Patent ID: 6943909
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for transferring image data to a service provider, comprising: an image source configured to provide said image data; and an image pump configured to receive said image data from said image source by at least one of a wireless connection, a hard-wired connection, and a form of removable storage, and responsively provide said image data to said service provider, said service provider being implemented to include a photofinishing system, said image pump being implemented separately from said image source and said service provider, in a non-integral manner, for transferring said image data from said image source to said service provider, said image pump being implemented in a simplified configuration without an internal processor, a system user instructing said image pump to transfer said image data from said image pump to said service provider by activating image-data transfer means of said image pump.