Method of transmitting an image file

• US 20080240094A1
• Filed: 05/18/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IPEVO Corp.
• Original Assignee: PChome Online, Inc.
• Inventors: Chang, Chao-Han
• Application Number:
  US11/798,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20080240094A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

A method for transmitting an image file uses an image application program which can cooperate with a web-phone application program. The web-phone application program is responsible for transmitting the image file. After the web-phone application program on a receiver side receives the image file, the image file is displayed on the operating interface of the image application program on the receiver side.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting an image file, for sending a proximal image from a proximal computer to a distal computer via a network;

wherein the proximal computer has installed a proximal web-phone application program and the distal computer has installed a distal web-phone application program; and

wherein the distal web-phone application program is capable of communicating with the proximal web-phone application program;

the method comprising;

obtaining an image file path of the proximal image file;

obtaining a distal web-phone code, wherein the distal web-phone code corresponds to the distal web-phone program;

calling the proximal web-phone code application program; and

sending the image file path and the distal web-phone code to the proximal web-phone code application program;

whereby the proximal web-phone code application program communicates with the distal web-phone code application program and sends the proximal image file to the distal computer.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the proximal computer has a web-camera, and the proximal image file is a captured image from the web-camera.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 further comprising:

displaying the corresponding captured picture of the proximal image file on the proximal computer.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2 further comprising:

displaying the corresponding captured image of the proximal image file on the distal computer.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3 further comprising:

displaying a dynamic picture obtained from the web-camera on the proximal computer.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distal web-phone code is obtained from the proximal web-phone application program.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the proximal computer has a web-camera, and the proximal image file is a captured image from the web-camera.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

displaying the corresponding captured image of the proximal image file on the proximal computer.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

displaying the corresponding captured image of the proximal image file on the distal computer.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

displaying a dynamic image obtained from the web-camera on the proximal computer.

11. A computer readable object for sending a proximal image from a proximal computer to a distal computer via a network;

wherein the proximal computer has installed a proximal web-phone application program and the distal computer has installed a distal web-phone application program; and

wherein the distal web-phone application program is capable of communicating with the proximal web-phone application program;

wherein the object comprises a medium capable of recording program code;

the medium comprising;

a first program code for obtaining an image file path of the proximal image file;

a second program code for obtaining a distal web-phone code, wherein the distal web-phone code corresponds to the distal web-phone program;

a third program code for calling the proximal web-phone code application program; and

a fourth program code for sending the image file path and the distal web-phone code to the proximal web-phone code application program;

wherein subsequently the proximal web-phone code application program communicates with the distal web-phone code application program and sends the proximal image file to the distal computer.

12. The computer readable object as claimed in claim 11, wherein the proximal computer comprises a web-camera, and the computer readable object further comprises a fifth program code that is used for providing a first window, the first window displaying a captured dynamic image from the web-camera.

13. The computer readable object as claimed in claim 12 further comprising a sixth program code that is used for providing a second window, the second window displaying a captured image from the web-camera;

wherein the proximal image file is the captured image from the web-camera.

14. The computer readable object as claimed in claim 13 further comprising a seventh program code that is used for receiving a distal image file, the distal image file being transmitted from the distal computer to the proximal computer, and the computer readable object further comprises an eighth program code for displaying the corresponding image of the distal image file in the second window.

15. The computer readable object as claimed in claim 14, further comprising a ninth program code that is used for providing a web-phone code menu that displays a plurality of web-phone codes.

16. The computer readable object as claimed in claim 15 further comprising a tenth program code that is used for providing a proximal image file menu from which a user may make a selection.

17. The computer readable object as claimed in claim 16 further comprising an eleventh program code that is used to provide a capturing button for executing a capturing process by the web-camera.

18. The computer readable object as claimed in claim 11 further comprising a sixth program code that is used for providing a second window, the second window displaying a captured image from the web-camera;

wherein the proximal image file is the captured image from the web-camera.

19. The computer readable object as claimed in claim 18 further comprising a seventh program code that is used for receiving a distal image file, the distal image file being transmitted from the distal computer to the proximal computer, and the computer readable object further comprises an eighth program code for displaying the corresponding image of the distal image file on the second window.