Patent ID: 8432461

Claim:
A digital camera for capturing images and uploading the captured images over a wireless communications network to a website, the digital camera comprising: (a) an image sensor for capturing a plurality of images of scenes and for producing image signals representative of the corresponding scenes; (b) an analog-to-digital converter for digitizing the image signals to produce digital images; (c) a memory for storing the digital images; (d) a display coupled to the memory for displaying the stored digital images; (e) a user interface for selecting particular digital images to be uploaded to the website; (f) a wireless modem for uploading the selected digital images to the website, (g) a power manager for setting a normal power state which provides power to both the wireless modem and the display, and a reduced power state which provides power to the wireless modem but not to the display; (h) a processor for determining whether the wireless modem is connected to a suitable communications network, wherein, if the wireless modem is connected to a suitable communications network when the user selects images for transfer, the images are transferred without a predetermined delay using the normal power setting, and if the wireless modem in not connected to a suitable communications network when the user selects images for transfer, the images are transferred after a predetermined delay using the reduced power setting; wherein the predetermined delay includes checking an availability of the wireless communications network using at least a first time period and a second time period as a basis for when to do the checking, and the first time period is different from the second time period; and wherein the processor presents a delete function which prohibits deletion of images when images have been transferred to a computer but have a pending upload via an internet to a photo service provider or the website, wherein the processor presents the delete function which enables deletion of images when images have been transferred to the computer and have been uploaded via the internet to a photo service provider or a website.