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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2005
Kentaro Toyama, Redmond, WA (US);
David Vronay, Bellevue, WA (US);
Padmanabhan Anandan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Kentaro Toyama, Redmond, WA (US);
David Vronay, Bellevue, WA (US);
Padmanabhan Anandan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft, Corp, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing a peer-to-peer photo-sharing environment. The system includes: manual and automatic photo annotation at the client; periodic client-server synchronization; an index of client photos on a central server or a photo database that is resident on the central server, which is updated by the client-server synchronization function; end-user search functionality to search the centralized index or photo database; and transmission of the relevant photos to the client via an on-line image cache. In one embodiment, one client's new photos are automatically displayed on another client's computer (e.g., via screen saver or another mechanism).