SmugMug Assigned Patent
File size generation application with file storage integration
By Francis Pelletier | October 8, 2019 at 2:27 pmSmugMug, Inc., Mountain View, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,425,494) developed by Strong, Brian, San Jose, CA, and Macaskill, Don, Los Altos, CA, for a “file size generation application with file storage integration.“
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Media file storage integration and the generation of device specific file formats based upon a single original stored media item are described. One or more remote servers may provide a user one or more remote storage locations for media files and the remote servers may determine an exact storage location for a media file based on certain usage criteria. A server may make a request to retrieve a media file from storage, generate the media file from storage, and display the media file to the user on a device specific graphical user interface without a requirement that the server re-store the device specific displayed media item.”
The patent application was filed on December 9, 2015 (14/964,320).
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