System, Method and Apparatus for Media Submission

• US 20170063984A1
• Filed: 07/03/2016
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Summit 6 LLC
• Original Assignee: Summit 6 LLC
• Inventors: Fried, Robin T., Wood, Lisa T., Lewis, Scott M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,866,630 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1091 Interfacing with client-server systems or between P2P systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A system, method and apparatus for media submission. The submission mechanism is configurable to perform a variable amount of intelligent preprocessing on media objects prior to upload. In the example of digital images, the tool can perform sizing and formatting, for example.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having an image submission tool stored thereon for use on a user device, the image submission tool including:

an image identifier section that when executed, causes the image submission tool to generate a first visual representation of a first image, to associate first text information as a first annotation for the first image or a first replacement image that replaces the first image, and to pre-process the first image or the first replacement image to produce a first pre-processed image, and when executed causes the image submission tool to generate a second visual representation of a second image, to associate second text information as a second annotation for the second image or a second replacement image that replaces the second image, and to pre-process the second image or the second replacement image to produce a second pre-processed image, wherein the pre-processing by the image submission tool is controlled by one or more pre-processing parameters received from a device separate from the user device in a conversion of the first image or the first replacement image and in a conversion of the second image or the second replacement image as specified for use by a receiving party;

a submission section that when executed, causes the image submission tool to request a confirmation from a user to submit the first pre-processed image; and

an image upload control section that when executed, causes the image submission tool to transmit the first pre-processed image, and when executed causes the image submission tool to transmit the second pre-processed image, wherein the first pre-processed image and the second pre-processed image are catalogued together.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the first pre-processed image has a compression level as specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the first pre-processed image is cropped in a manner specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the first pre-processed image has a quality as specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the first pre-processed image has an encoding as specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the first image is a video image.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the image upload control section when executed causes the image submission tool to transmit the first text information.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the image upload control section when executed causes the image submission tool to transmit location information associated with the first pre-processed image.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the first pre-processed image and the second pre-processed image are combined into a presentation.

11. A computer implemented method performed by an image submission tool on a user device, comprising:

generating, by the image submission tool, a first visual representation of a first image, to associate first text information as a first annotation for the first image or a first replacement image that replaces the first image, and to pre-process the first image or the first replacement image to produce a first pre-processed image;

generating, by the image submission tool, a second visual representation of a second image, to associate second text information as a second annotation for the second image or a second replacement image that replaces the second image, and to pre-process the second image or the second replacement image to produce a second pre-processed image, wherein the pre-processing by the image submission tool is controlled by one or more pre-processing parameters received from a device separate from the user device in a conversion of the first image or the first replacement image and in a conversion of the second image or the second replacement image as specified for use by a receiving party;

requesting, by the image submission tool, a confirmation from a user to submit the first pre-processed image;

transmitting, by the image submission tool, the first pre-processed image; and

transmitting, by the image submission tool, the second pre-processed image, wherein the first pre-processed image and the second pre-processed image are catalogued together.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first pre-processed image has a compression level as specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the first pre-processed image is cropped in a manner specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the first pre-processed image has a quality as specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the first pre-processed image has an encoding as specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the first image is a video image.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting, by the image submission tool, the first text information.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting, by the image submission tool, location information associated with the first pre-processed image.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the first pre-processed image and the second pre-processed image are combined into a presentation.

20. A computer implemented method performed by an image submission tool on a user device, comprising:

generating, by the image submission tool, a first visual representation of a first image, to associate first text information as a first annotation for the first image or a first replacement image that replaces the first image, and to pre-process the first image or the first replacement image to produce a first pre-processed image;

generating, by the image submission, a second visual representation of a second image, and to pre-process the second image or a second replacement image that replaces the second image to produce a second pre-processed image, wherein the pre-processing by the image submission tool is controlled by one or more pre-processing parameters received from a device separate from the user device in a conversion of the first image or the first replacement image and in a conversion of the second image or the second replacement image as specified for use by a receiving party;

requesting, by the image submission tool, a confirmation from a user to submit the first pre-processed image;

transmitting, by the image submission tool, the first pre-processed image; and

transmitting, by the image submission tool, the second pre-processed image, wherein the first pre-processed image and the second pre-processed image are catalogued together.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the first pre-processed image has a compression level as specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the first pre-processed image is cropped in a manner specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the first pre-processed image has a quality as specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the first pre-processed image has an encoding as specified by the one or more pre-processing parameters.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein the first image is a video image.

26. The method of claim 20, further comprising transmitting, by the image submission tool, the first text information.

27. The method of claim 20, further comprising transmitting, by the image submission tool, location information associated with the first pre-processed image.

28. The method of claim 20, wherein the first pre-processed image and the second pre-processed image are combined into a presentation.