Organization and maintenance of images using metadata

Details Organization and maintenance of images using metadata Organization and maintenance of images using metadata

2003-08-29

2010-11-23

Hong, Stephen S (Department: 2178)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Presentation processing of document

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C715S231000, C715S243000, C715S273000, C348S158000

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07840892

ABSTRACT:
Data for electronic images is stored in a server. Metadata is assigned to each image file and categorizes each image according to one or more schemes. Possible metadata schemes include image date, one or more image subjects, and image location. The image files may then be searched based on the assigned metadata. Images may be stored in a database that includes at least one virtual folder corresponding to each metadata scheme, with each image having at least one entry in each folder. Each folder may further have subfolders that correspond to sub-categories of a categorization scheme. Each image may then have an entry in each subfolder which describes a part of the image metadata. A date search interface allows a user to select a year of interest, then a month, and then a day. A location search interface allows a user to select a subregion of a displayed region.

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