Patent ID: 8314838

Claim:
A method for collecting media content by a media collection system in cooperation with a mobile device, the method comprising: broadcasting, by the media collection system, a presence of the media collection system at a communication node via a wireless interface; receiving, by the media collection system, from the mobile device a media collection request via the wireless interface; providing, by the media collection system, an access identifier to the mobile device in response to receiving the media collection request; collecting, by the media collection system, pictographic media from at least one media collection device located in a vicinity of the mobile device in response to receiving the media collection request and in response to determining, by the media collection system, a location of a user of the mobile device via facial recognition in the pictographic media; storing the pictographic media in the media collection system; and providing, by the media collection system, access to the pictographic media via a data network to the user of the mobile device when the user of the mobile device provides the access identifier to the media collection system.