Patent ID: 7196805

Claim:
A device for processing digital images comprising: a reference platform including: a camera interface, the camera interface operable to receive one or more digital images; and a communication interface coupled to the camera interface, the communication interface operable to automatically communicate said digital images to a wide area network, the communication interface operable to automatically identify an entity on the wide area network to which the communication interface sends said data images, the communication interface operable to determine whether it has access to a high speed network connection, the communication interface operable to establish a communication link over the high speed network connection with the entity in response to access thereto, the communication interface operable to establish a communication link over a dialup connection with the entity in response to no access to the high speed network connection, the communication interface operable to automatically receive configuration data from said entity over the established communication link, the configuration data operable to control communication of said digital images without any user interfacing, the reference platform being associated with a webpage established at the entity and accessible to the user.