Patent ID: 6950800

Claim:
A method of permitting access by a pre-determined group of users to electronically stored images, comprising the steps of: a) providing each member of the group of users with a unique transaction card, selected from a related set of cards, each card in the related set further comprising: i) a support sheet upon which are printed instructions for use of the transaction card; ii) a removable label affixed to the support sheet having an adhesive backing, the label having a first machine readable URL printed on it which is associated with the related set of cards and is unique to the related set, said machine readable URL identifying a network service provider and an event share memory image storage location at said network photoservice provider for sharing of images among said group of users without the need for any of the users having to notify any of the other of said users; and iii) a second unique human readable password printed on the support sheet and revealed only when the removable label is removed from the card, the human readable password permitting access to the images associated with the roll of film or camera when the password is input to a computer connected to said network photoservice provider; and b) removing the removable label from at least one card in the related set and affixing the label to an exposed roll of film or one-time use camera at the time of submission of the roll or camera for processing; c) processing the film or one-time use camera, electronically scanning and storing the images produced; d) reading the unique machine readable URL and uploading the scanned images to said network photoservice provider identified by the URL; and e) accessing the images uploaded to the network photoservice provider by any member of the pre-determined group of users holding a card from the related set of cards, access being obtained by the cardholder inputting the human readable password associated with the particular cardholder's card.