Patent ID: 8587669

Claim:
A method comprising: determining a processing to be performed on an image at a remote processing resource; capturing an image by an image capture device; transmitting to the remote processing resource from the image capture device, in response to a triggering event, the image to be processed and associated information, wherein the transmitting to the remote processing resource, in response to the triggering event, includes one or more of: automatically selecting and transmitting when an amount of stored information including the captured image reaches a predetermined level, or when an amount or number of stored images reaches a predetermined level; transmitting to the remote processing resource from the image capture device an indication of where an image should be transmitted or stored after processing, wherein the indication of where the image should be transmitted or stored after processing includes selection of one or more of: an address or identifier identifying a device, a network address, a network address of a user device, a network address of a wireless user device, a network address of a storage resource, a link to a resource or device, a Universal Resource Locator (URL), a telephone number associated with a user wireless device, or an electronic mail or e-mail address; and transmitting to the remote processing resource from the image capture device an indication of one or more types of status information that should be provided or communicated relating to a status of the processing of the image, including at least that a processing history should be provided or communicated indicating one or more processing steps that were performed to process the image.