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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1999
John F. Pavley, Cupertino, CA (US);
FlashPoint Technology, Inc., Peterborough, NH (US);
Abstract
Method and system aspects for providing more automatic image file handling with a digital image capture device. The present invention includes the designation of at least one file format attribute of a plurality of file format attributes for captured digital images in the digital image capture device. Further included is the establishment of one or more rule sets for digital image file handling based on the plurality of file format attributes, and the manipulation of digital image files according to a selected rule set of the one or more rule sets. The automatic file handling extends to a photosystem environment that includes at least one computer system coupled to the digital image capture device that also provides and utilizes file attributes for automatic image file handling.