System, Method and Apparatus for Media Submission

Abstract

A system, method and apparatus for media submission. The submission mechanism is configurable to perform a variable amount of intelligent preprocessing on media objects prior to upload. In the example of digital images, the tool can perform sizing and formatting, for example.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 one or more receivers that receive, from a first user device, user credentials, a first pre-processed image file and a second pre-processed image file, the first pre-processed image file produced through first pre-processing by the first user device of a first image and submitted by the first user device for inclusion in a presentation having a group of images, the second pre-processed image file produced through second pre-processing by the first user device of a second image and submitted by the first user device for inclusion in the presentation, the first and second pre-processing controlled by one or more pre-processing parameters received by the first user device from a device separate from the first user device, the one or more pre-processing parameters used to control the first user device in a conversion of the first image and in a conversion of the second image as specified for use by a receiving party; and   one or more transmitters that transmit, to a second user device, the first pre-processed image file and the second pre-processed image file for grouping together as part of the presentation, which is associated with the user credentials, wherein the presentation includes first text information entered by the first user device as a first caption for the first pre-processed image file, and second text information entered by the first user device as a second caption for the second pre-processed image file.