Method and system for hosting entity-specific photo-sharing web sites for entity-specific digital cameras
First Claim
1. A method of operating an image capture device programmed with instructions for transmitting an entity identification to a server coupled to the image capture device over an electronic network, the method comprising:
- displaying, on the image capture device, an action list received from the server over the electronic network, the action list comprising actions performable by the server on images captured by the image capture device;
receiving, by the image capture device, a selected action from the action list;
uploading, by the image capture device to the server over the electronic network, at least one selected image from the images;
transmitting by the image capture device to the server over the electronic network, an instruction for the server to perform the selected action on the uploaded image in response to the receiving the selected action; and
transmitting, from the image capture device to the server over the electronic network, the entity identification to;
identify an entity associated with the image capture device including a manufacturer of the image capture device, a company that owns or controls the image capture device, a retailer that sells the image capture device, or combinations thereof;
identify a specific photo-sharing website on the server corresponding to the entity;
locate an account on the specific photo-sharing website for the image capture device; and
associate the selected image transmitted by the 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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1. A method of operating an image capture device programmed with instructions for transmitting an entity identification to a server coupled to the image capture device over an electronic network, the method comprising:
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displaying, on the image capture device, an action list received from the server over the electronic network, the action list comprising actions performable by the server on images captured by the image capture device; receiving, by the image capture device, a selected action from the action list; uploading, by the image capture device to the server over the electronic network, at least one selected image from the images; transmitting by the image capture device to the server over the electronic network, an instruction for the server to perform the selected action on the uploaded image in response to the receiving the selected action; and transmitting, from the image capture device to the server over the electronic network, the entity identification to; identify an entity associated with the image capture device including a manufacturer of the image capture device, a company that owns or controls the image capture device, a retailer that sells the image capture device, or combinations thereof; identify a specific photo-sharing website on the server corresponding to the entity; locate an account on the specific photo-sharing website for the image capture device; and associate the selected image transmitted by the image capture device to the server with the account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image capture device to transmit, to a server accessible by the image capture device over an electronic network, an entity identification to identify an entity associated with the image capture device including a manufacturer of the image capture device, a company that owns or controls the image capture device, a retailer that sells the image capture device, or combinations thereof, 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; display an action list downloaded from the server over the electronic network in response to an image upload signal; identify a selection of an action from the action list, the action list comprising actions performable by the server; identify a selection of an image from a plurality of images accessible to the image capture device; provide the server access to the selected image; transmit, to the server over the electronic network, information about the selected action to cause the server to perform the selected action on the selected image; and transmit, to the server over the electronic network, the entity identification. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A server, 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; receive, at the server from an image capture device, an entity identification indicative of an entity including a manufacturer of the image capture device, a company that owns or controls the image capture device, a retailer that sells the image capture device, or combinations thereof; identify, on the server and based at least in part on receiving the entity identification, an action list that specifies actions performable by the server on images, the images captured by the image capture device and uploaded over the electronic network to the server; transmit, by the server to the image capture device, the action list; receive, by the server from the image capture device, a selected image selected from the images; and perform, by the server, a selected action received from the image capture device on the selected image, the selected action being selected from the action list. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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