SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING IMAGES USING AN UPLOAD MENU

• US 20080299997A1
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: KLASSEN, Gerhard D., Dent, Terrill
• Granted Patent: US 8,265,686 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2187 with image input from a plurality of different locations or from a non-central location, e.g. from one or more users

Abstract

There is disclosed a system and method for uploading an image file to an image repository from a mobile handheld communications device having an integrated camera. In an embodiment, the method comprises: upon determining capture of an image using the integrated camera, automatically initiating an image upload module; configuring the image upload module to display an image upload user interface having user selectable image upload settings; and upon receiving user instructions, uploading the image file to the image repository with the selected image upload settings. The upload settings may be preselected and the device may be preauthorized to access an account on the image repository.

Claims

1. A method of uploading an image file to an image repository from a mobile handheld communications device having an integrated camera, comprising:

upon determining capture of an image using the integrated camera, automatically initiating an image upload module;

configuring the image upload module to display an image upload user interface having user selectable image upload settings; and

upon receiving user instructions, uploading the image file to the image repository with the selected image upload settings.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising preselecting default upload settings in the image upload user interface.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising initiating account authorization for the communications device to access the image repository.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the image upload module only with non-protected image files of a specified image type.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing as one of the user selectable upload settings viewing privileges for the image file to be uploaded to the image repository.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring the image upload module to provide a descriptive field in the image upload user interface for allowing a user to add descriptive information about the image file to be uploaded to the image repository.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring the image upload module to obtain a URL link to the uploaded image file.

8. A system for uploading an image file to an image repository from a mobile handheld communications device having an integrated camera, comprising:

means for automatically initiating an image upload module upon determining capture of an image using the integrated camera;

means for configuring the image upload module to display an image upload user interface having user selectable image upload settings; and

means for uploading the image file to the image repository with the selected image upload settings upon receiving user instructions.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for preselecting default upload settings in the image upload user interface.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for initiating account authorization for the communications device to access the image repository.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for associating the image upload module only with non-protected image files of a specified image type.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for providing as one of the user selectable upload settings viewing privileges for the image file to be uploaded to the image repository.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for configuring the image upload module to provide a descriptive field in the image upload user interface for allowing a user to add descriptive information about the image file to be uploaded to the image repository.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for configuring the image upload module to obtain a URL link to the uploaded image file.

15. A data processor readable medium storing data processor code that when loaded onto a mobile handheld communications device adapts the device to upload an image file captured using an integrated camera on the device to an image repository, the data processor medium comprising:

code for automatically initiating an image upload module upon determining capture of an image using the integrated camera;

code for configuring the image upload module to display an image upload user interface having user selectable image upload settings; and

code for uploading the image file to the image repository with the selected image upload settings upon receiving user instructions.

16. The data processor medium of claim 15, further comprising code for preselecting default upload settings in the image upload user interface.

17. The data processor medium of claim 15, further comprising code for initiating account authorization for the communications device to access the image repository.

18. The data processor medium of claim 15, further comprising code for associating the image upload module only with non-protected image files of a specified image type.

19. The data processor medium of claim 15, further comprising code for providing as one of the user selectable upload settings viewing privileges for the image file to be uploaded to the image repository.

20. The data processor medium of claim 15, further comprising code for configuring the image upload module to provide a descriptive field in the image upload user interface for allowing a user to add descriptive information about the image file to be uploaded to the image repository.