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Content-aware digital media storage device and methods of using the same

  • US 9,448,918 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2010
  • Issued: 09/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • establishing a wireless network between respective wireless radio transceivers of a first and second removable media card, the first removable media card being used by a first user and the second removable media card being used by a second user, the first user being different from the second user;

    receiving, by the first removable media card, an identifier from the second removable media card;

    determining, by the first removable media card, whether the second user of the second removable media card is known to the first user of the first removable media card based on the identifier from the second removable media card and a list of individuals known to the first user;

    in response to determining that the second user is known to the first user, (i) informing, via a user interface of a digital camera housing the first removable media card, the first user that the second user is in a proximity of the first user, and (ii) requesting, via the user interface, permission from the first user to transmit one or more images from the first removable media card to the second removable media card; and

    upon obtaining the first user'"'"'s permission, transmitting one or more images from the first removable media card to the second removable media card, wherein the transmission of images is initiated by the second user being in the proximity of the first user.

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