IMAGE SCALING ARRANGEMENT
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1. An operational method for a portable media device, comprising:
- storing image data, the image data including a plurality of image collections, each image collection containing a plurality of differently formatted images based on an original image, the image collections being separately generated on a device other than the portable media device;
receiving a display command, the display command designating one or more images of the image data to be displayed;
retrieving at least the designated images; and
outputting one or more of the retrieved images.
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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.
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1. An operational method for a portable media device, comprising:
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storing image data, the image data including a plurality of image collections, each image collection containing a plurality of differently formatted images based on an original image, the image collections being separately generated on a device other than the portable media device; receiving a display command, the display command designating one or more images of the image data to be displayed; retrieving at least the designated images; and outputting one or more of the retrieved images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 27)
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14. A computer readable medium including at least computer program code for managing images, comprising:
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storing a plurality of image collections, each image collection including a plurality of different versions of an original image; retrieving one or images from storage when a display command is generated; and presenting one or more of the retrieved images. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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28. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a memory unit for storing image data, the image data including a plurality of image collections, each image collection containing a plurality of differently formatted images based on an original image, the image collections being separately generated on a device other than the portable media device; an interface for receiving a display command, the display command designating one or more images of the image data to be displayed; and a processor for retrieving at least the designated images and outputting one or more of the retrieved images. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. In a media communication system that facilitates communications between a host device and a portable media device, a download embodied as a carrier wave, comprising:
image data including a plurality of image collections, each image collection including a plurality of different versions of an original image. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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