IP Library Granted Patent US 9,203,949
Granted Patent B2
US 9,203,949 · App. 13/083,791 · Granted Dec 1, 2015

System and method for integrating image upload objects with a message list

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Patent No.
US 9,203,949
App. No.
13/083,791
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is disclosed a system and method for integrating an image upload object with a message list. In an embodiment, the method comprises: creating an image upload object for each image to be uploaded; and displaying the image upload object in a message list such that the image upload object may be selected and opened as a message. In another embodiment, the method may further comprise associating with the image upload object at least one of a text description, a thumbnail of the image, a date, and a file link to the uploaded image. In another embodiment, an image upload object in the message list may be configured such that the image upload object may be forwarded to another user as a message, and the associated uploaded image may be accessed by the other user via the file link.

Claims (35)

1. A method performed on a mobile communication device having a memory and a processor for integrating a record of an image upload with a message list, the method comprising:

uploading an image to an online image repository;

in response to uploading the image, receiving a response from the online image repository;

creating a record of an image upload for the image uploaded to the online image repository based on the response from the online image repository; and

displaying a message list which lists the record of an image upload and at least one of an email message or a telephone call record, such that the record of an image upload may be selected and opened as a message,

wherein the record of an image upload is not an email message.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating with the record of an image upload at least one of a text description, a thumbnail of the image, a date, and a file link to the uploaded image.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating with the record of an image upload an upload status for the image.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising associating with the record of an image upload a status icon indicating the upload status of the image upload.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising configuring the record of an image upload in the message list such that the record of an image upload may be opened, filed, marked unopened, saved, or deleted.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising providing a uniform resource locator (URL) as the file link.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the record of the image upload comprises:

creating the record of the image upload prior to the upload of the image; and

updating the record of the image upload based on the response from the online image repository.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein updating the record of the image upload comprises changing a status associated with the image upload object.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein updating the record of the image upload comprises including a link to the uploaded image in the record of the image upload.

10. A system operable on a mobile communication device having a memory and a processor for integrating a record of an image upload with a message list, the system comprising a message integration module adapted to:

upload an image to an online image repository;

in response to uploading the image, receive a response from the online image repository;

create a record of an image upload for the image based on the response from the online image repository; and

display a message list which lists the record of an image upload and at least one of an email message or a telephone call record, such that the record of an image upload may be selected and opened as a message, wherein the record of an image upload is not an email message.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the message integration module is further adapted to associate with the record of an image upload at least one of a text description, a thumbnail of the image, a date, and a file link to the uploaded image.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the message integration module is further adapted to associate with the record of an image upload an upload status for the image.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the message integration module is further adapted to associate with the record of an image upload a status icon indicating the upload status of the image upload.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the message integration module is further adapted to configure the record of an image upload in the message list such that the record of an image upload may be opened, filed, marked unopened, saved, or deleted.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the file link is a uniform resource locator (URL).

16. A non-transitory data processor readable medium storing data processor code that when loaded into a mobile communication device having a memory and a processor and is executed adapts the device to integrate a record of an image upload with a message list, the non-transitory data processor readable medium comprising:

code for uploading an image to the online image repository and receiving a response from the online image repository;

code for creating a record of an image upload for the image uploaded to the online image repository based on the response from the online image repository; and

code for displaying a message list which lists the record of an image upload and at least one of an email message or a telephone call record, such that the record of an image upload may be selected and opened as a message,

wherein the record of an image upload is not an email message.

17. The non-transitory data processor readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising code for associating with the record of an image upload at least one of a text description, a thumbnail of the image, a date, and a file link to the uploaded image.

18. The non-transitory data processor readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising code for associating with the record of an image upload an upload status for the image.

19. The non-transitory data processor readable medium of claim 18 , further comprising code for associating with the record of an image upload a status icon indicating the upload status of the image upload.

20. The non-transitory data processor readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising code for configuring the record of an image upload in the message list such that the record of an_image upload may be opened, filed, marked unopened, saved, or deleted.

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