Content transmission device, content transmission method, and content transmission program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9613063-B2
Application number	US-21755108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2008
Priority date	Jul 11, 2007
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

When the user selects one or more thumbnail images G and one uploading destination from an image list screen GW, an image selection tray PT showing the thumbnail images G and an uploading screen AW corresponding to a web browser are displayed. When the user selects the thumbnail images G from the image selection tray PT, the image paths GP corresponding to the selected thumbnail images G are acquired. In this manner, the image files can be uploaded only by requiring the user to paste the acquired image paths in image path input sections GR on the uploading screen AW. Accordingly, the user can upload image files to an optional uploading destination by simple operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising: a central processing unit (CPU) to receive a program from a memory device and upon execution of said program to operate as
(i) a control section controlling a display section to display a list section showing a list of contents stored in a storage section, a selected content section showing one or more of the contents being selected in response to an operation to an operation section to select the one or more of the contents directly from the list section and a content location input section, and controlling a transmission process to be started, the transmission process for transmitting the contents selected to a transmission destination;
(ii) an acquisition section acquiring storing location information corresponding to the contents being selected from the list section by the operation with respect to the operation section, when the acquisition section recognizes that a user operates the operation section to select the contents from the selected content section displayed on the display section;
(iii) a comparing section comparing, for each of the contents selected from the list section by the operation of the user with respect to the operation section, an amount of the content and a transmission information amount set in advance; and
(iv) a reducing section reducing the amount of the content selected from the list section by the operation of the user with respect to the operation section to the transmission information amount to generate a reduced content and to form a reduced image path, in case the amount of the content is larger than the transmission information amount as a result of the comparing,
wherein during the operation with respect to the operation section, the control section (i) automatically causes the storing location information to be displayed as an image path or the reduced image path in response to the content selection operation input to the operation section by the user, and (ii) automatically causes said image path or the reduced image path to be copied to the content location input section in response to image path selection and paste operation inputs to the operation section by the user without requiring the user to carry out an operation to refer to an image file to be uploaded through hierarchies of a folder structure.

2. The device according to claim 1 , in which during the operation with respect to the operation section, the control section controls the display section to display the content location input section showing the list of contents stored in the storage section regardless of a storage hierarchy associated with each content so as to permit the list of contents to include a first content having a first storage hierarchy and a second content having a second storage hierarchy which is different from the first storage hierarchy.

3. A method, comprising:
a control step of controlling a display section to display a selected content section showing one or more of contents being selected in response to an operation to an operation section to select the one or more of the contents directly from a list section showing a list of contents stored in a storage section and which is displayed on the display section, and a content location input section, and controlling a transmission process to be started, the transmission process for transmitting the contents selected to a transmission destination; and
an acquisition step of acquiring storing location information corresponding to the contents being selected from the list section by the operation with respect to the operation section, when recognizing that a user operates the operation section to select the contents from the selected content section displayed on the display section;
comparing, for each of the contents selected from the list section by the operation of the user with respect to the operation section, an amount of the content and a transmission information amount set in advance; and
reducing the amount of the content selected from the list section by the operation of the user with respect to the operation section to the transmission information amount to generate a reduced content and to form a reduced image path, in case the amount of the content is larger than the transmission information amount as the result of the comparing,
wherein the control step includes (i) automatically causing the storing location information to be displayed as an image path or the reduced image path in response to the selection operation input to the operation section by the user, and (ii) automatically causing said image path or the reduced image path to be copied to the content location input section in response to image path selection and paste operation inputs to the operation section by the user without requiring the user to carry out an operation to refer to an image file to be uploaded through hierarchies of a folder structure.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising: controlling the display section to display the selected content section having a display area which is smaller than the content location input section that is displayed on the display section when the transmission process is started.

5. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
controlling the display section to display the selected content section in a manner superposing when the transmission process is started, so that the selected content section is displayed in front all the time.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
controlling the selected content section to be translucent while the user operates the operation section to carry out predetermined processing when the transmission process is started.

7. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
searching for the contents stored in the storage section, and controlling the display section to display the list section showing all of the contents obtained as a result of the search.

8. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the storing location information corresponding to the contents being selected to be input by the user is displayed on the display section when the acquisition recognizes that the user operates the operation section to select the contents from the selected content section displayed on the display section.

9. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, when the storing location information corresponding to the contents being selected to be input by the user is input, the selected content section is set to be translucent.

10. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the control step includes controlling a search for each of the contents and acquiring thumbnail image data for the each of the contents.

11. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the contents includes image data indicating at least one of type of camera, compression format, and image size in exchangeable image file format (Exif).

12. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the control step includes controlling the display section to display a plurality of upload buttons.

13. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the one or more of the contents from the list section is selectable by the user using a check box.

14. The method according to claim 3 , wherein data corresponding to the contents are allocated at once regardless of the storage hierarchy in which the data are stored.

15. The method of claim 3 , wherein the transmission process is stored in a removable memory.

16. The method of claim 3 , wherein the transmission process is by a web browser.

17. The method of claim 3 , wherein the control step

Assignees

• Nomura Masaru
• Higuchi Yoshinari
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Nomura Masaru
• Higuchi Yoshinari

Classifications

• G06F17/30274 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/54 Primary

  Browsing; Visualisation therefor · CPC title