Systems and methods for providing client based photo user interface

• US 20060224461A1
• Filed: 02/24/2005
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shutterfly Incorporated (Shutterfly, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Memory Matrix, Inc. (Shutterfly, LLC)
• Inventors: Harrison, Jason F., Montulli, Louis J., Whitehead, Jeffrey N., Blythe, Garrett A., Totic, Aleksander K., Clark, James H.
• Application Number:
  US11/064,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20060224461A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a user interface for a set of multimedia assets distributed between a web service and a local client by uploading the set of distributed multimedia assets to the web service from the local client and subsequently updating the set of distributed multimedia assets; automatically synchronizing the set of distributed multimedia assets; and displaying the synchronized set of distributed multimedia assets on the user interface.

Claims

1. A method for providing a user interface for a set of multimedia assets distributed between a web service and a local client, comprising:

uploading the set of distributed multimedia assets to the web service from the local client and subsequently updating the set of distributed multimedia assets;

automatically synchronizing the set of distributed multimedia assets; and

displaying the synchronized set of distributed multimedia assets on the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the synchronizing of the set of multimedia assets comprises bidirectional syncing of the multimedia assets and wherein the displaying comprises viewing local and remotely stored multimedia assets after syncing.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the multimedia assets comprises meta-data to search the asset.

4. The method of claim 3, comprising synchronizing the meta-data.

5. The method of claim 3, comprising searching for one or more assets based on the meta-data.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising archiving the multimedia assets on the web service.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising transferring the multimedia assets to the web service without an explicit upload command issued by a user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia assets comprise one of:

images, photos, sounds, video.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising providing on-line print ordering.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the on-line print ordering user interface is encapsulated into the client instead of a web interface.

11. A system to provide a user interface for a set of multimedia assets distributed between a web service and a local client, comprising:

means for uploading the set of distributed multimedia assets to the web service from the local client and subsequently updating the set of distributed multimedia assets;

means for automatically synchronizing the set of distributed multimedia assets; and

means for displaying the synchronized set of distributed multimedia assets on the user interface.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the means for synchronizing of the set of multimedia assets comprises means for bidirectional syncing of the multimedia assets and wherein the means for displaying comprises means for viewing local and remotely stored multimedia assets after syncing.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein at least one of the multimedia assets comprises meta-data to search the asset.

14. The system of claim 13, comprising means for synchronizing the meta-data.

15. The system of claim 13, comprising means for searching for one or more assets based on the meta-data.

16. The system of claim 11, comprising means for archiving the multimedia assets on the web service.

17. The system of claim 11, comprising means for transferring the multimedia assets to the web service without an explicit upload command issued by a user.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the multimedia assets comprise one of:

images, photos, sounds, video.

19. The system of claim 11, comprising means for providing on-line print ordering.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the on-line print ordering user interface is encapsulated into the client instead of a web interface.