Patent ID: 7567276
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for managing categorized images stored in a high-capacity storage media in a digital imaging device, the method comprising; storing images on the storage media, wherein each image includes at least one tag corresponding to a category for categorizing the images; generating an image category list comprising the categories corresponding to the tags in the images, wherein for each category, the image category list identifies which of the stored images have the tag corresponding to the category; storing the image category list on the storage media, the image category list including a default category; accessing the image category list in order to display the images on a display of the digital imaging device, wherein only the images having the tag corresponding to the default category are displayed, thereby speeding access to, and display of, the images and synchronizing the image category list with the images on the storage media when it has been determined that at least one image was deleted, added, or recategorized.