Techniques for sharing image data remotely

1. A method comprising:

in a network based server situated in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network:

receiving a request for a session ID from an image capture requesting device via a networked connection;

returning a session ID to the image capture requesting device;

receiving original image data, the original image data indicative of a whiteboard, the whiteboard including calibration markers, the image data further comprising metadata, the metadata including the session ID;

processing the received original image data, the processing including a rasterization process resulting in rasterized image data and a vectorization process on the rasterized image data resulting in vectorized image data;

creating a snapshot comprising the received image data, the rasterized image data, the vectorized image data, and the metadata;

storing the snapshot;

receiving an access request for a snapshot associated with a session ID from a media consumption requesting device via a networked connection; and

providing access to the snapshot corresponding to the session ID to the media consumption requesting device.

2. The method of claim 1 , the rasterization process comprising:

removing noise within the original image data;

smoothing the original image data;

finding an edgemap within the original image data;

locating the calibration markers of the original image data via corner prediction;

creating a transformation matrix using the calibration markers; and

performing a matrix multiplication on the original image to adjust the perspective of the original image data.

3. The method of claim 2 , the vectorization process comprising:

converting the rasterized image data to uncompressed bitmap image data;

converting the bitmap image data to vectorized image data by:

performing path decomposition, turn policies, despeckling, polygon generation and penalty assignments, and smoothing and corner analysis resulting in scalable vector graphic image data.

4. The method of claim 1 , the networked connection comprising one of an 802.11 WiFi network connection, a cellular network connection, an 802.16 WiMax network connection, a wireless network connection operating within a frequency range of 100 MHz and 700 MHz, and a wireless network connection operating within a frequency range of 3.5 GHz and 3.7 GHz.

5. The method of claim 2 , the cellular networked connection utilizing an IP protocol based on one of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE), Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO), High Speed Packet Data (HSPD), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSPDA), Long-Term Evolution (LTE), Voice-over Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), or High Rate Packet Data (HRPD).

6. A network based server situated in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network, comprising:

a memory unit for storing code;

at least one processor for executing the stored code to:

receive a request for a session ID from an image capture requesting device via a networked connection;

return a session ID to the image capture requesting device;

receive original image data, the original image data indicative of a whiteboard, the whiteboard including calibration markers, the image data further comprising metadata, the metadata including the session ID;

process the received original image data, the processing including a rasterization process resulting in rasterized image data and a vectorization process on the rasterized image data resulting in vectorized image data;

create a snapshot comprising the received image data, the rasterized image data, the vectorized image data, and the metadata;

store the snapshot;

receive an access request for a snapshot associated with a session ID from a media consumption requesting device via a networked connection; and

provide access to the snapshot corresponding to the session ID to the media consumption requesting device.

7. The network based server of claim 6 , the rasterization process comprising:

removing noise within the original image data;

smoothing the original image data;

finding an edgemap within the original image data;

locating the calibration markers of the original image data via corner prediction;

creating a transformation matrix using the calibration markers; and

performing a matrix multiplication on the original image to adjust the perspective of the original image data.

8. The network based server of claim 7 , the vectorization process comprising:

converting the rasterized image data to uncompressed bitmap image data;

converting the bitmap image data to vectorized image data by:

performing path decomposition, turn policies, despeckling, polygon generation and penalty assignments, and smoothing and corner analysis resulting in scalable vector graphic image data.

9. The network based server of claim 6 , the networked connection comprising one of an 802.11 WiFi network connection, a cellular network connection, an 802.16 WiMax network connection, a wireless network connection operating within a frequency range of 100 MHz and 700 MHz, and a wireless network connection operating within a frequency range of 3.5 GHz and 3.7 GHz.

10. The network based server of claim 9 , the cellular networked connection utilizing an IP protocol based on one of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE), Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO), High Speed Packet Data (HSPD), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSPDA), Long-Term Evolution (LTE), Voice-over Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), or High Rate Packet Data (HRPD).

11. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that in response to being executed on a computing device cause the computing device to:

receive a request for a session ID from an image capture requesting device via a networked connection;

return a session ID to the image capture requesting device;

receive original image data, the original image data indicative of a whiteboard, the whiteboard including calibration markers, the image data further comprising metadata, the metadata including the session ID;

process the received original image data, the processing including a rasterization process resulting in rasterized image data and a vectorization process on the rasterized image data resulting in vectorized image data;

create a snapshot comprising the received image data, the rasterized image data, the vectorized image data, and the metadata;

store the snapshot;

receive an access request for a snapshot associated with a session ID from a media consumption requesting device via a networked connection; and

provide access to the snapshot corresponding to the session ID to the media consumption requesting device.

12. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the rasterization process comprises instructions that in response to being executed on the computing device cause the computing device to:

remove noise within the original image data;

smooth the original image data;

find an edgemap within the original image data;

locate the calibration markers of the original image data via corner prediction;

create a transformation matrix using the calibration markers; and

perform a matrix multiplication on the original image to adjust the perspective of the original image data.

13. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the vectorization process comprises instructions that in response to being executed on the computing device cause the computing device to:

convert the rasterized image data to uncompressed bitmap image data;

convert the bitmap image data to vectorized image data by:

performing path decomposition, turn policies, despeckling, polygon generation and penalty assignments, and smoothing and corner analysis resulting in scalable vector graphic image data.

14. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the networked connection comprises one of an 802.11 WiFi network connection, a cellular network connection, an 802.16 WiMax network connection, a wireless network connection operating within a frequency range of 100 MHz and 700 MHz, and a wireless network connection operating within a frequency range of 3.5 GHz and 3.7 GHz.

15. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the cellular networked connection utilizes an IP protocol based on one of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE), Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO), High Speed Packet Data (HSPD), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSPDA), Long-Term Evolution (LTE), Voice-over Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), or High Rate Packet Data (HRPD).