Patent ID: 7340483

Claim:
A computer implemented method for retrieving a full image file type associated with a media resource summary presented by a multimedia browser, the method comprising: displaying the media resource summary in the multimedia browser in a client device wherein the media resource summary is a reduced-sized image file type; receiving at the client device a request from a user to retrieve a media resource summary, the user request including a copy event; in response to a copy event, the client device generating a request for a copy of the media resource summary from a remote server, the copy request including metadata identifying the media resource summary; intercepting the request for a copy of the media resource summary by the client device; in response to the intercepting, rather than retrieving the media resource summary, automatically without further user input, sending a request by the client device to the remote server for the full image file type corresponding to the requested media resource summary the request for the full image file type including the metadata from the media resource summary identifying said full image file type; and the client device retrieving from the remote server the requested full image file type identified by the metadata.