Patent ID: 8264529

Claim:
A method of using a camera pod to capture and provide a visual record to a user of a mobile device at the camera pod location, the method comprising: receiving a request transmitted by a mobile device to capture a visual record of a user of the mobile device at a known location of a camera pod, wherein the request is transmitted from the mobile device via a wireless telecommunications network and includes an identifier associated with the mobile device; transmitting a composition request to the mobile device via the wireless telecommunications network, the composition request allowing a user to specify one or more parameters to control a camera in the camera pod; receiving a response from the mobile device via the wireless telecommunications network, the response indicative of the one or more parameters specified by the user; triggering the camera in the camera pod at the known location to capture the visual record of the mobile device user, the captured visual record reflective of the one or more parameters specified by the user; associating the captured visual record with the mobile device identifier; and allowing the mobile device user to access the captured visual record.