Appliance and method of using same having a send capability for stored data

A hand-held image capture and communication appliance, comprising:

• capturing means for acquiring image data;
• storage means for saving said image data;
• processing means in communication with said storage means;
• display means in communication with said processing means for exhibiting said image data;
• and
• program code stored in said storage means and executed by said processing means, said program code comprising a send page module for transferring image data between said appliance and an external device.

A system, comprising:

• a memory for holding information stored as at least one data entity;
• a processor in communication with said memory;
• a display in communication with said processor for exhibiting said at least one data entity;
• a plurality of communication ports;
• program code stored in said memory and executed by said processor, said
• program code comprising a send module for transferring said at least one data entity between said system and an external device;
• aid send module comprising:
• a plurality of code segments corresponding to said communication ports for transferring said at least one data entity between said system and an external device over said communication ports;
• and
• a code segment for displaying an animation representing the transfer of image data from said system to the external device.

A method for transferring image data from a hand-held image capture and communication appliance to an external device, comprising the steps of:

• capturing an image with said appliance;
• saving said image in a storage medium;
• sending the image data to the external device over a first communication port;
• and
• displaying a first animation on a display associated with said appliance, said first animation representing the transfer of image data from said appliance to the external device.

A method for transferring at least one data entity from a system having a plurality of communication ports to an external device, comprising the steps of:

• sending the at least one data entity to the external device over a first communication port;
• displaying a first animation on a display associated with said system, said first animation representing the transfer of the at least one data entity from the system to the external device;
• determining if said sending step was successful;
• sending the at least one data entity to the external device over an alternative communication port if said sending step was unsuccessful;
• and
• repeating said determining and sending steps until said sending step is successful or all of said communication ports are exhausted.

A computer readable medium having a program for manipulating information stored as data entities in a memory, said program comprising:

• logic configured sending at least one data entity from a system to an external device over a first communication port;
• logic configured for displaying a first animation on a display associated with said system, said first animation representing the transfer of the at least one data entity from the system to said external device;
• logic configured for determining if said sending step was successful;
• logic configured for sending said at least one data entity to said external device over an alternative communication port if said sending step was unsuccessful;
• and
• logic configured for repeating said determining and sending steps until said sending step is successful or all of said communication ports are exhausted.