Patent ID: 11961216
Assignee: SHUTTERFLY, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A system for capturing at least one photograph during a remote photography session, the system comprising:
a photography station controller including a first computing device; and
a photography station remote from the photography station controller, the photography station including:
a second computing device; and
a digital camera, with a lens and an electronic image sensor, configured to convert received light into digital image data;

wherein the first computing device includes a non-transitory storage medium and at least one processor, the non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first computing device to:
establish a communication channel with the second computing device;
receive live images from the second computing device over the communication channel;
evaluate the live images based on at least one criteria of a required photograph for the remote photography session; and
generate and send at least one message to the second computing device over the communication channel to instruct the second computing device to capture an optical image according to the at least one criteria using the digital camera, wherein the at least one message includes an instruction based at least in part on the at least one criteria of the required photograph for the photography session.