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US 7,680,692 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for accessing and storing digital images
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJohn F. Meyer, Steven Y. Kim
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Abstract
A point-of-sale machine accesses digital images stored in memory of a digital camera or other imaging device, and performs a point-of-sale transaction for storing at least one of the digital images at a remote site.
Claims32
A method comprising:
- transferring at least one digital image from a memory associated with a customer's digital camera imaging device to a memory at a remote site;
- displaying a price for storing the at least one digital image at the remote site;
- prompting a customer for payment of the price;
- receiving a payment for storing the at least one digital image at the remote site;
- storing the at least one digital image at the remote site;
- and
- printing a sales receipt including the price paid for storing the at least one digital image at the remote site, the date the payment was received and a thumbnail of the at least one digital image stored at the remote site.
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A method of storing a digital image captured by a digital camera imaging device, the method comprising:
- accessing at least one digital image from a memory from a digital camera imaging device with a transaction machine;
- the transaction machine displaying a price for storing the at least one digital image at a remote site;
- the transaction machine prompting a customer for payment of the price;
- the transaction machine receiving a payment for storing the at least one digital image at the remote site;
- storing the at least one digital image at the remote site;
- and
- confirming storage of the at least one digital image at the remote site with a sales receipt that includes the price paid for storing the at least one digital image at the remote site, the date the payment was received and information identifying the at least one digital image stored at the remote site.
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A system comprising:
- means for transferring digital images from a customer's digital camera imaging device memory to a remote site;
- means for storing the digital images at the remote site;
- means for displaying a price for storing the digital images at the remote site;
- means for prompting a customer for payment of the price;
- means for receiving a payment for storing the digital images at the remote site;
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- means for printing a sales receipt including the price paid for storing the digital images at the remote site, the date the payment was received and information identifying the stored images.
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A mini-kiosk comprising:
- a memory card reader;
- and
- a processor responsive to the card reader and programmed to perform a point-of-sale financial transaction for sending digital images from a user's digital camera to a remote storage site, the processor confirming storage of digital images at the remote storage site in response to confirmation sent from the remote storage site, wherein the mini-kiosk is adapted for use by a plurality of customers.
An article for a transaction machine, the transaction machine adapted for use by a plurality of customers, the transaction machine having a processor and an interface, the article comprising:
- computer memory linked to the processor, the interface communicatively coupled to the computer memory and the interface adapted to receive digital images from the plurality of customers;
- and
- a program encoded in the computer memory, the program, when executed, instructing the processor to receive digital images via the interface, determine a price for storing the digital images at a remote site, process payment information, send paid-for digital images to the remote site, and to receive confirmation of storage of the paid-for digital images from the remote site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.