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Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2009
Applicants:

Jeffrey Benson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Chase Garfinkle, Redwood City, CA (US);

Paul Haeberli, San Francisco, CA (US);

Hwei Mien Quek, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Benson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Chase Garfinkle, Redwood City, CA (US);

Paul Haeberli, San Francisco, CA (US);

Hwei Mien Quek, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Shutterfly, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for manipulating a digital image 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, capturing state information defining a state of the manipulations at a predefined time and selecting a previous state at the request of the user, 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.


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