Patent ID: 8831418

Claim:
A system comprising: (a) a portable device that is operable to take and store pictures, and that includes a lens, a plurality of microphones, and a controller coupled to each of: i) an image sensor, ii) a voice-recognition unit, iii) a touch sensitive display screen, iv) a wireless network interface, and v) a local memory; (b) the controller including a control program having instructions to control and respond to at least the voice recognition unit, the touch sensitive display screen, and the wireless network interface; (c) wherein the voice-recognition unit is coupled to at least two microphones, and is configured to (i) receive and process sounds transduced by the at least two microphones, (ii) apply a voice-recognition algorithm based on the energy detected at each of two microphones, and (iii) recognizes a first human spoken word as a specific word that is assigned by the control program to be a voice-activated command for the camera; and (d) wherein the controller is configured to: (i) receive a command from a user and in response to the received command, to cause the system to take a picture by collecting data from the image sensor; (ii) store information related to the data collected from the image sensor comprising a picture in local memory; and (iii) automatically back up the picture information stored in local memory to a user-instructed internet picture hosting website via the wireless network interface, upon the controller receiving at least: (1) an indication from the wireless network interface that the system can make an internet connection via the wireless network interface; and (2) an indication from the local memory that the picture information stored in local memory is designated to be backed-up to the user-instructed internet picture hosting website; and (e) the controller automatically causing an email to be sent to a particular email account regarding the picture.