Patent ID: 8224178

Claim:
A system for capturing and transmitting digital data, the system comprising: a digital camera that captures moving picture and video information in a digital format; memory for storing the captured digital information; a global positioning system chip for determining contemporaneous data concerning the location where the captured digital information was acquired at the time the digital information was acquired by the digital camera, contemporaneous data concerning the location of the captured digital information also being stored in memory; an application executable to annotate the captured digital information with time-stamp data, the time-stamp data also being stored in memory; and a wireless transmitter that securely transmits the captured digital information, contemporaneous data concerning the location of the captured digital information, and time-stamp data stored in memory over a wireless network to a target site, wherein the target site is pre-designated by the device for transmission so that no input is required from the user to trigger transmission of the digital information, and the system maintains the captured digital information, data concerning the location of the captured digital information, and time-stamp data such that it cannot be modified, thereby providing a mechanism for subsequent verification.