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

Claim 0:
1. A method of instructing and capturing at least one photograph during a remote photography session at a photography station, the method comprising:
establishing a communication channel with a computing device of a remote photography station, wherein the remote photography station further includes a digital camera, with a lens and an electronic image sensor, configured to convert received light into digital image data;
receiving live images of the remote photography station from the computing device;
evaluating the live images based on at least one required criteria of a required photograph for the remote photography session; and
generating and sending at least one message to the computing device over the communication channel instructing the computing device to capture an optical image according to the at least one required 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 remote photography session.