Method and system for hosting an internet web site on a digital camera

A system for remotely accessing images stored in a digital portable image capture unit, wherein the portable image capture unit includes a processor coupled to a memory, the memory containing computer readable code, which when executed by the processor cause the portable image capture unit to implement a method, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) directly capturing an image;
• b) accessing a web server via a direct connection with the internet without requiring a computer system for internet connectivity, wherein a current internet address of the portable image capture unit changes each time the image capture unit accesses the web server via the internet;
• c) registering the current internet address of the portable image capture unit with the web server;
• d) hosting a web page such that the image can be accessed by a web browser of a user wherein the web browser obtains the current internet address from the web server transparently to the user.

In a portable image capture unit including a processor coupled to a memory, the memory containing computer readable code, which when executed by the processor cause the portable image capture unit to implement a method for providing remote access to an image stored in the portable image capture unit, the method comprising the portable image capture unit performing the steps of:

• a) directly capturing an image;
• b) coupling directly to the internet via a telephone dial-up internet connection without requiring a computer system for internet connectivity;
• c) storing initialization information enabling the establishment of the direct internet connection;
• d) accessing a web server via the direct connection to the internet, wherein a current internet address of the portable image capture unit changes each time the portable image capture unit accesses the web server via the direction connection to the internet;
• e) registering the current internet address of the portable image capture unit with the web server;
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• f) hosting a web page such that the image can be accessed by a web browser of a user, wherein the web browser obtains the current internet address from the web server transparently to the user.