Patent ID: 7475092

Claim:
A method for managing a plurality of digital images, the method comprising the steps of: capturing an image with a digital image capture device and creating a digital image file; associating at least one identifier to the digital image file, wherein the at least one identifier includes a site location number (SLN), a customer identification number (CIN), a date the image was taken (DIT) and a picture sequence number (PSN); encoding the at least one identifier of the digital image file; printing a hardcopy of the captured image with the at least one identifier visible on the hardcopy; scanning the at least one identifier; submitting the at least one identifier to a server lookup database; determining the server location number from the at least one identifier; transferring a user to the determined server; submitting the at least one identifier to the determined server; presenting the image to the user; submitting a user request to the determined server; querying a database of the determined server to retrieve a record for the at least one digital image based on the identifier; and processing the user request with the information in the record associated to the at least one digital image.