Patent ID: 6141482
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for saving, accessing and reprinting a digitized photographic image, comprising the steps of:providing a self-photography booth capable of fixing said digitized image;one or more means for activating said booth;fixing said digitized image in response to said means for activating said booth;automatically generating a code corresponding to said digitized photographic image, in response to said fixing step;printing a first hard copy of said digitized photographic image so that said code appears on said first hard copy;saving said digitized photographic image as a set of digital information under said code onto a first computer readable means capable of storing digital information;accessing said digitized photographic image comprising the steps of:entering said code, as it appears on said hard copy, into a means for accessing said set of digital information from said first computer readable means capable of storing digital information;retrieving said saved digitized photographic image; andprinting a second hard copy of said digitized photographic image.