Patent ID: 7403212
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: displaying on a first display device a group of plural images; formatting one or more of the plural images as an album; making a contact sheet image, the contact sheet image including thumbnail representations of the one or more images of the album; converting one or more image files corresponding to the one or more images of the album and the contact sheet image to one or more video signals that are formatted to produce representations of the one or more images of the album and the contact sheet image on a second display device that is different from the first display device; and transferring the one or more video signals to the second display device, wherein the contact sheet image is displayed first on the second display device to inform a viewer of the album being viewed; wherein a first hardware device performs the formatting the one or more of the plural images as the album, and wherein the formatting the one or more of the plural images as the album further comprises preparing the album for transport to a second hardware device that performs the converting and the transferring.