Smugmug, Inc.

Awes.me, Inc.

Brian Strong

Don MacAskill

Craig Andrew Murray

Angelo Robert Dinardi

Chris MacAskill

A software application platform which provides a user with the ability to customize, via the uploading of digital photographs, the displayable area of a digital photo in an image gallery such that the photo subject for each digital photo is viewable within the image gallery on a graphical user interface is disclosed. Photos, each having a first aspect ratio, uploaded to an image gallery may be processed by the application such that the photo subject and the photo subject area of each digital photo is identified and positioned within an individual display window, each display window having a second aspect ratio, such that the display window displays the photo subject area in an image gallery on a graphical user interface. The application allows for customization to the look and feel of an image gallery while maintaining a display of the photo subject area.

System and method for photo subject display optimization

Embodiments described herein relate to designing a customizable website by using a custom design application. The custom design application generally provides a site master template, a homepage template, a plurality of sub templates, and a 404 error template. The templates may be customized with input provided by a user. The method also provides a manner of customizing a website by utilizing a hierarchical relationship between the templates in order to easily and efficiently custom design a website.

Method of designing a customizable website

Embodiments described herein generally relate to a photo narrative display application. The photo narrative essay application may organize and display media items in a logical, aesthetically pleasing, narrative layout with minimal input from a user. By automatically analyzing the metadata variables of the media items to be displayed, the photo narrative essay application automatically organizes and displays the media items in a logical, narrative, aesthetically pleasing manner, regardless of the device the photo narrative essay is being displayed on.

Photo narrative essay application

Embodiments described herein generally relate to a software application platform which provides a user with the ability to upload media items to a first file storage location from a remote second file location. The media items may be uploaded from the remote second file location via an internet connection. The user may send a link via a data network that allows the user to quickly log in and upload media items via the remote device which receives the link. Each link may authenticate the user and launch the correct application on the remote device for uploading the media items after the link is selected. As such, the user may upload media items via the remote device to the first file location via the link, without a coupling between the second file location coupled with the remote device and the first file location.

Multi-device upload integration application

Media file storage integration and the generation of device specific file formats based upon a single original stored media item are described. One or more remote servers may provide a user one or more remote storage locations for media files and the remote servers may determine an exact storage location for a media file based on certain usage criteria. A server may make a request to retrieve a media file from storage, generate the media file from storage, and display the media file to the user on a device specific graphical user interface without a requirement that the server re-store the device specific displayed media item.

File size generation application with file storage integration

A software application platform which provides a user with the ability to customize, via the selection of a single color, the color for one or more user interface elements, such as the skin color, included on a graphical user interface in which the selected color is optimized by the application in real time based upon the average pixel hue of all image pixels displayed on the graphical user interface at any given time, and is further dynamically applied and displayed as a skin color surrounding the image pixels on the graphical user interface is disclosed.

System and method for dynamic color scheme application

Embodiments described herein generally relate to a dynamic contextual help application. The help application adapts to content displayed within a graphical user interface (GUI) to provide content specific help objects. The help objects may be selected by a user and an indication object may simultaneously appear apart from the contextual help application to guide the user in performing various functions related to the selected help object.

Contextual help system

Permissioned links for a novel method of credentialing users and assigning permissions to the user using the link to access repositories holding or intended to hold digital files. The permissioned links comprise a unique identifier that can be correlated to a specific repository of digital files and permission set. Users using the permissioned links for access need not enter a login or password. Moreover, permissioned links are portable, allowing multiple users to access the repository of digital files using the same permissioned link.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Brian Strong