Digital message processing system

• US 9,935,998 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2017
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fo2go LLC
• Original Assignee: Fo2go LLC
• Inventors: Knowles, Andrew Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, LUONG TRUNG
• Application Number:
  US15/673,741
• Publication Number:
  US 20170339212A1
• Time in Patent Office: 236 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

A wireless apparatus and system automatically processes digital “messages” to a remote system at a predefined destination address. Initial transmission occurs via a wireless network, and the apparatus process allows the simultaneous capture of new messages while transmissions are occurring. The destination address may correspond to an e-mail account, or may correspond to a remote server from which the message can be efficiently processed and/or further distributed. In the latter case, data packaged with the digital message is used to control processing of the message at the server, based on a combination of pre-defined system and user options. Secured Internet access to the server allows flexible user access to system parameters for configuration of message handling and distribution options, including the option to build named distribution lists that are downloaded to the wireless apparatus.

Claims

1. A digital photo processing system comprising:

at least one wireless digital camera apparatus, wherein the at least one wireless digital camera apparatus includes a processor, a memory, a destination address and one or more previously defined recipient codes stored in the memory, a user interface connected to the processor for displaying the one or more previously defined recipient codes and receiving signals indicating user selection of a displayed one or more previously defined recipient codes, a digital camera connected to the processor for capturing one or more digital images in response to the signals from the user interface, a radio frequency (RF) communications device connected to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to respond to signals received from the user interface to transmit a message including the one or more previously defined recipient codes and the one or more digital images to the destination address via the RF communications device; and

a server associated with the destination address and responsive to the message received at the destination address from the at least one wireless digital camera apparatus, and server memory configured to store account configuration data including recipient code data, wherein the server is further configured to parse the one or more previously defined recipient codes from the message and process the message according to the account configuration data associated with the one or more previously defined recipient codes, and to transmit the account configuration data including the one or more previously defined recipient codes to the at least one wireless digital camera apparatus,

wherein the processor of the at least one wireless digital camera apparatus is configured to be responsive to receiving the account configuration data transmitted from the server to update the memory of the at least one wireless digital camera apparatus with at least a portion of the account configuration data.

2. A digital photo processing system comprising:

at least one wireless digital camera apparatus, wherein the at least one wireless digital camera apparatus includes a processor, a memory, a destination address and one or more previously defined recipient codes stored in the memory, a user interface connected to the processor for displaying the one or more previously defined recipient codes and receiving signals indicating user selection of a displayed recipient code, a digital camera connected to the processor for capturing one or more digital images in response to the signals from the user interface, a radio frequency (RF) communications device connected to the processor, wherein the processor is responsive to the signals received from the user interface, to transmit a message, including the one or more previously defined recipient codes and the one or more digital images to the destination address via the RF communications device;

a server associated with the destination address and responsive to the message received at the destination address from the at least one wireless digital camera apparatus;

a database storing account configuration data including recipient code data; and

a server communication device,

wherein the server is configured or otherwise operable to parse the one or more previously defined recipient codes from the message, retrieving from the database account configuration data that is associated with the one or more previously defined recipient codes, and processing the message according to the account configuration data.

3. The digital photo processing system of claim 2, wherein the server is further configured to archive the message on the server.

4. The digital photo processing system of claim 2, wherein the server is configured to distribute the message to one or more recipient addresses associated with the one or more previously defined recipient codes included in the account configuration data.

5. The digital photo processing system of claim 2, wherein the message further comprises an account identifier, the database account configuration data includes an account identifier, and the server is configured to retrieve from the database account configuration data, data that is associated with both the account identifier of the message or the account identifier of the database account configuration data and the one or more previously defined recipient codes.