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Portable imaging device employing geographic information to facilitate image access and viewing

  • US 7,146,179 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2002
  • Issued: 12/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for accessing and viewing images from a collection of user stored images, comprising:

  • a database for storing a plurality of user accounts, each user account being associated with a collection of user stored images and each user stored image having geographic location metadata;

    a portable imaging device comprising;

    a receiver adapted to receive images transmitted from the database;

    a memory for storing at least one of the received images;

    a display for displaying the images stored in the memory; and

    means for determining a geographic location of the portable imaging device;

    wherein the images transmitted from said database to the portable imaging device are selected in response to the determined geographical location of the portable imaging device and the geographic location metadata associated with the user stored images in the user account associated with said portable imaging device.

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