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Aggregation of reduced-sized images
Assignee: eBay Inc
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Filing: 2006-05-31
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Granted: 2008-08-26
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Expires: 2026-05-31
Abstract
Abstract A method includes receiving, from a user, publication data to be published and location data identifying a storage location at which an image to be associated with the publication data is stored. The image to be included in the publication data is retrieved from the storage location identified by the location data. A reduced-size image is generated using the retrieved image and the reduced-size image is aggregated with further reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Inventors
- 👤 Martin L. Hess
- 👤 Michael K. Wilson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 11:22
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F12/00; G06F12/02; G06F12/0223; G06F16/00; G06F16/50; G06F16/51; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/958; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q40/00; G06Q40/04; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945; Y10S707/99948
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 64
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A method comprising: receiving, from a first user, publication data to be published and first location data identifying a first storage location at which a first image to be associated with the publication data is stored; retrieving the first image to be associated with the publication data from the first storage location identified by the first location data; generating a first reduced-size image using the first image; and aggregating the first reduced-size image with a second reduced-size image for presentation at a remote site, the second reduced-size image being generated using a second image retrieved from a second storage location identified by second location data received from a second user.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
110 words
A method comprising: receiving, from a first user, publication data to be published and first location data identifying a first storage location at which a first image to be associated with the publication data is stored; retrieving the first image to be associated with the publication data from the first storage location identified by the first location data; generating a first reduced-size image using the first image; and aggregating the first reduced-size image with a second reduced-size image for presentation at a remote site, the second reduced-size image being generated using a second image retrieved from a second storage location identified by second location data received from a second user.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the first reduced-size image is a thumbnail image.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the publication data comprises an item listing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the first location data identifies a network address at which the first image to be associated with the publication data is stored.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 4 , wherein the network address is a uniform resource locator (URL).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the first location data specifies a directory path to a location at which the first image to be associated with the publication data is stored.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the aggregating includes aggregating the first reduced-size image with the second reduced-size image onto a web page for presentation at the remote site.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the first image is retrieved concurrently with the retrieval of the second image.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the first reduced-size image includes decompressing the first image from a source format to generate a decompressed image, converting the decompressed image to fit within a predetermined space to generate a converted image, and recompressing the converted image into an output format.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the first location data includes converting the first location data to have a correct syntax.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
105 words
A method comprising: receiving first publication data from a first client computer over a network, the first publication data including a first image location; receiving second publication data from a second client computer over the network, the second publication data including a second image location; retrieving a first image from the first image location; manipulating the first image to produce a first reduced-size image using a server; retrieving a second image from the second image location; manipulating the second image to produce a second reduced-size image using the server; and creating a customized web page including the first and second reduced-size images using the server.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
105 words
A method comprising: receiving first publication data from a first client computer over a network, the first publication data including a first image location; receiving second publication data from a second client computer over the network, the second publication data including a second image location; retrieving a first image from the first image location; manipulating the first image to produce a first reduced-size image using a server; retrieving a second image from the second image location; manipulating the second image to produce a second reduced-size image using the server; and creating a customized web page including the first and second reduced-size images using the server.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the first and second reduced-size images are of a determined size and format.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 11 , wherein the first and second publication data includes first and second descriptions respectively, and the creating of the customized web page further comprises including the first and second descriptions within the customized web page.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the first image location and the second image location comprises a directory path.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the first image location and the second image location comprises a uniform resource locator (URL).
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 11 , including concurrently retrieving the first image from the first image location and the second image from the second image location.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
64 words
A method comprising: using a server to harvest user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information received from a plurality of client computers, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable; creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
64 words
A method comprising: using a server to harvest user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information received from a plurality of client computers, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable; creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 17 , wherein the publication data is an item listing, and the user-supplied information includes a description of an item for sale, the description to be included in the item listing.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 17 , wherein the creating of the reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images comprises: for each harvested user-specified image, decompressing the harvested user-specified image from a source format to a decompressed image format; converting the decompressed image format to a thumbnail image format; and compressing the thumbnail image format into an output format.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
122 words
A system comprising: a listing process to receive, from a first user, publication data to be published and first location data identifying a storage location at which a first image to be associated with the publication data is stored; a harvesting process to retrieve the first image to be associated with the publication data from the first storage location identified by the first location data, and to generate a first reduced-size image using the first; and a management process to aggregate the first reduced-size image with a second reduced-size image for presentation at a remote site, the second reduced-size image being generated using a second image retrieved from a second storage location identified by second location data received from a second user.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
122 words
A system comprising: a listing process to receive, from a first user, publication data to be published and first location data identifying a storage location at which a first image to be associated with the publication data is stored; a harvesting process to retrieve the first image to be associated with the publication data from the first storage location identified by the first location data, and to generate a first reduced-size image using the first; and a management process to aggregate the first reduced-size image with a second reduced-size image for presentation at a remote site, the second reduced-size image being generated using a second image retrieved from a second storage location identified by second location data received from a second user.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 20 , wherein the first reduced-size image is a thumbnail image.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 20 , wherein the publication data comprises an item listing.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
43 words
The system of claim 20 , wherein the first location data identifies a network address at which the first image to be associated with the publication data is stored, and the harvesting process is to retrieve the first image from the network address.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of claim 20 , wherein the network address is a uniform resource locator (URL).
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system of claim 20 , wherein the first location data specifies a directory path to a location at which the first image to be associated with the publication data is stored, and the harvesting process is to retrieve the first image using the directory path.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 20 , wherein the management process is to aggregate the first reduced-size image with the second reduced-size image onto a web page for presentation at the remote site.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of claim 20 , wherein the harvesting process is to retrieve the first image concurrently with the second image, and is to use the second image to generate the second reduced-size image.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
49 words
The system of claim 20 , wherein the harvesting process is to decompress the first image from a source format to generate a decompressed image, convert the decompressed image to fit within a predetermined space to generate a converted image, and recompress the converted image into an output format.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 20 , wherein the harvesting process is to convert the first location data to have a correct syntax.
Claim 34
Independent Claim
108 words
A system comprising: a publication process to: receive first publication data from a first computer over a network, the first publication data including a first image location; and receive second publication data from a second computer over the network, the second publication data including a second image location; a harvesting process to: retrieve a first image from the first image location; manipulate the first image to produce a first reduced-size image; retrieve a second image from the second image location; and manipulate the second image to produce a second reduced-size image; and a management process to create a customized web page including the first and second reduced-size images.
Claim 35
Independent Claim
108 words
A system comprising: a publication process to: receive first publication data from a first computer over a network, the first publication data including a first image location; and receive second publication data from a second computer over the network, the second publication data including a second image location; a harvesting process to: retrieve a first image from the first image location; manipulate the first image to produce a first reduced-size image; retrieve a second image from the second image location; and manipulate the second image to produce a second reduced-size image; and a management process to create a customized web page including the first and second reduced-size images.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 30 , wherein each of the first and second reduced-size images are of a determined size and format.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 30 , wherein the first and second publication data includes first and second descriptions respectively, and the management process is to include the first and second descriptions within the customized web page.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 30 , wherein at least one of the first image location and the second image location comprises a directory path.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system of claim 30 , wherein at least one of the first image location and the second image location comprises a uniform resource locator (URL).
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 30 , wherein the harvesting process is concurrently to retrieve the first image from the first image location and the second image from the second image location.
Claim 41
Independent Claim
73 words
A system comprising: a harvesting process performed by a server to harvest user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information received from a plurality of client computers, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, and to create reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and an aggregation process the reduced-size images for aggregated presentation at a remote site.
Claim 42
Independent Claim
73 words
A system comprising: a harvesting process performed by a server to harvest user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information received from a plurality of client computers, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, and to create reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and an aggregation process the reduced-size images for aggregated presentation at a remote site.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system of claim 36 , wherein the publication data is an item listing, and the user-supplied information includes a description of an item for sale, the description to be included in the item listing.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
51 words
The system of claim 36 , wherein the harvesting process is to: for each harvested user-specified image, decompress the harvested user-specified image from a source format to a decompressed image format; convert the decompressed image format to a thumbnail image format; and compress the thumbnail image format into an output format.
Claim 45
Independent Claim
106 words
A system comprising: first means for receiving, from a first user, first location data identifying a first storage location at which a first image to be associated with publication data is stored; second means for retrieving the first image from the first storage location identified by the first location data, and for generating a first reduced-size image using the first image; third means for aggregating the first reduced-size image with a second reduced-size image for presentation at a remote site, the second reduced-size image being generated using a second image retrieved from a second storage location identified by second location data received from a second user.
Claim 46
Independent Claim
106 words
A system comprising: first means for receiving, from a first user, first location data identifying a first storage location at which a first image to be associated with publication data is stored; second means for retrieving the first image from the first storage location identified by the first location data, and for generating a first reduced-size image using the first image; third means for aggregating the first reduced-size image with a second reduced-size image for presentation at a remote site, the second reduced-size image being generated using a second image retrieved from a second storage location identified by second location data received from a second user.
Claim 47
Independent Claim
103 words
A system comprising: publication means for: receiving first publication data from a first computer over a network, the first publication data identifying a first image location; receiving second publication data from a second computer over the network, the second publication data identifying a second image location; harvesting means for: retrieving a first image from the first image location; manipulating the first image to produce a first reduced-size image; retrieving a second image from the second image location; manipulating the second image to produce a second reduced-size image; and aggregation means for creating a customized web page including the first and second reduced-size images.
Claim 48
Independent Claim
103 words
A system comprising: publication means for: receiving first publication data from a first computer over a network, the first publication data identifying a first image location; receiving second publication data from a second computer over the network, the second publication data identifying a second image location; harvesting means for: retrieving a first image from the first image location; manipulating the first image to produce a first reduced-size image; retrieving a second image from the second image location; manipulating the second image to produce a second reduced-size image; and aggregation means for creating a customized web page including the first and second reduced-size images.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
61 words
A server comprising: harvesting means for harvesting user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, and for creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregation means for aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
61 words
A server comprising: harvesting means for harvesting user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, and for creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregation means for aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
124 words
A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more processors perform the following operations: receiving, from a first user, publication data to be published and first location data identifying a first storage location at which a first image to be associated with the publication data is stored; retrieving the first image to be associated with the publication data from the first storage location identified by the first location data; generating a first reduced-size image using the first image; and aggregating the first reduced-size image with a second reduced-size image for presentation at a remote site, the second reduced-size image being generated using a second image retrievable from a second storage location identified by second location data received from a second user.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
124 words
A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more processors perform the following operations: receiving, from a first user, publication data to be published and first location data identifying a first storage location at which a first image to be associated with the publication data is stored; retrieving the first image to be associated with the publication data from the first storage location identified by the first location data; generating a first reduced-size image using the first image; and aggregating the first reduced-size image with a second reduced-size image for presentation at a remote site, the second reduced-size image being generated using a second image retrievable from a second storage location identified by second location data received from a second user.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
68 words
A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more server processors perform the following operations: harvesting user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable; creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
68 words
A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more server processors perform the following operations: harvesting user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable; creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Claim 55
Independent Claim
101 words
A method comprising: receiving first publication data from a first computer over a network, the first publication data including a first image location; receiving second publication data from a second computer over the network, the second publication data including a second image location; carrying out a harvesting process comprising: retrieving a first image from the first image location; manipulating the first image to produce a first reduced-size image; retrieving a second image from the second image location; and manipulating the second image to produce a second reduced-size image; and creating a customized web page including the first and second reduced-size images.
Claim 56
Independent Claim
101 words
A method comprising: receiving first publication data from a first computer over a network, the first publication data including a first image location; receiving second publication data from a second computer over the network, the second publication data including a second image location; carrying out a harvesting process comprising: retrieving a first image from the first image location; manipulating the first image to produce a first reduced-size image; retrieving a second image from the second image location; and manipulating the second image to produce a second reduced-size image; and creating a customized web page including the first and second reduced-size images.
Claim 57
Independent Claim
79 words
A method comprising: harvesting user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, the locations indicating a site of a first image specified by a first user and a site of a second image specified by a second user; creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Claim 58
Independent Claim
79 words
A method comprising: harvesting user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, the locations indicating a site of a first image specified by a first user and a site of a second image specified by a second user; creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Claim 59
Independent Claim
88 words
A system comprising: a harvesting process to harvest user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, the locations indicating a site of a first image specified by a first user and a site of a second image specified by a second user, and to create reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and an aggregation process the reduced-size images for aggregated presentation at a remote site.
Claim 60
Independent Claim
88 words
A system comprising: a harvesting process to harvest user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, the locations indicating a site of a first image specified by a first user and a site of a second image specified by a second user, and to create reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and an aggregation process the reduced-size images for aggregated presentation at a remote site.
Claim 61
Independent Claim
87 words
A system comprising: harvesting means for harvesting user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, the locations indicating a site of a first image specified by a first user and a site of a second image specified by a second user, and for creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregation means for aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Claim 62
Independent Claim
87 words
A system comprising: harvesting means for harvesting user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, the locations indicating a site of a first image specified by a first user and a site of a second image specified by a second user, and for creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregation means for aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
93 words
A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more processors perform the following operations: harvesting user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, the locations indicating a site of a first image specified by a first user and a site of a second image specified by a second user; creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
Claim 64
Dependent Claim
93 words
A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more processors perform the following operations: harvesting user-specified images to be associated with publication data from a plurality of sites based upon user-supplied information, the user-supplied information identifying locations from which the user-specified images are retrievable, the locations indicating a site of a first image specified by a first user and a site of a second image specified by a second user; creating reduced-size images corresponding to the harvested user-specified images; and aggregating the reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
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