METHOD OF DIGITAL IMAGES MANAGEMENT AND A DIGITAL IMAGES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of digital image management for a mobile device having both a camera capable of taking digital images and an ability to communicate with the internet, the method comprising:
- providing an internet schema resident on the internet, the internet schema having multiple data fields that are searchable to extract information based upon a common characteristic found in one of the multiple data fields;
providing a mobile device schema resident in the mobile device, the mobile device schema having multiple data fields that mirror the multiple data fields of the internet schema, the multiple data fields of the mobile device schema being updated to correspond with the multiple data fields of the internet schema whenever the mobile device connects with the internet schema on the internet;
providing a graphical user interface resident in the mobile device that allows a user to;
input, into the mobile device schema, metadata descriptive of the subject of a digital image contemporaneously with taking of the digital image, the metadata in the mobile device schema being independent of the digital image, but linked to the digital image for future recall;
upload, along with each digital image, the metadata linked to the digital image from the mobile device schema to the internet schema; and
grant permission for one or more collaborators to access selected portions of the internet schema to view selected digital images and the metadata linked to such digital images.
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Abstract
A method of digital image management is described for a mobile device having both a camera capable of taking digital images and an ability to communicate with the internet. There is an internet schema resident on the Internet and a mobile device schema resident in the mobile device. The data fields of the mobile device schema are updated to correspond with the internet schema whenever the mobile device connects with the internet schema. A graphical user interface resident in the mobile device allows a user to input, into the mobile device schema, metadata descriptive of the subject of a digital image contemporaneously with taking of the digital image. This metadata is independent of the digital image, but linked to the digital image for future recall. The graphical user interface resident in the mobile device also allows the user to upload to the internet schema and grant permission for viewing access.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of digital image management for a mobile device having both a camera capable of taking digital images and an ability to communicate with the internet, the method comprising:
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providing an internet schema resident on the internet, the internet schema having multiple data fields that are searchable to extract information based upon a common characteristic found in one of the multiple data fields; providing a mobile device schema resident in the mobile device, the mobile device schema having multiple data fields that mirror the multiple data fields of the internet schema, the multiple data fields of the mobile device schema being updated to correspond with the multiple data fields of the internet schema whenever the mobile device connects with the internet schema on the internet; providing a graphical user interface resident in the mobile device that allows a user to; input, into the mobile device schema, metadata descriptive of the subject of a digital image contemporaneously with taking of the digital image, the metadata in the mobile device schema being independent of the digital image, but linked to the digital image for future recall; upload, along with each digital image, the metadata linked to the digital image from the mobile device schema to the internet schema; and grant permission for one or more collaborators to access selected portions of the internet schema to view selected digital images and the metadata linked to such digital images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A digital images management system for a mobile device having both a camera capable of taking digital images and an ability to communicate with the internet, the management system comprising:
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an internet schema resident on the internet, the internet schema having multiple data fields that are searchable to extract information based upon a common characteristic found in one of the multiple data fields; a mobile device schema resident in the mobile device, the mobile device schema having multiple data fields that mirror the multiple data fields of the internet schema, the multiple data fields of the mobile device schema being updated to correspond with the multiple data fields of the internet schema whenever the mobile device connects with the internet schema on the internet; a graphical user interface resident in the mobile device that allows a user to; input, into the mobile device schema, metadata descriptive of the subject of a digital image contemporaneously with taking of the digital image, the metadata in the mobile device schema being independent of the digital image, but linked to the digital image for future recall; upload, along with each digital image, the metadata linked to the digital image from the mobile device schema to the internet schema; and grant permission for one or more collaborators to access selected portions of the internet schema to view selected digital images and the metadata linked to such digital images.
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