Patent ID: 6714209
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A browser-based method for printing a graphic table of contents onto disc-shaped media, the method comprising:displaying at a browser information indicating images stored on-line that are available for storage on a particular disc, said images being organized on-line in one or more photo albums; receiving from the browser, first user input for selecting particular images from one or more photo albums to store on the particular disc; based on said first user input, displaying at the browser an interface allowing user configuration of a graphic table of contents for the particular disc, including displaying indicia representative of which photo albums the particular images are selected from; receiving from the browser, second user input specifying a particular configuration of the graphic table of contents for the particular disc, said second user input specifying that the graphic table of contents include at least some of the indicia representative of which photo albums the particular images are selected from; based on said second user input, automatically composing corresponding graphic elements for the graphic table of contents, for placement on one side of the particular disc, wherein said graphic elements include photo facsimile-sized digital images indicating image content stored on the particular disc; and thereafter printing the graphic table of contents on the particular disc, such that said graphic table of contents is imprinted onto the particular disc's surface in a manner to allow a user to determine the disc's contents without loading into a computer.