Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Tanuja Joshi

Jonathan Edgar Fay

John Bradstreet

Daniel Gwozdz

Steven Andrew Cover

Edward W Connell

Ajai Sehgal

John Bronskill

Alvy Ray Smith

Brian Robert Cody

Nicholas John Clay

Christian Fortini

Mark A Nikiel

Kurt Weber

DeEtte M Day

Kevin Neil Kirn

Steven Gary Frank

A system and related techniques manage the adding of digital images or other media to email messages using a comparatively straightforward insert-and-send scheme. A user may choose to insert or embed comparatively low-resolution versions of images or other media automatically published to a media server into an email message. The recipient of that media-enabled message may receive and view the email text message along with the low-resolution images in typical fashion using an email or other client. The recipient may choose to view one or more of the embedded images in greater resolution by linking or activating those images, for instance by moving a cursor and clicking into the selected image or other object. Activating the image or other media object from within the email pane may seamlessly transport the user to the media server's Web page to view a larger-resolution version of that image, for instance using a media player. Video, audio and other media may likewise be inserted into messages. The sender may therefore share a variety of images, audio, video or other media with selected recipients without loading the recipient's email or other client with increased download times or storage requirements.

System and method for media-enabled messaging having publish-and-send feature

A method and system for execution in a graphical user interface environment are provided to incorporate digital image files in an email message. A template layout gallery is presented that includes a plurality of template layouts for digital image files for possible inclusion in the email message. When an indication is received that at least one digital image file is selected to be included in the email message and that one of the template layouts is to be applied to the at least one selected digital image file, the selected layout is created within the email message body according to the selected template. Prior to sending, the images are compressed.

Dynamic-template incorporation of digital images in an electronic mail message

An image processing application employs the concept of integral pre-multiplied alpha channel, and combines the techniques of multi-resolution representation, graph-structured representation, and automatic and intelligent data type conversion in order to permit a computer user to mix and manipulate both raster and vector based images in a single user interface while remaining unaware of the different data types underlying the images.

Mixed but indistinguishable raster and vector image data types

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