Methods and apparatuses for distributing a collection of digital media over a network with automatic generation of presentable media
First Claim
1. A method for publishing on a network operating according to an HTTP protocol a collection of digital media, said method comprising:
- generating a collection of digital media at a client digital processing system;
transmitting collection information, which describes said collection of digital media, from said client digital processing system to a server digital processing system;
pregenerating automatically from said collection information a plurality of presentable media each of which is capable of being presented to other client digital processing systems which are coupled to said network which is operating according to said HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) protocol.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for publishing a collection of digital media on a network. In one example of a method, a client digital processing system generates a collection of digital media and transmits collection information, which describes the collection of digital media, to a server digital processing system. From the collection information, a plurality of presentable media is automatically generated; each of these presentable media is capable of being presented to other client digital processing systems which are coupled to the network. In this one example, the network is operating according to a hypertext transfer protocol. In this one example, the client and server systems are programmed to interact together such that the presentable media is automatically generated.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for publishing on a network operating according to an HTTP protocol a collection of digital media, said method comprising:
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generating a collection of digital media at a client digital processing system; transmitting collection information, which describes said collection of digital media, from said client digital processing system to a server digital processing system; pregenerating automatically from said collection information a plurality of presentable media each of which is capable of being presented to other client digital processing systems which are coupled to said network which is operating according to said HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A distributed computer readable storage medium containing executable computer program instructions which when executed cause a client digital processing system and a server digital processing system to perform a method comprising:
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generating a collection of digital media at a client digital processing system; transmitting collection information, which describes said collection of digital media, from said client digital processing system to said server digital processing system; pregenerating automatically from said collection information a plurality of presentable media each of which is capable of being presented to other client digital processing systems which are coupled to a network which is operating according to an HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) protocol. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A server digital processing system for publishing, on a network operating according to an HTTP protocol, a collection of digital media, said server digital processing system comprising:
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a processor; a network interface coupled to said network and coupled to said processor, said network interface receiving collection information which describes a collection of digital media from a remotely located client digital processing system; a file storage device coupled to said processor, said file storage device storing copies of said digital media under control of a file management system, and wherein said processor pregenerates automatically from said collection information a plurality of presentable media each of which is capable of being presented by other remotely located client digital processing systems which are coupled to said network. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. A computer readable storage medium containing executable computer program instructions which when executed cause a client digital processing system and a server digital processing system to perform a method comprising:
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generating a collection of digital media at a client digital processing system; transmitting collection information, which describes said collection of digital media, from said client digital processing system to said server digital processing system; pregenerating automatically from said collection information a plurality of presentable media each of which is capable of being presented to other client digital processing systems which are coupled to a network which is operating according to an HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) protocol.
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