Method and system for viewing images from an image capture device on a host computer
First Claim
1. A method for viewing images from an image capture device on a host computer, comprising steps of:
- a) establishing communication between the image capture device and the host computer;
b) automatically generating an Internet page description file in the image capture device that references the images stored therein;
c) mounting the image capture device as a disk on the host computer; and
d) opening the Internet page description file in a web browser on the host computer, wherein the images stored in the image capture device are displayed on the host computer through the web browser without the need for loading camera-specific communication software onto the host computer.
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Abstract
A method and system for viewing images from an image capture device on a host computer. The method and system include establishing communication between the image capture device and the host computer, and mounting the image capture device as a disk on the host computer. The method and system further include automatically generating an Internet page description file in the image capture device that references the images stored therein, and accessing the Internet page description file through a standard web browser on the host computer. The user may then view the images stored in image capture device on the host computer through the web browser.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for viewing images from an image capture device on a host computer, comprising steps of:
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a) establishing communication between the image capture device and the host computer;
b) automatically generating an Internet page description file in the image capture device that references the images stored therein;
c) mounting the image capture device as a disk on the host computer; and
d) opening the Internet page description file in a web browser on the host computer, wherein the images stored in the image capture device are displayed on the host computer through the web browser without the need for loading camera-specific communication software onto the host computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for viewing images from an image capture device on a host computer, comprising:
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a host computer having an operating system and a web browser; and
a digital camera having a plurality of images stored therein in communication with the host computer such that the digital camera appears to the host computer as a disk, the digital camera including means for generating an Internet page description file that references the stored images, wherein the Internet page description is accessible by the web browser on the host computer to enable a user to view the images on the digital camera from the host computer without the need for loading camera-specific communication software onto the host computer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable medium containing program instructions for viewing images from a digital camera on a host computer, the program instructions for:
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a) automatically generating in the digital camera an HTML file that references the images stored in the digital camera;
b) establishing a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection between the digital camera and the host computer; and
c) identifying the digital camera to the host computer as a mass storage device class whereby the digital camera appears to the host computer as a disk, thereby allowing a user to open the HTML file in a web browser on the host computer, wherein the images stored in the digital camera are displayed on the host computer through the web browser without the need for loading camera-specific communication software onto the host computer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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