Patent ID: 7742083

Claim:
An image record organization method comprising the steps of: capturing a plurality of image records with a camera; generating a value index of each of said image records, wherein the value index is automatically derived from one or more of: user inputs to said camera during capture of the respective said image record, usage of a particular image record following capture, semantic image content of the respective said image record, and user reactions to the respective said image record; assigning a data set to each of the plurality of image records and defining the data set to include a plurality of image data categories; generating the value index for each of the plurality of image records by excluding any of the plurality of image data categories having missing data in the respective data set from the generation of the value index; classifying said image records into unacceptable image records having respective said value indexes within a predetermined threshold and acceptable image records having respective said value indexes beyond said threshold; selectively displaying on said camera an identification of all of said unacceptable image records; and during said displaying, allowing a user to selectively retain or discard all of said unacceptable image records, as a group, while retaining all of said acceptable image records.