon;
- displaying the digital image icon, wherein the digital image icon is associated with a selection category and with a network address, and wherein the digital image icon consists of a cropped portion of at least one of the plurality of digital images;
- categorizing a matching one of the at least one of the digital images according to the selection category associated with the digital image icon;
- and
- sending the at least one of the digital images to the associated network address over a connected network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.