Patent ID: 6995857
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining digital services from a digital camera, comprising the steps of: a) associating a unique camera identifier with a camera; b) associating a unique transceiver identifier with a transceiver module; c) communicating image data from the camera to the transceiver module; d) transmitting the image data, the transceiver identifier, and the camera identifier from the transceiver module to an image services routing server; e) ensuring by consulting a database that the camera associated with the camera identifier is authorized to transmit image data through the transceiver module associated with the transceiver identifier, wherein the database contains a transceiver data construct associated with a plurality of transceiver modules from which information about a particular transceiver module can be obtained utilizing the transceiver identifier, and further wherein the transceiver data construct includes the ability to associate a plurality of camera identifiers with each transceiver identifier; and f) fulfilling a service request associated with the image data.