Patent ID: 6571271
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
A networked appliance for managing digital images captured by a digital image capturing device, the captured digital images being stored on a memory device, the network appliance comprising:an image storage, which is external to the digital image capturing device, wherein the image storage stores digital images and active documents referencing the digital images, wherein each active document contains at least one behavior applicable to at least one of the digital images, wherein a behavior of an active document specifies document processing; an image handler for automatically detecting and reading images from the memory device when the memory device is available for reading, the image handler being coupled to the image storage to store read images thereon and being configured to automatically generate the active documents, including behaviors, as needed to present the read images; an image server, coupled to the image storage, for serving HTML pages with images referenced thereon upon receipt of requests by image clients, wherein the HTML pages are generated by processing the active documents, including processing at least one behavior, using an active documents processor operated by the image server; and a network, for interconnecting the image server and image clients for transmission of the requests, the HTML pages and the images.