Patent ID: 8359619

Claim:
A web cam system, comprising: a digital camera for capturing an image of a scene, wherein said digital camera is configured to generate image data, wherein said digital camera is configured to be connected with a computer, and wherein said digital camera is configured to provide said image data to said computer; a computer program product comprising: a non-transitory computer useable storage medium having computer readable code embodied therein for causing the interfacing of said digital camera with said computer, said computer program product comprising: an image capturing computer readable program code portion configured to cause said computer to effect the capturing of said image, wherein said image comprises still and video images; an internet interfacing computer readable program code portion configured to cause said computer to effect the transmittal of said image data, for incorporation of said image data into a web cam page, to a web site hosting said web cam page; and an interlude switch configured to be connected with said digital camera, wherein said interlude switch is configured to be toggled between a view mode and an interlude mode, wherein said interlude switch when toggled to said view mode causes said image capturing computer readable program code portion to drive said digital camera to capture images of a scene, and wherein said interlude switch when toggled to said interlude mode causes said internet interfacing computer readable program code portion to effect the replacement of said image data with preselected images, and effect transmittal of said preselected images, for incorporation of said preselected images into said web cam page, to a web site hosting said web cam page, as if said preselected images were captured by said digital camera.