Editing List Storage for Cross-Application Image Data Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image editing systems fail to share editing operations across different applications, requiring users to reapply edits and cancel operations in reverse order, leading to redundant tasks and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allow sharing of editing operations across multiple applications by storing an editing list, enabling users to switch between editing applications while maintaining editing information and allowing direct access to stored editing operations, which can be applied to the image, reducing redundant tasks and simplifying the editing process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple editing applications are provided to users, then users can apply various editing functions to images, but editing information cannot be shared among the applications and users must reapply edits when switching applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a shared storage area as an intermediary between multiple editing applications. This storage area preserves editing information (such as editing lists and parameters) so that when users switch between different editing applications, the editing information is automatically shared and applied, eliminating the need to reapply edits and reducing redundant operations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users can select different editing applications, then users can choose from multiple editing functions, but all previous editing operations are canceled when switching applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts editing information (such as editing lists, parameters, and operation histories) from individual editing applications and stores it in a separate shared storage area. This allows editing information to be preserved independently of the specific application being used, so when users switch applications, the extracted editing information remains available and can be applied to the new application.
3Ease of operation
If users want to cancel a specific editing operation, then users can remove unwanted edits, but users must cancel operations in reverse order which is troublesome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the editing operations into individual, independently manageable units within the editing list stored in the shared storage area. Each editing operation is stored as a separate entry with its own identifier, allowing users to selectively cancel specific operations without affecting others. This segmentation enables direct access to any operation in the list, eliminating the need to cancel operations in reverse order and simplifying the cancellation process.
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AI summary
An editing method includes the steps of: providing a plurality of editing applications to a user terminal over a network, each of the editing applications allowing a user of the network to modify an image; in response to the user's request, performing at least one editing operation on the image by using a first editing application; storing an editing list in a storage area, the editing list embodying the at least one editing operation; and applying at least a portion of the stored editing list to the image to modify the image such that the user can apply previous editing operations embodied in the stored editing list to the image when the user edits the image by using a second editing application.