Method and system for digital image management
First Claim
1. A method of standardizing a plurality of digital images, said method comprising the steps of:
- accessing said digital images;
determining whether any of said digital images are related to other ones of said digital images;
determining an attribute for each one of said digital images;
converting each determined attribute to a predefined attribute; and
transferring said digital images to a predetermined storage location.
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Abstract
Method and system for converting a plurality of digital images having different attributes to a common, selected/preset set of attributes, and for transferring them to a centralized storage unit are disclosed. Initially, the source locations of the digital images are identified. Next, the desired image attributes such as size, aspect ratio, color depth, and compression format for the digital images are selected. The digital images are then converted from their original attributes to the selected/preset attributes. The converted images are thereafter uploaded to the centralized storage unit where they may be stored and subsequently downloaded to one or more different users.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of standardizing a plurality of digital images, said method comprising the steps of:
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accessing said digital images;
determining whether any of said digital images are related to other ones of said digital images;
determining an attribute for each one of said digital images;
converting each determined attribute to a predefined attribute; and
transferring said digital images to a predetermined storage location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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13. A system for standardizing a plurality of digital images, said system comprising:
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a network interface unit;
a central processing unit coupled to said network interface unit; and
a storage unit coupled to said central processing unit, said storage unit having a program storage portion, said program storage portion storing a program having;
a data acquisition module for accessing said digital images;
a data processing module for determining an attribute for each one of said digital images and for converting each determined attribute to a predefined attribute and for setting relational attribute to keep predetermined digital images related to one another; and
a data transfer module for transferring said digital images to a predetermined storage location.
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26. A method of managing multiple digital images, said method comprising;
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selecting a source of said digital images;
verifying a security authorization of said source;
accessing said digital images;
determining a size, aspect ratio, color depth, and compression format for each one of said digital images;
converting each determined size, aspect ratio, color depth, and compression format to a predefined size, aspect ratio, color depth, and compression format;
uploading said digital images to a storage location;
storing said uploaded digital images in a storage space allocated to said source in said storage location;
downloading said stored digital images to at least one client; and
compiling a list of said stored digital images for said source and said at least one client.
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