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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
Jeffrey Benson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chase Garfinkle, Redwood City, CA (US);
Paul Haeberli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hwei Mien Quek, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey Benson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chase Garfinkle, Redwood City, CA (US);
Paul Haeberli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hwei Mien Quek, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shutterfly Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method and apparatus for manipulating a digital image. The method includes identifying an image for processing at a local client computer, sending the image to a remote server, manipulating either locally or remotely parameters associated with the image without modifying the image itself and synchronizing the local client computer and the remote server including updating metadata for one of the local client computer and the remote server using metadata of the other.