Patent ID: 7532811

Claim:
A method of capturing and associating photographic images with a subject, the method comprising: coupling a portable radio wave wireless transmitter with the subject, the wireless transmitter for broadcasting an identification code in a wireless transmission; providing a wireless receiver, the wireless receiver comprising a directional antenna and configured to receive the identification code broadcast from the wireless transmitter when the wireless transmitter is located within an operating region of the wireless antenna; providing a digital storage module, the digital storage module communicatively coupled with the wireless receiver, and the digital storage module for receiving the identification code from the wireless receiver and storing the identification code in a data record; and providing a digital camera, the digital camera communicatively coupled with the digital storage module, the digital camera for generating a digital image document when an optical field of the digital camera encompasses the operating region of the directional antenna of the wireless receiver and communicating the digital image document to the digital storage module, wherein the digital storage module stores the digital image document and associates the identification code with the digital image document.