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Variable image acquisition and processing techniques based on image data type

  • US 9,762,516 B2
  • Filed: 04/23/2014
  • Issued: 09/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a server device and from a user device, a link to an image associated with a web page, the link being transmitted in response to a drag-and-drop operation on the image, from a web browser application, to a messaging application, and as part of creation of a message with the messaging application, wherein the link is transmitted by the messaging application to the server device and wherein both the web browser application and the messaging application are associated with the user device;

    determining, by the server device, an acquisition technique, for acquiring the image, based on the link;

    obtaining, by the server device, the image using the acquisition technique;

    storing, by the server device, the obtained image;

    receiving, by the server device and from the messaging application of the user device, a request to transmit the message, the request being received subsequent to the storing of the image and the request including portions of the message other than the image;

    inserting, by the server device and in response to the request, the image that was previously stored, into the message; and

    transmitting, by the server device, the message, wherein the transmitted message includes the inserted image.

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