Reliable transfer of data from an image capturing device to a remote data storage

A data capturing device designed for sharing captured data with a communicatively-connected first user device, the data capturing device comprising:

• a data capturing component;
• at least one wireless communication component supporting establishment of one or more wireless communication links with other devices;
• a local storage;
• a controller coupled to the data capturing component, the at least one wireless component, and the local storage and which includes firmware that enables the data capturing device to:
• establish a first communication link between a first user device and the data capturing device, wherein the first user device is within communicative proximity to the data capturing device and the data capturing device is a wearable device;
• capture data intended to be communicated to the first user device;
• notify the first user device of an availability of captured data for transfer to the first user device and a location of the data capturing device;
• receive a response from the first user device;
• in response to the location of the data capturing device being a location of interest, the response including a first instruction to send the captured data directly to the first user device, forward the captured data to the first user device;
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• in response to the location of the data capturing device failing to be the location of interest, the response including a second instruction to send the captured data to a remote storages, establish a data communication session with the remote storage, and transfer the captured data directly to the remote storage.

A method for configuring a data transfer to a remote destination from a wirelessly-connected data capturing device, the method comprising:

• establishing a first communication link between a first user device and the data capturing device, wherein the first user device is within communicative proximity to the data capturing device and the data capturing device is a wearable device;
• in response to receiving a notification that the data capturing device has data to transmit to the first user device, the first user device identifying whether at least one condition exists at the first user device that indicates when the first user device should not accept a transfer of the data, wherein the at least one condition includes a battery charge level of the first user device that is below a threshold charge level and a remaining storage capacity of the first user device that is at or below a threshold storage capacity level;
• in response to the at least one condition failing to exist, sending a response to the data capturing device to initiate the transfer of data from the data capturing device to the first user device over the communication link;
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• in response to at least one of the conditions existing, sending a response to the data capturing device that includes remote storage connectivity data, which enables the data capturing device to (i) connect to and establish a data communication path with a remote storage, and (ii) transfer the captured data directly to the remote storage.