Patent ID: 6963358
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital data storage and transmitting device comprising: a controller configured and arranged so as to control the operation of the digital data storage and transmitting device and functionalities thereof; a storage medium; an I/O mechanism configured and arranged so as to operably connect the storage medium and a data output of an image capturing device; a first transmitting apparatus operably connected to the storage medium; wherein the controller controls the downloading of digitized image data from the image capturing device via the I/O mechanism and storage of said data in the device storage medium, and controls the transmission of the stored downloaded data from the device storage medium via the transmitting apparatus to another storage medium serviced by a server remote from the digital data storage and transmitting device; wherein the image capturing device is fixed and includes a third transmitting apparatus that embodies wireless communication protocols and techniques, where the image capturing device transmits acquired digitized image data via the third transmitting apparatus after completion of an image acquisition cycle; wherein the digital data storage and transmitting device including a fourth transmitting apparatus and is moveable so as to pass through the viewing area of the image capturing device; and wherein the controller includes a microprocessor and an applications program for execution on the microprocessor, the applications program including instructions and criteria for: receiving the digitized image data being wirelessly transmitted from the image capturing device, processing the downloaded, received digitized data so that it is stored in the device storage medium, and transmitting the stored data from the device storage medium to the another storage medium.