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

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions for remotely conducting a photography session at a photography station, wherein when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions cause the processor to:
establish a communication channel with a computing device of the remote photography station, wherein the remote photography station includes a digital camera, with a lens and an electronic image sensor, configured to convert received light into digital image data;
receive live images of the remote photography station over the communication channel;
evaluate the live images based on at least one criteria of a required photograph for the photography session; and
generate and send at least one message to the computing device over the communication channel to instruct the 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 required criteria of the required photograph for the photography session.