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Patent US7565036 - Image scaling arrangement - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsMethods and system for transferring images between devices is disclosed. For example, differently scaled images by a host device may automatically and/or selectively be transferred to a media player for display. In turn, appropriately scaled images may be transferred automatically and/or selectively...http://www.google.com/patents/US7565036?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7565036 - Image scaling arrangementAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7565036 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/749,599Publication dateJul 21, 2009Filing dateMay 16, 2007Priority dateOct 25, 2004Fee statusPaidAlso published asCN101049019A, CN101049019B, EP1805991A2, EP2273787A2, EP2273787A3, EP2285108A2, EP2285108A3, EP2312847A2, EP2312847A3, US7433546, US7623740, US7881564, US8200629, US20060088228, US20070217716, US20080260295, US20090216814, US20100054715, WO2006047697A2, WO2006047697A3Publication number11749599, 749599, US 7565036 B2, US 7565036B2, US-B2-7565036, US7565036 B2, US7565036B2InventorsGreg Marriott, Jesse Boettcher, Thomas Dowdy, David Heller, Jeff Miller, Jeffrey L. RobbinOriginal AssigneeApple Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (107), Non-Patent Citations (87), Referenced by (6), Classifications (43), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetImage scaling arrangement
US 7565036 B2Abstract
9. A computing device as recited in claim 1, wherein the set of media items is a set of images, the set of images including at least a plurality of images having different sizes or formats but having essentially the same image data.
a media management module configured to at least (i) pre-process a plurality of media items to produce a plurality of additional media items from each of the media items based on characteristics pertaining to a portable media device; (ii) store the additional media items in said data storage device; and (iii) deliver at least the additional media items to said portable media device.
a processing device configured to (i) send at least a portion of the device characteristics to a host device, (ii) receive media data pertaining to one or more media items to be stored on said data storage device, the one or more media items having essentially the same media data, the received media data being obtained at the host device based on the device characteristics pertaining to said portable media device, (iii) storing the received media data to said data storage device, (iv) subsequently determining whether a particular media item of the one or more media items is to be output by said portable media device, (v) selecting an appropriate one of the determined media items to be output, and (vi) output the data for the selected determined media item.
26. The portable media device as recited in claim 25,
27. The portable media device as recited in claim 26, wherein the processing device responds to a media request for at least one media item received from a host device.
28. The portable media device as recited in claim 27,
wherein said processing device uses the identification information to obtain the information regarding the characteristics for the portable media device.
29. A computer readable medium that stores computer program code for managing media items, said computer readable medium comprising:
computer program code for generating, based on the characteristics, a set of media items for each of the at least one media item being requested by the media request, the set of the media items generated from the at least one media item including a plurality of media items that have essentially the same media data; and
30. A computer readable medium as recited in claim 29, wherein the media items are images, and wherein the characteristics are image formats.
31. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 30, wherein some of the images have different sizes or formats but have essentially the same image data.
32. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 30, wherein the information regarding the characteristics for the portable media device identifies at least one image profile, and wherein the set of media items being produced is based on the at least one image profile wherein the at least one image profile identifies characteristics for an image and wherein the identified characteristics include at least one of: a format, a width, a height, a rotation, or a color adjustment.
33. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 29,
wherein the media request includes identification information for the portable media device that is used to obtain the information regarding the characteristics for the portable media device.
receiving an identifier from the portable media device; and
retrieving the information regarding the characteristics for the portable media device using the identifier wherein the identifier can be within or associated with the media request.
35. A method performed by a media management module comprising:
receiving a media request from a portable media device for at least one media item, wherein the requested media item is stored in a data storage device suitable for storing at least a plurality of media items;
obtaining information regarding characteristics for the portable media device;
obtaining, based on the characteristics, a set of media items for each of the at least one media item being requested by the media request; and
causing the set of media items to be sent to the portable media device.
36. The method as recited in claim 35, wherein the information regarding the characteristics for the portable media device includes at least device characteristics, wherein said data storage device stores device characteristics for a plurality of different portable media devices, and wherein the information regarding the device characteristics for the portable media device are obtained from said data storage device.
37. The method as recited in claim 35,
38. The method as recited in claim 35, further comprising:
39. The method as recited in claim 35, wherein the set of media items is a set of images, the set of images including at least a plurality of images having different sizes or formats but having essentially the same image data.
40. The method as recited in claim 35, wherein the information regarding the characteristics for the portable media device identifies at least one image profile, and wherein the set of media items being produced is based on the at least one image profile wherein the at least one image profile identifies characteristics for an image and wherein the identified characteristics include at least one of: a format, a width, a height, a rotation, or a color adjustment.
41. A method performed by a portable media device having a data storage device configured to store media data pertaining to media items and to store device characteristics pertaining to said portable media device, an output device, and processing device, comprising:
by the processing device,
sending at least a portion of the device characteristics to a host device in communication with the portable media device;
receiving media data pertaining to one or more media items to be stored on said data storage device, the one or more media items having essentially the same media data, the received media data being obtained at the host device based on the device characteristics pertaining to said portable media device;
storing the received media data to said data storage device;
subsequently determining whether a particular media item of the one or more media items is to be output by said portable media device at the output device;
selecting an appropriate one of the determined media items to be output; and
outputting the data for the selected determined media item at the output device, wherein the processing device responds to a media request for at least one media item received from a host device.
42. The method as recited in claim 41,
43. The method as recited in claim 42,
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/973,657 entitled “IMAGE SCALING ARRANGEMENT” filed Oct. 25, 2004 that is, in turn, related to: (i) U.S. application Ser. No. 10/973,925 entitled “MULTIPLE MEDIA TYPE SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN HOST COMPUTER AND MEDIA DEVICE,” FILED Oct. 25, 2004, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference; (ii) U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/622,304 Oct. 25, 2004, and entitled “WIRELESS SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN MEDIA PLAYER AND HOST DEVICE,” which is hereby incorporated herein by reference; (iii) U.S. application Ser. No. 10/277,418, filed Oct. 21, 2002, and entitled “INTELLIGENT INTERACTION BETWEEN MEDIA PLAYER AND HOST COMPUTER,” which is hereby incorporated herein by reference; and (iv) U.S. application Ser. No. 10/118,069, filed Apr. 5, 2002, and entitled “INTELLIGENT SYNCHRONIZATION OF MEDIA PLAYER WITH HOST COMPUTER,” which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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