WO2004030437A3 - Method and apparatus for transmitting a digital picture with textual material - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for transmitting a digital picture with textual material Download PDF

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WO2004030437A3
WO2004030437A3 PCT/IB2003/004947 IB0304947W WO2004030437A3 WO 2004030437 A3 WO2004030437 A3 WO 2004030437A3 IB 0304947 W IB0304947 W IB 0304947W WO 2004030437 A3 WO2004030437 A3 WO 2004030437A3
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Jacob Benjamin
Ronnie Wulfson
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Abstract

A method and system for incorporating textual and audio material into a JPEG file (70) in a manner allowing both a photograph and the textual material to be stored as one unit and transferred as one unit. The textual materials stored in various photograph tag markers which become part of the JPEG file (70). The JPEG file (70) including the textual material can be transferred to an authorized user who could edit the file based upon password security. The textual materials can appear around any of the borders of the photographs or can be directly embedded into the photograph.
PCT/IB2003/004947 2002-10-02 2003-09-30 Method and apparatus for transmitting a digital picture with textual material WO2004030437A2 (en)

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EP03799061A EP1557035B1 (en) 2002-10-02 2003-09-30 Method and apparatus for transmitting a digital picture with textual material
JP2004541123A JP2006501754A (en) 2002-10-02 2003-09-30 Method and apparatus for transmitting digital photographs containing text material
AT03799061T ATE454009T1 (en) 2002-10-02 2003-09-30 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A DIGITAL IMAGE WITH TEXT MATERIAL
CA002541133A CA2541133A1 (en) 2002-10-02 2003-09-30 Method and apparatus for transmitting a digital picture with textual material
AU2003276507A AU2003276507A1 (en) 2002-10-02 2003-09-30 Method and apparatus for transmitting a digital picture with textual material
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