System and method for managing communication and/or storage of image data
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1. A method, comprising:
- establishing communication between a first computer and a second computer over a communication link, said second computer having an image collection comprised of at least two images stored therein in the form of compressed image data;
transmitting image data at a first resolution for said image collection to render a montage of the image collection, wherein said montage is a collage of said image collection having a layout of the at least two images that is configured to be rearranged by a user of the first computer;
receiving a selection of a first image from said image collection as rendered in said montage, said selection received for viewing said first image at a higher resolution than said first resolution;
transmitting at least a portion of the compressed image data for said first image from said second computer to said first computer, wherein said transmitting includes downloading, to said first computer, full-resolution image data for a first region of interest of said first image;
wherein said transmitting at least a portion of the compressed image data further comprises;
transmitting at least low-resolution image data for a region of said first image external to said first region of interest, wherein said low-resolution is a lower resolution than said higher resolution; and
wherein said transmitting at least low-resolution image data further comprises;
transmitting said image data for external region, wherein said external-region image data is provided at a resolution that increases with progressively increasing proximity to said first region of interest.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed, that may include establishing communication between a first computer and a second computer over a communication link, the second computer having an image collection stored therein in the form of compressed image data; selecting a plurality of images in the collection for communication to said first computer; and transmitting low-resolution image data for all of the selected images from the second computer to the first computer before transmitting full-resolution image data for any of the selected images.
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing communication between a first computer and a second computer over a communication link, said second computer having an image collection comprised of at least two images stored therein in the form of compressed image data; transmitting image data at a first resolution for said image collection to render a montage of the image collection, wherein said montage is a collage of said image collection having a layout of the at least two images that is configured to be rearranged by a user of the first computer; receiving a selection of a first image from said image collection as rendered in said montage, said selection received for viewing said first image at a higher resolution than said first resolution; transmitting at least a portion of the compressed image data for said first image from said second computer to said first computer, wherein said transmitting includes downloading, to said first computer, full-resolution image data for a first region of interest of said first image;
wherein said transmitting at least a portion of the compressed image data further comprises;
transmitting at least low-resolution image data for a region of said first image external to said first region of interest, wherein said low-resolution is a lower resolution than said higher resolution; and
wherein said transmitting at least low-resolution image data further comprises;
transmitting said image data for external region, wherein said external-region image data is provided at a resolution that increases with progressively increasing proximity to said first region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising:
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establishing communication between a first computer and a second computer over a communication link, said second computer having an image collection comprised of a plurality of images stored therein in the form of compressed image data; receiving a selection of images in said collection for communication to said first computer, wherein the selection of images is fewer than the image collection; transmitting low-resolution image data for all of said selected images as a montage from said second computer to said first computer before transmitting full-resolution image data for any of said selected images collection, the montage having a layout of the selected images that is configured to be rearranged by a user of the first computer; in response to receiving a user selection for a region of interest from the montage, transmitting full-resolution image data for the region of interest of the montage configured to be rearranged in the montage, the region of interest being less than all of the plurality of images; and
the method further comprises;
transmitting less-than-full resolution image data for the portion of said plurality of images external to said region of interest, wherein said transmitting said less-than-full resolution image data for said external portion of said plurality of images comprises;
transmitting external portion image data such that the resolution at which said external portion of said plurality of images is stored at said first computer increases with progressively increasing proximity to said region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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35. The method of 31 further comprising:
associating metadata with one or more sets of said plurality of images, said sets having at least one of said plurality of image therein. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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