Method and system for hosting entity-specific photo-sharing websites for entity-specific digital cameras
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- automatically establishing a connection between an entity-specific image capture device and a server by transmitting wirelessly, from the entity-specific image capture device to the server, an identifier to identify an account on the server based on an entity associated with the entity-specific image capture device;
receiving, on the entity-specific image capture device from the server, an action list that lists actions corresponding to the account performable by the server on images uploaded wirelessly to the server from the entity-specific image capture device based at least in part on automatically establishing the connection between the entity-specific image capture device and the server;
displaying, on the entity-specific image capture device, the action list;
receiving, by the entity-specific image capture device, a selected action from the action list;
receiving, by the entity-specific image capture device, a selected image from a plurality of images stored at the device;
uploading wirelessly, by the entity-specific image capture device to the server, the selected image;
transmitting wirelessly, by the entity-specific image capture device to the server, an instruction for the server to perform the selected action on the selected image uploaded wirelessly from the entity-specific image capture device to the server in response to the receiving the selected action; and
transmitting wirelessly, from the entity-specific image capture device to the server, an entity identification to;
identify the entity associated with the entity-specific image capture device including a manufacturer of the entity-specific image capture device, a company that owns or controls the entity-specific image capture device, a retailer that sells the entity-specific image capture device, or combinations thereof;
identify a specific photo-sharing website on the server corresponding to the entity;
locate the account on the specific photo-sharing website for the entity-specific image capture device; and
associate the selected image transmitted by the entity-specific image capture 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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19 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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automatically establishing a connection between an entity-specific image capture device and a server by transmitting wirelessly, from the entity-specific image capture device to the server, an identifier to identify an account on the server based on an entity associated with the entity-specific image capture device; receiving, on the entity-specific image capture device from the server, an action list that lists actions corresponding to the account performable by the server on images uploaded wirelessly to the server from the entity-specific image capture device based at least in part on automatically establishing the connection between the entity-specific image capture device and the server; displaying, on the entity-specific image capture device, the action list; receiving, by the entity-specific image capture device, a selected action from the action list; receiving, by the entity-specific image capture device, a selected image from a plurality of images stored at the device; uploading wirelessly, by the entity-specific image capture device to the server, the selected image; transmitting wirelessly, by the entity-specific image capture device to the server, an instruction for the server to perform the selected action on the selected image uploaded wirelessly from the entity-specific image capture device to the server in response to the receiving the selected action; and transmitting wirelessly, from the entity-specific image capture device to the server, an entity identification to; identify the entity associated with the entity-specific image capture device including a manufacturer of the entity-specific image capture device, a company that owns or controls the entity-specific image capture device, a retailer that sells the entity-specific image capture device, or combinations thereof; identify a specific photo-sharing website on the server corresponding to the entity; locate the account on the specific photo-sharing website for the entity-specific image capture device; and associate the selected image transmitted by the entity-specific image capture device to the server with the account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An entity-specific image capture 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; establish a connection between the entity-specific image capture device and a server by transmitting wirelessly, from the entity-specific image capture device to the server, an identifier to identify an account on the server based on an entity associated with the entity-specific image capture device; receive, from the server, an action list that lists actions corresponding to the account performable by the server on images uploaded wirelessly to the server from the entity-specific image capture device based at least in part on automatically establishing the connection between the entity-specific image capture device and the server; display the action list in response to an image upload signal; receive a selected action from the action list; receive a selected image from a plurality of images stored at the entity-specific image capture device; upload wirelessly, to the server, the selected image; transmit wirelessly, to the server, the selected action to cause the server to perform the selected action on the selected image uploaded wirelessly by the entity-specific image capture device to the server; and transmit wirelessly, to the server, an entity identification to; identify the entity associated with the entity-specific image capture device including a manufacturer of the entity-specific image capture device, a company that owns or controls the entity-specific image capture device, a retailer that sells the entity-specific image capture device, or combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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automatically establishing a connection between an entity-specific image capture device and a server by receiving, at the server from the entity-specific image capture device, an account identifier to identify an account on the server based on an entity associated with the entity-specific image capture device; identifying, on the server, an action list that lists actions corresponding to the account performable by the server on images uploaded wirelessly to the server from the entity-specific image capture device based at least in part on automatically establishing the connection between the entity-specific image capture device and the server; transmitting wirelessly, by the server to the entity-specific image capture device, the action list comprising actions performable by the server on images stored on the entity-specific image capture device; receiving, by the server from the entity-specific image capture device, a selected image selected from the images stored on the entity-specific image capture device; performing, by the server, a selected action received from the entity-specific image capture device on the selected image, the selected action being selected from the action list; and receiving, at the server from the entity-specific image capture device, an entity identification to; identify the entity associated with the entity-specific image capture device including a manufacturer of the entity-specific image capture device, a company that owns or controls the entity-specific image capture device, a retailer that sells the entity-specific image capture device, or combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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