Patent ID: 7640568
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A standalone image recording device, comprising: a preview device that previews scenes to be recorded as digital image data; an imaging circuit that records images of the previewed scenes as the digital image data into image storage; and a processor, which executes control routines including: a selection routine which interprets input from an operator in order to set parameter values designating which of the digital image data recorded in the image storage is to be sent from the standalone image recording device, and interprets input from an operator in order to activate one of: an e-mail assembly routine, in which the processor assembles information for the preparation of an e-mail message to be transmitted via a message transfer server to a destination e-mail address on an internet-protocol network, the information including a destination e-mail address and message data representative of the digital image data designated by the selection routine, an uploading routine, in which the processor sends the digital image data designated by the selection routine from the standalone image recording device by transferring the designated digital image data to an image file account on a server on the internet-protocol network, from which the digital image data may be served to a browser, and a transfer routine, in which the processor sends the digital image data designated by the selection routine from the standalone image recording device by transferring the designated digital image data to a local personal computer; wherein the processor is configured to execute all of the email assembly routine, the uploading routine, and the transfer routine.