Patent ID: 7936484

Claim:
A method for creating, transmitting, modifying and posting a digital image file including the steps of: digitally capturing a photographed image using a hand held digital device; creating a first digital photographic image file of the captured image; wirelessly transmitting the captured digital photographic image file from said hand held digital device to an interne based application web service which hosts a process engine for synchronizing said digital photographic image file with a second digital file; the transmitted photographic digital image file including an associated alias, and one or more of the following metadata attributes selected from the group comprising the date, time, place of image file creation, the device and device settings used to take the image, the network access point, and the identity of the image taker; selecting from within a menu of instructions stored within said process engine which of said stored instructions are to be applied to the further processing of the captured photographic digital image file, said selection performed by said process engine based upon the transmitted alias and the at least one of the metadata attributes associated with the said alias; appending to the first digital photograph image file a second digital graphics file, said second digital graphics file including a digital frame which is configured to surround the captured first digital photographic image file to create a combined file, wherein all such image synchronization occurs remote from said hand held digital device; and thereafter, wirelessly transmitting the combined photographic image file to a wireless device.