System and camera for transferring digital images to a service provider
View Patent ↗A method and digital camera for capturing images to be provided to a service provider. The camera includes a capture device for capturing digital images; a memory for storing the captured digital images; an interface to a communications device for transmitting the stored images to a service provider; wherein the digital interface automatically transfers images to the network service provider during a specified time period. Rechargeable batteries may be provided for powering the digital camera; wherein the communications device recharges the batteries using the interface. The camera may further include a display for displaying digital files stored in the digital memory and displaying the at least one order status confirmation file on the display.
1. A method for ordering image products or services with respect to stored digital images at a remote location utilizing a communication network comprising:
creating a high resolution image file for an image captured on a device;
transferring a copy of the high resolution image file to a remote service provider over a communication network;
storing a reduced resolution image file corresponding to the high resolution image file on the device;
displaying a reduced resolution image corresponding to the reduced resolution image file on the device; and
ordering goods or services with respect to the displayed reduced resolution image using the corresponding transferred copy of the high resolution image file, wherein creating the high resolution image file further comprises creating the high resolution image file of an image captured on a wireless device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein ordering goods or services further comprises transmitting an identifier associated with the displayed reduced resolution image corresponding to the transferred high resolution image file to the remote service provider.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein storing the reduced resolution image file further comprises storing the reduced resolution file on removable storage medium.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the high resolution image file further comprises creating the high resolution image file of an image captured on a camera.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein transferring the high resolution image file further comprises transferring a high resolution digital image file.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing confirmation from the service provider that the high resolution image file has been transmitted to the service provider.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein providing the confirmation further comprises providing a confirmation using low resolution images.
8. The method of claim 6 wherein providing the confirmation from the service provider further comprises providing the confirmation using a text file.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein transferring the copy of the high resolution image file further comprises transferring the high resolution image file having cropping coordinates.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein transferring the copy of the high resolution image file further comprises transferring a portion of the high resolution image file.
11. The method of claim 2 , wherein transmitting the identifier further comprises transmitting the identifier indicating selected services and indicating the high resolution image file to the service provider.
12. The method of claim 1 further comprising deleting the high resolution image file from the device.