Systems and Methods for Incorporating Data Into Digital Files
First Claim
1. A method of associating information with a digital image comprising:
- creating a record on a database, wherein the record comprises one or more user-defined fields,monitoring a digital image storage on a portable computing device for new digital images,detecting one or more new digital images, corresponding to the record, in the digital image directory, wherein the one or more new digital images are each associated with a unique image name,transferring the one or more new digital images to the database,copying the unique image names to a user-defined field within the record,altering the one or more new digital images automatically to create one or more altered digital images and corresponding altered image names, andinserting the one or more altered image names into a different user-defined field within the record.
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Abstract
Software systems and methods may be provided for adding data, such as position information, to digital images stored on a computing device. A software system may be provided for integrating information from various sources on a computing device. In preferred embodiments, the software resides on a personal digital assistant (PDA) or other portable computing devices. The software may integrate information from a GPS device and a digital camera so that each image downloaded to the computing device is labeled with position information regarding where the image was taken. The software may automate and monitor downloading of images to the computing device. Once data is downloaded to the computing device, the software may automatically create a data record or allow a user to edit an existing data record to include the new images.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of associating information with a digital image comprising:
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creating a record on a database, wherein the record comprises one or more user-defined fields, monitoring a digital image storage on a portable computing device for new digital images, detecting one or more new digital images, corresponding to the record, in the digital image directory, wherein the one or more new digital images are each associated with a unique image name, transferring the one or more new digital images to the database, copying the unique image names to a user-defined field within the record, altering the one or more new digital images automatically to create one or more altered digital images and corresponding altered image names, and inserting the one or more altered image names into a different user-defined field within the record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of associating information with a digital image comprising:
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monitoring a digital image storage on a portable computing device for new digital images, wherein the one or more new digital images are each associated with a unique image name, detecting one or more new digital images in the digital image storage, transferring the one or more new digital images to a database, requesting data from an outside data source, receiving data from an outside data source in the database, creating a record, copying the unique image names to a user-defined field within the record, altering the one or more new digital images automatically to create one or more corresponding altered digital images and corresponding altered image names, wherein the processing associates the one or more new digital images with information from the record, and inserting the one or more altered image names into a different user-defined field within the record. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A system for associating information with a digital image comprising:
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a portable computing device for receiving one or more digital images from a digital imaging device, wherein the portable computing device receives data corresponding to the one or more digital images from a data device, wherein the portable computing device creates a new record based on the data, wherein the portable computing device processes the one or more digital images to create one or more corresponding altered digital images, wherein the processing automatically associates the one or more digital images with the data from the new record, and wherein the one or more annotated digital images are displayed on a display of the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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