Patent ID: 7154621

Claim:
A method for providing improved online access to digital images, the method comprising: creating digital images for a particular user, wherein said digital images for a particular user are created from a roll of developed film; assigning a claim number corresponding to the roll of developed film; transferring copies of the digital images to a central server by: transferring lower-resolution copies of the digital images to the central server using relatively-low bandwidth communication, and subsequently transferring higher-resolution copies of the digital images to the central server using relatively-high bandwidth communication; requiring the user to input the claim number when requesting access to the digital images; in response to a user request for online access to the digital images from a browser, transferring said lower-resolution copies to the browser for online viewing; and in response to a user request for an operation that requires a high-resolution copy of a particular one of the digital images, transferring the higher-resolution copy of that particular digital image to the browser.