Patent ID: 8488000

Claim:
A method for retrieving an image, comprising: capturing images; receiving an identifier of an event held at a location during a period of time; assigning the received identifier to the captured images; storing the captured images and the assigned identifier; displaying a list of images stored in a first camera; selecting an image from the list of images which is stored in the first camera and to which the identifier is assigned; transmitting, from the first camera, the assigned identifier of the selected image to a display and the display requesting at least one other camera not including the first camera that exists within a communication coverage range to transmit from said at least one other camera a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to the received assigned identifier of the selected image stored in the first camera; receiving, at the display, a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to the assigned identifier; displaying, on a display of the first camera, the plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to the assigned identifier; and selecting a thumbnail image of an image from the plurality of thumbnail images that are stored in a second camera corresponding to the assigned identifier, the image of the selected thumbnail image being transmitted to the first camera.