Patent ID: 7631335
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A standalone image recording device, comprising: a preview device that previews scenes to be recorded as digital image data; an image conversion circuit that converts an analog image signal into the digital image data; image storage in which the digital image data is recorded; a parameter memory that stores destination e-mail addressing information provided by an operator and that stores password information; an interface controller connected to a network interface having access to an intermediary network; and a processor, which executes control routines, including: a network access routine capable of providing access to an internet-protocol network via the intermediary network, in a first mode in which the network access routine submits the password information to access the internet-protocol network via the intermediary network, and in a second mode in which the network access routine does not submit the password information to access the internet-protocol network via the intermediary network, and an e-mail message assembling routine that assembles information for the preparation of an e-mail message to be transmitted to an internet-protocol e-mail server on the internet-protocol network and then to a destination e-mail address, the information including the destination e-mail addressing information and the digital image data.