Patent ID: 7774023

Claim:
A source electronic device configured to capture a digital image, the source electronic device comprising: a camera configured to capture at least one unprocessed image; a processor; a source identification module configured to identify the source electronic device with a source identification information; a processor configured to process the captured unprocessed image, the processor further configured to generate a processed digital image that comprises an image header including the source identification information; an encryption module of the processor capable of performing a checksum operation to detect corruption of the processed digital image; a memory module configured to store the at least one processed digital image having the source identification information in the image header; wherein if the processed digital image is determined to have an incorrect checksum, the processor scrambles the data in the processed digital image to prevent display of the processed digital image; and wherein if the processed digital image is determined to be an intrusive image, the image header is analyzed to determine the source identification information.