Computer-readable recorded medium on which image file is recorded, device for producing the recorded medium, medium on which image file creating program is recorded, device for transmitting image file, device for processing image file, and medium on which image file processing program is recorded

• US 7,343,559 B1
• Filed: 08/03/2000
• Issued: 03/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Visionarts, Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fujita, Takeshi, Fujikawa, Yasufumi, Endoh, Hitoshi, Hatta, Nariaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong; Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, TING ZHOU
• Application Number:
  US09/806,545
• Time in Patent Office: 2,777 Days
• Field of Search: 345/716, 345/734, 345/738, 345/744, 345/810, 345/853, 709/223, 709/224, 382/305, 382/173, 340/810, 715/733, 715/745, 715/739, 715/781, 715/176, 713/176, 726/21
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A computer readable recording medium on which an image file, including data used to display an image, is recorded, wherein at least one of identification information inherent to the image file, pointers of one or a plurality of information, an index of a menu item corresponding to the image file, and an entity of a predetermined program is recorded in said image file.

Claims

1. A system for building an image file, comprising:

means for receiving a displayable image and related data related to said displayable image;

means for recording said displayable image into said image file;

means for embedding unique identification information which uniquely identifies said image file into a non-displayable portion of said image file;

means for preventing unauthorized redirecting from said displayable image by embedding said related data into said image file, which already includes said displayable image,

wherein said related data includes pointers to at least one item of information enabling redirection from said displayable image to a site having said at least one item of information; and

wherein said unique identification information is added so as to identify access to the image file when a user accesses the image file.

2. The system according to claim 1, further including

information processing means for reading out said image file in response to a request and displaying said image file on a display device.

8. The system according to claim 1, 3, 5, or 7, wherein said related data, said second data, or said instruction further comprising:

an index for a menu item corresponding to the image file.

9. The system according to claim 1, 3, 5 or 7, further comprising an information processing means for reading out said image file in response to a request from a terminal device and returning it to said terminal device.

3. A system for building an image file, comprising:

a file generator configured to generate said image file including a first area and a second area, said file generator including;

a first area recorder configured to record first data used to display a displayable image onto said first area; and

a second area recorder configured to record second data related to but not used to display the displayable image onto said second area, said second area recorder operating to record said second data to prevent unauthorized redirecting from said displayable image,

wherein said second data includes pointers to at least one item of information enabling redirection from displayable image to a site including said at least one item of information,

wherein said second data includes unique identification information which uniquely identifies said image file, and

wherein said unique identification information is recorded so as to identify access to the image file when a user accesses the image file.

4. The system according to claim 3, further including

information processing means for reading out said image file in response to a request and displaying said image file on a display device.

5. A system for generating an image file, comprising:

an image recorder configured to record a displayable image in said image file;

a data embedding apparatus configured to prevent unauthorized redirecting from said displayable image by embedding related data related to said displayable image in an area of said image file that is ignored when data from the image file is used to display the displayable image,

wherein said related data includes pointers to at least one item of information enabling redirection from said displayable image to a site including said at least one item of information,

wherein said related data includes unique identification information which uniquely identifies said image file; and

wherein said unique identification information is embedded so as to identify access to the image file when a user accesses the image file.

6. The system according to claim 5, further including

information processing means for reading out said image file in response to a request and displaying said image file on a display device.

7. A system for recording an image file, comprising:

means for storing a displayable image into said image file;

means for embedding unique identification information which uniquely identifies said image file into a non-displayable portion of said image file;

means for embedding a pointer to information used to display said displayable image and an instruction for handling the information, said pointer and said instruction configured to be dealt as one pair so that at least one pair of said pointer and said instruction is recorded,

wherein said pointer and instruction are embedded in an area of the image file that is not used for displaying said displayable image,

wherein said means for embedding prevents unauthorized redirecting from the displayable image; and

wherein said unique identification information is embedded so as to identify access to the image file when a user accesses the image file.

10. The system according to claim 7, further including

information processing means for reading out said image file in response to a request and displaying said image file on a display device.

11. A method for building an image file, the method comprising:

receiving a displayable image and related data related to said displayable image;

recording said displayable image into said image file;

embedding unique identification information which uniquely identifies said image file into a non-displayable portion of said image file;

preventing unauthorized redirecting from said displayable image by embedding said related data into said image file, which already includes said displayable image,

wherein said related data includes pointers to at least one item of information enabling redirection from said displayable image to a site having said at least one item of information; and

wherein said unique identification information is embedded so as to identify access to the image file when a user accesses the image file.

12. A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to execute the steps of:

monitoring an access to an information image file managed in a first managing area of the informational image file;

displaying an image based on image related information included in the information image file on a second managing area, and managing the information image file on the second managing area, when the information image file managed in the first managing area is accessed;

monitoring an access to an information image file managed in the second managing area of the informational image file;

accessing and executing a file pointed to by a predetermined pointer or a corresponding file stored in advance on a local recording medium, when the information image file managed in the second managing area is accessed;

preventing unauthorized redirecting from the image by including the image on the first managing area and the image related information on the second managing area in the same information image file,

wherein the image related information included in the information image file on the second managing area includes unique identification information which uniquely identifies said information image file; and

wherein said unique identification information is included so as to identify access to the image file when a user accesses the image file.

13. The medium on which an image file processing program according to claim 12 is recorded wherein an access to an information image file managed in said first managing area is a drag-and-drop operation for a corresponding image.

14. The medium on which an image file processing program according to claim 12 is recorded wherein an access to an information image file managed in said first managing area is a selection operation for a menu displayed with respect to a corresponding image.

15. The medium on which an image file processing program according to claim 12 is recorded wherein an access to an information image file managed in said first managing area is a drag-and-drop operation for a menu displayed with respect to a corresponding information image file.

16. The medium on which an image file processing program according to claim 12 is recorded wherein an access to an information image file managed in said first managing area is a click operation for a corresponding image.

17. The medium on which an image file processing program according to claim 12 is recorded wherein an access to an information image file managed in said first managing area is a drag-and-drop operation for a corresponding information image file.

18. The medium on which an image file processing program according to claim 12 is recorded, wherein said first managing area is a window for viewing a Web page of a WWW browser, a window for viewing a body of e-mail software, a window for checking an attached file of e-mail software, a folder window for referring a file stored on a recording medium, or a window which is displayed by operating input means for an image or an image file.

19. The medium for recording an image file processing program according to claim 12 wherein said first managing area and said second managing area are formed and managed by independent programs.

20. The medium for recording an image file processing program according to claim 19 wherein view selection tabs for selecting one of views of a first managing area and a view of a second managing area may be displayed in order to display selectively the managing area at a side of a tab selected through input means.

21. The medium for recording an image file processing program according to claim 19 wherein a view of the first managing area and a view of the second managing area are displayed simultaneously with a frame.

22. The computer readable medium for recording an image file processing program according to claim 12, wherein, when an access is made to an information image file managed in a first markup description language file which is a first managing area, a second markup description language file which is a second managing area is read out from memory means, and, after the second markup description language file is updated so that said second markup description language file manages said information image file, the second markup description language file is executed.