METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING MESSAGES INCLUDING IMAGE INFORMATION

• US 20140325006A1
• Filed: 07/09/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chemtron Research LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: KDL Scan Designs LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Mayle, Neil L., Rose, David L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,473,436 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information

Abstract

Storing image data and related information for sharing via a URL includes receiving image data uploaded from a client computer via a user interface and receiving, separate from the receiving of the image data, related information uploaded via the user interface. The uploaded image data and related information are stored. A uniform resource locator (URL) configured for retrieving a display that includes the stored image data and the related information is generated. The URL is provided in a message.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

uploading image data to a server device using a client device;

creating a composite display comprising the uploaded image data on the server device using the client device;

creating an electronic message comprising the composite display on the server device using the client device; and

causing the sending of the electronic message to a recipient from the server device using the client device;

wherein the composite display is associated with a locator at sending to the recipient for subsequent retrieval of the composite display by the server device.

2. A client device, comprising:

a memory device configured to store instructions; and

a processing device configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory device to;

upload image data to a server device;

provide text data associated with the image data to the server device;

generate a composite image comprising the image data and the text data associated with the image data at the server device;

cause storage of the composite image at the server device; and

cause generation of an electronic message at the server device;

wherein the electronic message comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) configured to locate the composite image at the server device.

3. A memory device having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, causes the processing device to perform operations comprising:

uploading image data to a server device;

creating a composite image comprising the uploaded image data on the server device;

creating an electronic message comprising the composite image on the server device; and

causing the sending of the electronic message to a recipient from the server device;

wherein the electronic message comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) for subsequent retrieval of the composite image by the server device.