Patent ID: 8363157
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication device, comprising: a wireless communication interface arranged to transmit and receive data with a wireless data network; a microprocessor; memory in operable connection with the microprocessor storing a plurality of separate computer applications that are each configured to perform one or more particular operations, wherein the plurality of computer applications include a digital image capture computer application that is configured to cause digital images to be captured locally by the mobile communication device and share the captured digital images with one or more of the other computer applications of the plurality of computer applications; a housing at least partially surrounding the wireless communication interface, the microprocessor, and the memory and defining an outer surface for the mobile communication device; a camera lens in an aperture in the housing and arranged on a first side of the mobile communication device and located at least partially in the housing, and serving as a centerpoint for an intersection of a pair of axes that define four quadrants; and a plurality of flash generating devices on the first side of, and on the outer surface of, the mobile communication device, two of the flash generating devices located in quadrants that are positioned opposite of, and not adjacent to, each other, wherein the memory further stores: