US 8,558,904 B2 · System and method for efficiently transferring data from an electronic camera device

Abstract

A system and method for efficiently transferring data from an electronic camera device includes a camera device that is configured to capture image data and temporarily store the image data into an economical limited local buffer memory. A transfer manager from the camera device may then periodically arbitrate for access to a wireless communications network, and may transfer the captured image data from the buffer memory to a designated data destination, such as an image service on a distributed computer network like the Internet. A system user may then efficiently access the transferred image data from a dedicated storage location on the data destination by utilizing any appropriate data-access device, such as a personal computer device or a portable electronic device.

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Dependent claims

A system for transferring data, comprising:

an imaging device configured to capture said data into data buffers;
and
a transfer manager of said imaging device for transferring said data from said imaging device to a data destination during a data transfer procedure, said transfer manager performing a repeat transfer procedure whenever said data destination fails to successfully receive all of said data, said transfer manager sending a separate error notification to said data destination after determining that said data transfer procedure was unsuccessful, said separate error notification specifically indicating to said data destination that additional required information from said data will subsequently be transmitted in said repeat transfer procedure to complete said data transfer procedure.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for efficiently transferring data from an electronic camera device

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System and method for efficiently transferring data from an electronic camera device

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Abstract

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