Patent ID: 6999637

Claim:
A method for providing a user with an album including a plurality of pages, the method comprising the steps of: (a) allowing a user to purchase at least a portion of the album, the portion of the album including a portion of the plurality of pages; (b) allowing the user to set a plurality of defaults for the plurality of pages, at least one default of the plurality of defaults capable of being altered using information provided by the user; (c) receiving from the user the information, if any, and a plurality of images captured using a digital imaging device, wherein the information receiving step (c) further includes the step of: (c1) receiving a tag stored in at least one image file for a first portion of the plurality of images, the tag for altering the at least one default of the plurality of defaults for the first portion of the plurality of images, wherein the tag received in the image file in step (c1) is received in a communication that is separate from the user setting the plurality of defaults in step (b) and that initially provides the first portion of the plurality of images; (d) altering the at least one default if the user has provided the information; (e) providing the portion of the plurality of pages using the plurality of defaults; and (f) allowing the user access to the at least the portion of the album.