METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMBEDDING AND SHARING INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method, operable in a processor within an electronic device, for embedding information in a file, the method comprising:
- generating a thumbnail of a multimedia file;
embedding information associated with the thumbnail by identifying one or more markers to fill in the information on a visual media sheet and associating the thumbnail with the information;
arranging the generated thumbnails based on spatial details; and
saving the arranged thumbnails with the associated information in the file.
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Abstract
A method for embedding information in a file includes generating a thumbnail of the multimedia file. The method also includes embedding information associated with the thumbnail, wherein the embedding includes identifying one or more markers to fill in the information on a visual media sheet and associating the thumbnail with the information. The method further includes arranging the generated thumbnails based on spatial details and saving the arranged thumbnails with the associated information in the file. The method can be implemented on an electronic device that includes a visual media sheet generator for generating the visual media sheet based on one or more markers, and a thumbnail organization unit for arranging the thumbnails in a pre-defined pattern.
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15 Claims
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1. A method, operable in a processor within an electronic device, for embedding information in a file, the method comprising:
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generating a thumbnail of a multimedia file; embedding information associated with the thumbnail by identifying one or more markers to fill in the information on a visual media sheet and associating the thumbnail with the information; arranging the generated thumbnails based on spatial details; and saving the arranged thumbnails with the associated information in the file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic device for sharing embedded information in a file, the electronic device comprising:
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a thumbnail generation unit for generating one or more thumbnails; a visual media sheet generator for generating a visual media sheet with embedded information associated with the one or more thumbnails in visual media sheet locations based on one or more markers; a storage unit for storing the generated visual media sheet; a thumbnail organization unit for arranging the thumbnails in a pre-defined pattern based on spatial details; and a display for displaying the file. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A processor-readable medium including a set of processor readable instructions that when executed by a processor in an electronic device cause a method for sharing embedded information in a file, the method comprising:
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generating a thumbnail of a multimedia file; embedding information associated with the thumbnail by identifying one or more markers to fill in the information on a visual media sheet and associating the thumbnail with the information; arranging the generated thumbnails based on spatial details; and saving the arranged thumbnails with the associated information in the file to be shared.
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