Method and system for creating messages including image information

• US 8,812,497 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2013
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chemtron Research LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: KDL Scan Designs LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Mayle, Neil L., Rose, David L.
• Primary Examiner(s): THAI, HANH B
• Application Number:
  US13/739,303
• Publication Number:
  US 20130191386A1
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 707607-609, 707803-804, 707/729, 709203-206, 709/250
• US Class Current: 707/729
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information

Abstract

Storing image data and related information for sharing via a URL includes receiving image data uploaded from a client computer via a user interface and receiving, separate from the receiving of the image data, related information uploaded via the user interface. The uploaded image data and related information are stored. A uniform resource locator (URL) configured for retrieving a display that includes the stored image data and the related information is generated. The URL is provided in a message.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing, in a first memory device, image data uploaded from a computing device;

storing, in a second memory device, information related to the image data received separately from the image data;

generating a locator on a network configured to identify a storage location of the image data and the information; and

providing the locator in a message.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the image data is representative of a place, object, event, or experience;

and

wherein the information includes a description of the place, object, event, or experience.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the image data is uploaded from the computing device using a graphical user interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the locator comprises a uniform resource locator (URL).

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a display of the image data and the information in response to a request that includes at least a portion of the locator.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the locator in the message further comprises forwarding the message to a recipient.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying the image data or the information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first memory device is distinct from the second memory device.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the first database is distinct from the second database.

9. A server, comprising:

a memory device configured to store instructions; and

a processing device configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory device to;

cause storage of image data received from a first source device in a first database;

cause storage of information related to the image data received from a second source device in a second database;

generate a uniform resource locator (URL) configured to locate the image data and the information; and

include the URL in a message.

10. The server of claim 9, wherein the processing device is further configured to generate a display of the image data and the information in response to a request that includes at least a portion of the URL.

11. The server of claim 9,

wherein the image data is representative of a place, object, event, or experience;

and

wherein the information includes a description of the place, object, event, or experience.

12. The server of claim 9, wherein the processing device is further configured to transmit the message to a recipient.

13. The server of claim 9, wherein the processing device is further configured to modify the image data or the information.

14. The server of claim 9, wherein the first database is distinct from the second database.

15. The server of claim 9, wherein the processing device is configured to store locator with the image data in the first database or the information in the second database.

16. A memory device having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

causing storage of image data uploaded from a computing device in a first database;

causing storage of information related to the image data received separately from the image data in a second database;

generating a locator on a network configured to identify a storage location of the image data and the information; and

providing the locator in a message.

17. The memory device of claim 16,

wherein the image data is representative of a place, object, event, or experience;

and

wherein the information includes a description of the place, object, event, or experience.

18. The memory device of claim 16, wherein the image data is uploaded from the computing device using a graphical user interface.

19. The memory device of claim 16, wherein the locator comprises a uniform resource locator (URL).

20. The memory device of claim 16, wherein the processing device is configured to perform operations further comprising generating a display of the image data and the information in response to a request that includes at least a portion of the locator.

21. The memory device of claim 16, wherein the processing device is configured to perform operations further comprising forwarding the message to a recipient.

22. The memory device of claim 16, wherein the processing device is configured to perform operations further comprising modifying the image data or the information.