Image format including affective information
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1. A computer readable medium encoded with an image file for storing a digital image and information related to the digital image, including:
- a) digital image data;
b) a user identifier that identifies a particular user; and
c) data representing affective information which relates to the feelings or emotions of the particular user identified by the user identifier toward the digital image stored in the image file, wherein the affective information includes a quantitative value which is an importance rating of the digital image to the particular user;
wherein the quantitative value of the affective information is utilized to selectively retrieve the digital image.
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Abstract
An image file for storing a digital image and information related to the digital image includes digital image data; a user identifier; and affective information which relates to the feelings or emotions of the user toward the digital image.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer readable medium encoded with an image file for storing a digital image and information related to the digital image, including:
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a) digital image data; b) a user identifier that identifies a particular user; and c) data representing affective information which relates to the feelings or emotions of the particular user identified by the user identifier toward the digital image stored in the image file, wherein the affective information includes a quantitative value which is an importance rating of the digital image to the particular user; wherein the quantitative value of the affective information is utilized to selectively retrieve the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer readable medium encoded with a collection of image files wherein each stores a different digital image and information related to such digital images, each image file including:
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a) digital image data; b) a user identifier that identifies a particular user; and c) data representing affective information which relates to the feelings or emotions of the particular user identified by the user identifier toward the digital image stored in the image file, wherein the affective information includes a quantitative value which is an importance rating of the digital image to the particular user; wherein the quantitative value of the affective information is utilized to selectively retrieve the digital image.
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17. A computer readable medium encoded with an image file for storing a digital image and information related to the digital image, including:
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a) digital image data; b) a user identifier that identifies a particular user; and c) data representing affective information which relates to the feelings or emotions of the particular user identified by the user identifier toward the digital image stored in the image file, wherein the affective information includes a quantitative value which is an importance rating of the digital image; wherein the image file is a EXIF image file; wherein the affective information is stored using a TIFF IFD; and wherein the TIFF IFD also stores the user identifier. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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