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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
Applicants:
Prasad V. Prabhu, Macedon, NY (US);
Andrew J. Cowell, Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Prasad V. Prabhu, Macedon, NY (US);
Andrew J. Cowell, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A graphical user interface (GUI) allows a picture database user to enter metadata serving to annotate digital pictures to promote efficient picture database browsing. The annotation is permitted, not just for individual pictures, but for groups of pictures. The annotation information can be entered quickly, via a user-friendly interface (), and can contain 'social' information (viaand) about groups of pictures (), such as capture location, date and time, people or objects featured in groups of pictures, and events recorded by a group of pictures.