Patent ID: 7305182

Claim:
A process for providing event photographs of a event for inspection, selection and distribution via a web accessible computer network, comprising the steps of: a. creating a sponsorship service for an event by hiring a photographer, wherein the photographer performs the steps comprising: i. taking photographs of event participants; ii. creating an event template including photo borders for the photographs on a relational database in communication with the web accessible computer network and associating identifying data with each event template wherein the identifying data corresponds to an event name, and a member of the group comprising: a name of a participating organization, an event location, an event date, an event time; or combinations thereof; iii. transferring the photographs of event participants to the event templates; iv. inserting sponsor data on at least one borders of each photograph, on each photograph using a watermark, or using a watermark and at least one border of each photograph; v. providing identifying data to event participants, sponsors, and combinations thereof, with instructions on how to locate a particular event template; and vi. providing notification to the event participants of the opportunity to download at least one copy of the photographs at no charge; b. providing the sponsorship service simultaneously for members of the group: associations, organizations, businesses, individuals, educational institutions and combinations thereof; and c. paying the photographer by the sponsor using a fee selected from the group comprising: (i) a flat fee for the event; (ii) an hourly rate based on event duration; (iii) an hourly rate based on attendance duration of the photographer, (iv) a fee based on number of event participants present, or (v) a fee based on each photograph taken during the event.