Portable electronic device memory availability
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a memory having a first image file;
a system for transferring a copy of the first image file to a device; and
a system for permanently converting the first image file to a different second image file based, at least partially, upon the copy of the first image file being transferred to the device by the system for transferring, wherein the second image file cannot be converted back to the first image file by the apparatus,wherein the system for transferring comprises a system for comparing the first image file to image files in the device and not transferring the copy of the first image file to the device if the device already comprises a copy of the first image file.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device including a memory having a first image file; a system for transferring a copy of the first image file to a second device; and a system for permanently converting the first image file to a different second image file. The system for permanently converting is based, at least partially, upon the copy of the first image file being transferred to the second device by the system for transferring. The second image file cannot be converted back to the first image file by the portable electronic device.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory having a first image file; a system for transferring a copy of the first image file to a device; and a system for permanently converting the first image file to a different second image file based, at least partially, upon the copy of the first image file being transferred to the device by the system for transferring, wherein the second image file cannot be converted back to the first image file by the apparatus, wherein the system for transferring comprises a system for comparing the first image file to image files in the device and not transferring the copy of the first image file to the device if the device already comprises a copy of the first image file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory having a first image file; a system for transferring a copy of the first image file to a device; and a system for permanently converting the first image file to a different second image file based, at least partially, upon the copy of the first image file being transferred to the device by the system for transferring, wherein the second image file cannot be converted back to the first image file by the apparatus, wherein the system for permanently converting retains both the first image file and the second image file in the apparatus for at least a limited amount of time.
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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a system for connecting the apparatus to a device to transmit image files from the apparatus to the device; a system for determining first ones of the image files in the apparatus which have been copied or transmitted from the apparatus and for determining second ones of the image files which have not been copied or transmitted from the apparatus; and a system for selectively copying or transmitting the second image files in the apparatus, which have not been previously copied or transmitted from the apparatus, to the device based, at least partially, on the system for determining, without copying or transmitting the first image files to the device at a same time, wherein the apparatus is configured to retain both the second image files and compressed copies of the second image files in the apparatus for at least a limited amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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organizing entertainment files into classifications; providing user rules for prioritization of deletion or permanent re-sizing of the entertainment files based, at least partially, upon the classifications of the entertainment files; and providing a user with a suggestion of at least one of the entertainment files for deletion or permanent re-sizing based upon a predetermined event, the prioritization rules, and the classifications of the entertainment files. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 22)
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21. A method comprising:
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transmitting a copy of a first entertainment file from a first portable electronic device to a second device; and permanently re-sizing the first entertainment file in the first portable electronic device into a second re-sized entertainment file based, at least partially, upon a determination that the first entertainment file has been copied, wherein the second re-sized entertainment file cannot be converted back to the first entertainment file by the first portable electronic device, wherein the method comprises the first portable electronic device comparing the first entertainment file to entertainment files in the second device and not transferring the copy of the first entertainment file to the second device if the second device already comprises a copy of the first entertainment file.
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