Patent ID: 6510520
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A method of securing digital camera data comprising:(a) downloading unsecure digital camera data stored in a separate digital camera using an unsecured protocol to a separate secure storage device through connection of said digital camera to said secure storage device by a user and through activation of said secure device and said camera by said user, said secure storage device for creating secure digital camera data from said digital camera data and for storing said secure digital camera data for the purpose of transferring said secure data to a separate computer at a later time upon connection of said secure storage device to said computer and activation of said secure device by a user, and wherein said separate digital camera is designed for use as a portable, hand held camera in which said digital camera data is captured and then stored; (b) programming said secure storage device as required by said user for creating said secure data from said digital camera data; and (c) creating said secure data within the secure storage device by performing digital processing related to the digital camera data, and wherein the secure device is responsive to the same protocol as an unsecure device and as a result the camera responds to the secure device as if it were an unsecure storage device.