Method and system for hosting entity-specific photo-sharing websites for entity-specific digital cameras
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving an entity identification transmitted from a device to a server providing access to a plurality of photo-sharing websites corresponding to a plurality of entities;
identifying a photo-sharing website from the plurality of photo-sharing websites that corresponds to an entity based on the entity identification;
creating an account for the device at the photo-sharing website corresponding to the entity based at least in part on the entity identification;
receiving an image wirelessly from the device to the server; and
storing the image received wirelessly from the device to the account at the photo-sharing website corresponding to the entity;
wherein the entity identification is configured to identify the entity associated with the device; and
wherein the entity comprises a manufacturer of the device, a company that owns or controls the device, a retailer that sells the device, or combinations thereof.
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Abstract
A system and method for hosting entity-specific photo-sharing websites for entity-specific image capture devices provides software for the entity-specific image capture devices that causes the image capture devices to transmit entity ID information when the image capture devices transmit images over the Internet. The system and method further provide an online photosharing service capable of hosting the entity-specific photo-sharing websites for each of the entities, such that when the image capture devices connect to photo-sharing service, the photo-sharing service uses the entity ID received from the image capture devices to automatically associate the image with the photo-sharing websites of the identified entity.
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33 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving an entity identification transmitted from a device to a server providing access to a plurality of photo-sharing websites corresponding to a plurality of entities; identifying a photo-sharing website from the plurality of photo-sharing websites that corresponds to an entity based on the entity identification; creating an account for the device at the photo-sharing website corresponding to the entity based at least in part on the entity identification; receiving an image wirelessly from the device to the server; and storing the image received wirelessly from the device to the account at the photo-sharing website corresponding to the entity; wherein the entity identification is configured to identify the entity associated with the device; and wherein the entity comprises a manufacturer of the device, a company that owns or controls the device, a retailer that sells the device, or combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device, comprising:
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a memory device configured to store instructions; and a processing device configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory device to; host a plurality of entity-specific websites corresponding to a plurality of entities configured to enable sharing photographs; identify an entity-specific website from the plurality of entity-specific websites that corresponds to a specific entity based at least in part on receiving an entity identification transmitted from a photographic device; create an account corresponding to the photographic device at the entity-specific website based at least in part on the entity identification; receive a photograph wirelessly from the photographic device; and automatically associate the photograph received wirelessly from the photographic device to the account corresponding to the photographic device based at least in part on the entity identification; wherein the entity-specific website is configured to correspond to the specific entity; wherein the entity identification is configured to associate the specific entity to the photographic device; and wherein the specific entity comprises a manufacturer of the photographic device, a company that owns or controls the photographic device, a retailer that sells the photographic device, or combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A device, comprising:
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a server configured to; host a plurality of entity-specific websites corresponding to a plurality of entities configured to enable sharing photographs; identify a website from the plurality of websites that corresponds to a specific entity based at least in part on receiving an entity identification transmitted from a photographic device; automatically create a device account corresponding to the photographic device on the website based at least in part on the entity identification; wirelessly receive the image from a photographic device; and automatically associate the photograph received wirelessly from the photographic device to the device account based at least in part on the entity identification; and a database configured to store the entity identification; wherein the entity identification comprises an association between the website and the specific entity; and wherein the entity comprises a manufacturer of the photographic device, a company that owns or controls the photographic device, a retailer that sells the photographic device, or combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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