Transmission bandwidth and memory requirements reduction in a portable image capture device

摘要

Storage and network transmission bandwidth requirements of a portable image capture device are reduced. An online service using at least one hardware server on a network provides action information for an image capture device, the action information corresponding to an action that can be performed on images by the online service. A captured image is received uploaded from the image capture device to the online service. A request is received from the image capture device to perform the action for the uploaded image. The request includes an image identifier assigned by the online service.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
providing, by an online service using at least one server to an image capture device, action information corresponding to an action that the online service is configured to perform on images; receiving an image uploaded from the image capture device to the online service; storing the image in an image set corresponding to the image capture device; receiving, at the online service using the at least one server from the image capture device, a request to perform the action on the image; and transmitting, to the image capture device, an image identifier assigned by the online service to the image in response to receiving the request; wherein the image identifier uniquely identifies the image in the image set.