Patent ID: 7403302

Claim:
For use on a computer system having access to a memory, a method enabling a user to index and track digitized images resident in said memory, the method comprising: creating a scannable contact sheet comprising thumbnail versions of the digitized images and at least one instruction for each image, the at least one instruction being manually selectable by the user; printing out the contact sheet; creating a manually marked-up contact sheet by having a user use handwriting to manually mark-up the contact sheet with handwritten reprint, archive and email instructions and handwritten categorical captions and descriptions for each photo; electronically scanning the contact sheet; an indexing module configured to electronically file and index each individual photo on the manually marked-up contact sheet according to the handwritten archive and email instructions and the handwritten categorical captions and descriptions; and automatically printing an updated contact sheet containing updates based on the handwritten reprint instructions changes made by the manually marked-up contact sheet.