Patent ID: 6836617
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for configuring a photographic film product, the photographic film product including undeveloped photographic film capable of taking photographs of scenes, comprising the steps of:(a) providing an electronic database of information describing at least one photographic film product that can be configured by a purchaser via a digital communications network; (b) displaying at the purchaser's location remote from the electronic database information describing instructions to enable the purchaser to configure the at least one photographic film product; (c) the purchaser uploading at least one digital image from the purchaser's location remote from the electronic database; (d) configuring the photographic film product to include the uploaded digital image by using the uploaded digital image to pre-expose a latent image on at least one frame of the undeveloped photographic film; and (e) sending the configured photographic film product to a designee of the purchaser so that the configured photographic film product can be used to take photopraphs of scenes.