Web-connected interactive digital camera
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1. An interactive digital electronic camera system comprising a wireless digital electronic camera including camera elements for capturing image information and digitizing the same for storing in a memory unit in said camera;
- an audio element including a microphone and storage arrangement for recording audio input and speaker for playing received audio signals;
a microprocessor for storing recording images and audio information and associating one with the other, and processing and compressing the stored files for transmission; and
a wireless modem arrangement coupled to the microprocessor for transmitting compressed image and audio information over an associated wireless packet network to a defined network-based server and receiving incoming information for storage in said microprocessor;
a wireless communication link between said wireless digital electronic camera and a data communication network; and
a network-based server for communicating with said wireless digital electronic camera and configuring the received image and audio information for presentation to viewers, said network-based server retrieving web site address information from the received image and audio information and forwarding the received information to the defined web site.
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Abstract
An arrangement for capturing and transmitting a series of images, as well as associated sound clips, from a wireless digital camera to a network-based server for viewing at a web site by designated individuals. Text and/or audio messages from the viewers can be transmitted through the wireless packet network back to the digital camera, resulting in an interactive, bidirectional communication system between the camera user and the image viewers.
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1. An interactive digital electronic camera system comprising
a wireless digital electronic camera including camera elements for capturing image information and digitizing the same for storing in a memory unit in said camera; -
an audio element including a microphone and storage arrangement for recording audio input and speaker for playing received audio signals;
a microprocessor for storing recording images and audio information and associating one with the other, and processing and compressing the stored files for transmission; and
a wireless modem arrangement coupled to the microprocessor for transmitting compressed image and audio information over an associated wireless packet network to a defined network-based server and receiving incoming information for storage in said microprocessor;
a wireless communication link between said wireless digital electronic camera and a data communication network; and
a network-based server for communicating with said wireless digital electronic camera and configuring the received image and audio information for presentation to viewers, said network-based server retrieving web site address information from the received image and audio information and forwarding the received information to the defined web site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An interactive wireless digital electronic camera including
camera elements for capturing image information and digitizing the same for storing in a memory unit in said camera; -
a display element for showing both photographs taken by the wireless digital camera and textual replies received over a wireless packet network;
an audio element including a microphone and storage arrangement for recording audio input and speaker for playing received audio signals;
a microprocessor for storing recording images and audio information and associating one with the other, and processing and compressing the stored files for transmission; and
a wireless modem arrangement coupled to the microprocessor for transmitting compressed image and audio information over the wireless packet network to a defined network-based server and receiving incoming information for storage in said microprocessor. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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