Patent ID: 7499188
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for distributed image processing, comprising: receiving both image data and image related data regarding user images from a user computer, the image data being pre-processed by a user on the user computer and in a relatively low resolution format, the image related data comprising an image description, an image capture date, and an image price; storing the received image data and the received image related data in a host database; providing a customer computer access to the stored image data and the stored image related data; receiving an image request for at least a subset of the user images from the customer computer; adding a JPEG header to the stored image data for each of the requested user images to generate modified image data for each of the requested user images; transmitting both the modified image data and the stored image related data for each of the requested user images to the customer computer; receiving an image order from the customer computer, the image order identifying a desire to purchase at least one of the requested user images; in response to the image order, receiving the at least one of the requested user images from the user computer in a relatively high resolution format; and transmitting the at least one of the requested user images in the relatively high resolution format to an image laboratory.