Patent ID: 6732162
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method comprising:submitting by a user a digital image through a user interface presented on a web page viewed on a client computer, the web page being served by a remote web server; preprocessing the digital image on the client computer through functionality encoded in the web page, said step of preprocessing comprising at least the step of resizing of the digital image; uploading the preprocessed digital image through the user interface from the client computer; storing the digital image on a server, said stored digital image being based on the preprocessed digital image uploaded from the client computer; receiving a request for the stored digital image, said request originating from one of a plurality of destination web sites, each of the plurality of destination web sites having unique viewing requirements and a web server for the destination web site; processing the stored digital image in accordance with the viewing requirements for the requesting destination web site to create a processed digital image; transmitting the processed digital Image to the web server corresponding to the requesting destination web site; and displaying the processed digital image on the requesting destination web site.