Patent ID: 7457527

Claim:
For use in transferring image data between a removable digital memory module and a user's computer, a portable, hand-held, digital camera picture image data transfer and repository device embodied in a housing connectable to both a removable memory module and a user's notebook or desktop computer and which is of a size which can be held in a user's palm, said repository device comprising: a housing of a size to be held in the palm of a user's hand and including a memory input port sized to receive a digital camera memory module having at least one digital data structure; a mass storage device operatively coupled to receive and store picture image data from a digital camera memory module inserted into said memory input port and for storing said image data, said mass storage device having at least one gigabyte of storage and being accessible for downloading said image data to a user's computer; a user operable control button for initiating a copy operation for copying image data stored in said memory module to said mass storage device; processing circuitry for controlling the transfer of data stored in said digital camera memory module inserted into said memory input port to said mass storage device, said processing circuitry being operable responsive to a user's actuation of said control button to initiate a copy operation and to verify that the copy operation has been correctly performed; said processing circuitry being operable in response to a user input to change a name associated with said digital data structure; a display device for displaying picture image data; and an output interface, coupled to said mass storage device, for use in transferring image data stored in said mass storage device to said user's computer, said output interface being compatible with an interface of said user's computer.