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1. A method of operating a system for uploading images to a remote device that is configured to share the images over a wide-area network, the method comprising:
- storing public upload data in an electronic memory;
pre-configuring upload data settings based on the public upload data and private upload data; and
formatting an image file based on the pre-configured upload data settings such that the remote device is able to read non-image data from the formatted image file which it could not read in the pre-formatted image file.
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Abstract
A device simplifies uploading of images from a device to a network site (e.g. a website). The device or a remote server stores public upload information for one or more websites. The images are then formatted in accordance with the public upload data and/or personal configurations. The formatting may be directed, at least in part, to changing a format in which non-standard data is stored in an image file to be uploaded, such as location information. Information from an uploaded image file may be displayed directly, may be used in a mash-up, or may have some other use.
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1. A method of operating a system for uploading images to a remote device that is configured to share the images over a wide-area network, the method comprising:
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storing public upload data in an electronic memory; pre-configuring upload data settings based on the public upload data and private upload data; and formatting an image file based on the pre-configured upload data settings such that the remote device is able to read non-image data from the formatted image file which it could not read in the pre-formatted image file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for uploading images to more than one network site that provides access to images over a wide area network, the system comprising:
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a memory configured to electronically store a plurality of different public upload data corresponding to a plurality of different network sites that provide access to images over a wide area network; a camera contained in a portable electronic device, the camera configured to acquire an image; a processing circuit configured to format an image file corresponding to the acquired image for uploading to at least one of the plurality of different network sites so that the image can be accessed over a wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for uploading images to more than one network site that provides access to images over a wide area network, the system comprising:
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memory configured to electronically store public upload data corresponding to a network site that provides access to images over a wide area network, the public upload data including data representing a format in which location information is identified in an image file; a camera contained in a portable electronic device, the camera configured to acquire an image; a location circuit configured to provide location information corresponding to a location at which the image was acquired; a processing circuit configured to form an image file for the image that includes the location information formatted as required by the public upload data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for uploading images to more than one remote device that provides access to images over a wide area network, the system comprising:
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a memory configured to electronically store a plurality of different public upload data corresponding to a plurality of different network sites that provide access to images over a wide area network, the public upload data including data representing a format in which location information is identified in an image file by the network site to which the public upload data corresponds; a mobile phone comprising a camera configured to acquire an image, a location circuit configured to provide location information corresponding to a location at which the image was acquired, and a user input device usable to select a network site for uploading the image to the selected network site; a processing circuit configured to format, based on the public upload data corresponding to the selected network site, an image file corresponding to the acquired image for uploading to the selected network site so that the image can be accessed over a wide area network, the formatted image file including the location information formatted in a manner readable by the selected network site. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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