Mobile wireless image capture and printing method and system
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsChristopher I. Marshall, Ronald S. Cok, Robert J. Weetman, Edward Woodrow, Kevin Yager
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AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsChristopher I. Marshall, Ronald S. Cok, Robert J. Weetman, Edward Woodrow, Kevin Yager
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A method and system for providing photographic services, includes a mobile image capture system that has a digital camera, an order entry device having a display for displaying images captured by the digital camera and a data input device for taking a customer order, and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the captured image and an associated customer order; providing an image fulfillment station remote from the mobile image capture system that includes a wireless transceiver for receiving transmitted images and customer order and an output device for providing an image related product; an image of a customer is captured using the digital camera; the captured image is displayed to the customer on the display at the time and location of image capture; an order from the customer is entered on the order entry device for the captured image at the time and location of image capture; the image is transmitted to a fulfillment station; and the order is fulfilled at the fulfillment station.
A method for providing photographic services, comprising the steps of:
The method claimed in claim1 wherein the order entry device is a portable computer.
The method claimed in claim1 wherein the order entry device further comprises a credit card reader.
The method claimed in claim1 wherein the order entry device further comprises a receipt printer.
The method claimed in claim1 wherein a plurality of photographers are provided with mobile image capture systems that communicate with the image fulfillment station.
A system for providing photographic services, comprising:
The system claimed in claim14 further comprising a plurality of mobile image capture systems communicating with the image fulfillment station.
The system claimed in claim14 wherein the order entry device is a portable computer.
The system claimed in claim14 wherein the order entry device further comprises a credit card reader.
The system claimed in claim14 wherein the order entry device further comprises a receipt printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.