Method and system for hosting entity-specific photo-sharing websites for entity-specific digital cameras
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- wirelessly transmitting an entity identification from a device to a server configured to host a plurality of photo-sharing websites corresponding to a plurality of entities; and
transmitting an image from the device to the server;
wherein the entity identification is configured to;
identify an entity associated with the device including a manufacturer of the device, a company that owns or controls the device, a retailer that sells the device, or combinations thereof;
identify a specific photo-sharing website corresponding to the entity;
locate an account on the specific photo-sharing website for the device; and
associate the image transmitted by the device to the server with the account.
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Abstract
A system and method hosts entity-specific photo-sharing websites for entity-specific image capture devices. The system and method 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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26 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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wirelessly transmitting an entity identification from a device to a server configured to host a plurality of photo-sharing websites corresponding to a plurality of entities; and
transmitting an image from the device to the server;
wherein the entity identification is configured to;identify an entity associated with the device including a manufacturer of the device, a company that owns or controls the device, a retailer that sells the device, or combinations thereof; identify a specific photo-sharing website corresponding to the entity; locate an account on the specific photo-sharing website for the device; and associate the image transmitted by the device to the server with the account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. 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; wirelessly transmit an entity identification to a server configured to host a plurality of photo-sharing websites corresponding to a plurality of entities; and transmit an image to the server; wherein the entity identification is configured to; identify an entity associated with the device, the entity comprising a manufacturer of the device, a company that owns or controls the device, a retailer that sells the device, or combinations thereof; identify a specific photo-sharing website corresponding to the entity; identify an account on the specific photo-sharing website for the device; and store the image transmitted by the device to the server in association with the account. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A device, comprising:
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a memory configured to store an entity identification corresponding to an entity associated with the device; a processor configured to; transmit the entity identification stored in the memory to a server configured to host a plurality of photo-sharing websites corresponding to a plurality of entities; and capture an image; and transmit the image to the server; wherein the entity identification is configured to; comprises identify a manufacturer of the device, a company that owns or controls the device, a retailer that sells the device, or combinations thereof; and identify a specific photo-sharing website corresponding to the entity; create an account on the specific photo-sharing website for the device; and store the image in association with the account. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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