Patent ID: 6718123
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A photobooth/e-mail center for taking a digitized photographic image of a user at a first station and retrieving and electronically displaying said digitized photographic image at a second station comprising:one or more first stations, comprising, a means for taking said digitized photograph of said user; a first means for displaying said digitized photograph; a means for generating a code corresponding to said digitized photographic image; means for printing and delivering a hardcopy of said photograph to said user at said first station; and a means for transmitting said digitized photograph and said code to a first database residing in one or more second stations; said second station, comprising, a means for electronically entering said code; a means for retrieving said stored digitized photograph from said first database in response to said means for electronically entering said code; a means for receiving and storing said digitized photograph in response to said means for retrieving said stored digitized photograph from said first database; and a second means for transmitting said digitized photograph to one or more third stations.