System and method for effectively implementing an electronic image manager device
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsHarold A. Ludtke, Steven G. Goldstein, David G. Longendyke, Philip M. Abram
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A system and method for effectively implementing an electronic image manager device includes one or more input/output interfaces for bi-directionally communicating with various information sources to transfer content information that includes image data. The electronic image manager device also includes a memory device for archiving the content information, and an application program that manipulates the content information by performing various procedures such as downloading and uploading the content information, organizing and managing the content information, editing the content information, and displaying the content information.
Claims33
A system for implementing an image manager, comprising:
- an information source configured to generate content information that includes one or more descriptors that are user-programmable, said descriptors each including a data structure;
- a storage device coupled to said image manager for storing said content information;
- and
- application software stored in said storage device and configured to manage said content information in response to said one or more descriptors, said application software being executed by a processor device.
The system of claim wherein said content information includes a descriptor and data, said descriptor being encoded in a format for which unique decoding information may be accessed from an updateable source to enable successful decoding of new versions of said descriptor or said data, said content information including one or more images captured by a camera device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.