Method and system for enabling the use of single use reloadable digital camera

Abstract

To enable the use of a single use digital camera for acquiring, selecting and storing images that allows a customer to submit the captured images for development from a convenient location, while also providing the ability to delete unwanted images, a method is disclosed in which a customer is provided a single use digital camera, which the customer uses for acquiring, selecting and storing data corresponding to digital images, the data corresponding to selected images is received from the customer after the storing of the data and the selecting of the images. The single use digital camera provides no means for the customer to retrieve the stored data in image form. A method comprising additional steps allows the removal of selected ones of the data from the digital camera thereby preparing the camera for re-use A system that provides means to perform the steps of the method for use of a single use digital camera is also described.

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