Patent · US Expired

Automatically preparing an image for download

US6862102B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 1999
Grant dateMar 1, 2005
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/33357
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for preparing an image for downloading over a link. The method includes receiving a user selection for an image to prepare, retrieving current user settings reflective of desired settings for compressing the image and automatically presenting a plurality of variations of the image to the user where each variation is derived using compression settings that are scaled from the current user settings.

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