Methods and systems for managing bragbook images
View Patent ↗A device, system, method and software product for storing, maintaining, sharing and displaying of digital images in a common designated collection on at least one portable storage and display device. The device has a first memory section designated for storing images that are obtained by the digital device and a second memory section for storing digital images of the designated collection. The second memory section has a protected mode that prevents the digital images in the second memory section from being deleted or overwritten until the user of the digital display and storage device disables the protected mode. When the protected mode of the second section is disabled then the device will overwrite the digital images of the second memory section with the newly captured digital images. The digital images in the second memory section that were overwritten are restored to the second memory section when the digital display and storage device is in communication link with a database that has information for restoring the digital images that has been overwritten after newly obtained images in the second memory have been removed from the device.
1. A digital display and storage device having memory for storing and displaying of digital images, said memory having a first section designated for storing images that are obtained by said digital display and storage device and a second memory section for storing digital images, said second memory section having a protected mode that prevents said digital images in said second memory section from being deleted or overwritten until the user of said digital display and storage device disables the protected mode, when said protected mode of said second section is disabled then said digital display and storage device will overwrite said digital images said second memory section with said newly captured digital images, said digital images in said second memory section that were overwritten are restored to said second memory section when said digital display and storage device is in communication link with a database that has information for restoring said digital images that have been overwritten and after said newly obtained images in said second memory have been removed from said digital display and storage device.
2. A digital display and storage device according to claim 1 wherein said digital images in said second memory section are overwritten only to the extent necessary to store said newly obtained digital images when said protected mode is disabled.
3. A digital display and storage device according to claim 1 wherein said digital images in said second memory section will not be written over until said first memory section can no longer store newly obtained digital images and when said protected mode has been disabled.
4. A digital display and storage device according to claim 1 wherein removal of said newly obtained digital images comprises uploading of said obtained images to said database.
5. A digital display and storage device according to claim 1 wherein the actual memory requirements needed to store identified images in said second memory section to be stored therein is less than the amount of memory allocated for the second memory section, then the excess memory in said second memory section may be used with respect to new images that are obtained by said digital display and storage device.
6. A digital display and storage device according to claim 1 wherein printing of a selected image stored on a digital display and storage device is accomplished via a host device wherein a higher resolution of the selected image is stored and wherein the high resolution image is used for said printing.
7. A digital display and storage device according to claim 1 wherein the host device has a unique identification where the higher resolution is stored and said unique identification is used to permit authorized communication between said digital display and storage device and said host device.
8. A digital display and storage device according to claim 1 wherein the digital display and storage device has a unique identification that is used to permit authorized communication between said digital display and storage device and said host device.
9. A digital display and storage device according to claim 1 wherein said display and storage device comprises a digital camera.
10. A digital display and storage device according to claim 1 wherein said display and storage device comprises a PDA.
11. A digital display and storage device according to claim 1 wherein said display and storage device comprises a portable computer.
12. A digital display and storage device according to claim 1 wherein said display and storage device comprises a phone cam.
13. A digital display and storage device having memory for storing digital images, said memory having a first section designated for storing images obtained by said digital display and storage device at a first resolution and a second memory section for storing designated digital images at a second resolution which is less than said first resolution, said second section having a protected mode that prevents said digital images in said second memory section from being deleted and/or overwritten until the user of said digital display and storage device disables the protected mode, when said protected mode of said second section is disabled then obtained digital images of said digital display and storage device will overwrite said digital images in said second memory section with said newly obtained digital images, said designated digital images in said second section being controlled by instructions on a host computer that can communicate with said digital display and storage device.
14. A digital display and storage device according to claim 13 wherein said digital images in said second memory section are overwritten only to the extent necessary to store said newly obtained digital images.
15. A digital display and storage device according to claim 13 wherein said digital images in said second memory section will not be written over until said first memory section can no longer store newly obtained digital images.
16. A digital display and storage device according to claim 13 wherein removal of said newly obtained digital images comprises uploading of said newly obtained images to said database.
17. A digital display and storage device according to claim 13 wherein that when the actual memory requirements needed to store identified images in said second memory section to be stored therein is less than the amount of memory allocated for the second memory section, then excess memory in said second memory section may be used with respect to new images that are obtained by said digital display and storage device.
18. A digital display and storage device according to claim 13 wherein printing of a selected image stored on a digital display and storage device is accomplished via a host device wherein a higher resolution of the selected image is stored and wherein the high resolution image is used for said printing.
19. A digital display and storage device according to claim 13 wherein the host device has a unique identification where the higher resolution is stored and said unique identification is used to permit authorized communication between said digital display and storage device and said host computer.
20. A digital display and storage device according to claim 13 wherein the digital display and storage device has a unique identification that is used to permit authorized communication between said digital display and storage device and said host computer.
21. A digital display and storage device according to claim 13 wherein said display and storage device comprises a digital camera.
22. A digital display and storage device according to claim 13 wherein said display and storage device comprises a PDA.
23. A digital display and storage device according to claim 13 wherein said display and storage device comprises a portable computer.
24. A digital display and storage device according to claim 13 wherein said display and storage device comprises a phone cam.
25. A digital display and storage device having memory for storing digital images, said memory having a first section designated for storing images obtained by said digital display and storage device at a first resolution and a second memory section for storing designated digital images at a second resolution, said second section having a protected mode that prevents said digital images in said second memory section from being deleted and/or overwritten until the user of said digital display and storage device disables the protected mode, when said protected mode of said second section is disabled then obtained digital images of said digital display and storage device will overwrite said digital images in said second memory section with said newly obtained digital images, said designated digital images in said second section being controlled by instructions on a host computer than can communicate with said digital display and storage device.
26. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein said digital images in said second memory section are overwritten only to the extent necessary to store said newly obtained digital images.
27. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein said digital images in said second memory section will not be written over until said first memory section can no longer store newly obtained digital images.
28. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein removal of said newly obtained digital images comprises uploading of said newly obtained images to said database.
29. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein when the actual memory requirements needed to store identified images in said second memory section to be stored therein is less than the amount of memory allocated for the second memory section, then excess memory in said second memory section may be used with respect to new images that are obtained by said digital display and storage device.
30. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein printing of a selected image stored on digital display and storage device is accomplished via a host device wherein first resolution of the selected image is stored and wherein the first resolution image is used for said printing.
31. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein the host device has a unique identification where the first resolution is stored and said unique identification is used to permit authorized communication between said digital display and storage device and said host computer.
32. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein the digital display and storage device has a unique identification that is used to permit authorized communication between said digital display and storage device and said host computer.
33. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein said display and storage device comprises a digital camera.
34. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein said display and storage device comprises a PDA.
35. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein said display and storage device comprises a portable computer.
36. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein said display and storage device comprises a phone cam.
37. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein said second resolution is less than said first resolution.
38. A digital display and storage device according to claim 25 wherein said second resolution is the same as said first resolution.