Configuring image storage devices to enable imaging services
First Claim
1. A method for configuring a removable memory device and utilizing such configured removable memory device to enable digital imaging services, comprising:
- (a) establishing a service account which defines at least one digital imaging service to be provided using at least one digital image file captured by a digital camera, the service account having an associated service account identifier;
(b) storing service account information in a database, the database being remotely accessible using a communications network;
(c) configuring the removable memory device by storing the service account identifier associated with the service account, the removable memory device being capable of storing a plurality of digital image files captured by the digital camera;
(d) accessing the removable memory device, at a location remote from the database, to retrieve at least one stored digital image file captured by the digital camera and the service account identifier;
(e) communicating the service account identifier over the communications network to the database;
(f) accessing the database and using the service account identifier to retrieve the service account information; and
(g) providing the at least one digital imaging service specified in the service account using the at least one stored digital image file.
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Abstract
A removable memory device is configured and utilized to enable digital imaging services by establishing a service account which defines at least one digital imaging service to be provided using at least one digital image file captured by a digital camera, the service account having an associated service account identifier; storing service account information in a database, the database being remotely accessible using a communications network; configuring the removable memory device by storing the service account identifier associated with the service account, the removable memory device being capable of storing a plurality of digital image files captured by the digital camera; accessing the removable memory device, at a location remote from the database, to retrieve at least one stored digital image file captured by the digital camera and the service account identifier; communicating the service account identifier over the communications network to the database; accessing the database and using the service account identifier to retrieve the service account information; and providing the at least one digital imaging service specified in the service account using the at least one stored digital image file
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12 Claims
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1. A method for configuring a removable memory device and utilizing such configured removable memory device to enable digital imaging services, comprising:
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(a) establishing a service account which defines at least one digital imaging service to be provided using at least one digital image file captured by a digital camera, the service account having an associated service account identifier;
(b) storing service account information in a database, the database being remotely accessible using a communications network;
(c) configuring the removable memory device by storing the service account identifier associated with the service account, the removable memory device being capable of storing a plurality of digital image files captured by the digital camera;
(d) accessing the removable memory device, at a location remote from the database, to retrieve at least one stored digital image file captured by the digital camera and the service account identifier;
(e) communicating the service account identifier over the communications network to the database;
(f) accessing the database and using the service account identifier to retrieve the service account information; and
(g) providing the at least one digital imaging service specified in the service account using the at least one stored digital image file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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