Patent ID: 7509668
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring an electronic camera over a network to make a selected sound, comprising: (a) providing an electronic database including a plurality of sound files that can be selected by a purchaser via a digital communications network; (b) displaying at the purchaser's location, remote from the electronic database, information describing the plurality of sound files that can be selected by the purchaser and operational features of the electronic camera that can be associated with a selected sound file; (c) responsive to the purchaser selecting a particular sound file from the plurality of sound files and choosing an operational feature of the electronic camera that is to be associated wit a selected sound file, configuring the camera by storing the selected sound file in a firmware memory of the electronic camera; and (d) billing the purchaser for configuring said camera with said selected sound files.