Patent ID: 6964025

Claim:
A method for enabling a user to automatically introduce a plurality of thumbnail images into a Web page to represent a plurality of original images, each thumbnail image having a size that is substantially smaller than each corresponding original image, comprising the steps of: (a) enabling the user to select the plurality of original images that are to be represented on the Web page by the plurality of thumbnail images; (b) producing a thumbnail image from each original image, by enabling the user to drag and drop an original image onto said Web page, and in response, automatically generating a corresponding thumbnail image for the original image; (c) determining a position of each thumbnail image on the Web page in accord with a format specified by a template; (d) automatically providing a hyperlink from each thumbnail image to each corresponding original image in the Web page; and (e) enabling the user to save the Web page which includes the plurality of thumbnail images and hyperlinks to the original images, each thumbnail image appearing in the position specified by the template when the Web page is displayed, selection of a thumbnail image and activation of a hyperlink associated with said thumbnail image causing the corresponding original image to be retrieved for display.