Transmission bandwidth and memory requirements reduction in a portable image capture device
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1. A method for reducing storage and transmission bandwidth requirements of a portable image capture device, the image capture device including means for establishing a communications connection on a network, the method comprising:
- receiving captured images uploaded from the image capture device to a hardware server on the network;
assigning an image identifier to the uploaded images by the hardware server;
downloading the image identifiers to the image capture device for association with the corresponding uploaded image;
downloading action information to the image capture device including at least one action that can be applied by the hardware server to the uploaded images; and
receiving a request from the portable image capture device to apply the action to at least one of the uploaded images, wherein the request includes the image identifier assigned to the at least one uploaded image and the requested action rather than the image itself, thereby eliminating the need to retransmit the image and reducing transmission bandwidth.
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Abstract
A system and method for reducing storage and transmission bandwidth requirements of a portable image capture device capable of establishing a communications connection on a network are disclosed. The method includes assigning an image identifier to captured images uploaded to a server on a network, wherein each of the images is stored in an image file having a particular size. The size of each of the image files corresponding to the uploaded images on the image capture device may then be reduced, thereby reducing storage requirements. In response to a user request to apply an action to one of the uploaded images, only the image identifier of the image and the requested action are transmitted to the server, thereby eliminating the need to retransmit the image and reducing transmission bandwidth requirements.
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1. A method for reducing storage and transmission bandwidth requirements of a portable image capture device, the image capture device including means for establishing a communications connection on a network, the method comprising:
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receiving captured images uploaded from the image capture device to a hardware server on the network; assigning an image identifier to the uploaded images by the hardware server; downloading the image identifiers to the image capture device for association with the corresponding uploaded image; downloading action information to the image capture device including at least one action that can be applied by the hardware server to the uploaded images; and receiving a request from the portable image capture device to apply the action to at least one of the uploaded images, wherein the request includes the image identifier assigned to the at least one uploaded image and the requested action rather than the image itself, thereby eliminating the need to retransmit the image and reducing transmission bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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