Patent ID: 7023474

Claim:
A method of enabling the use of a single use digital camera for acquiring and storing images and thereafter providing a customer means for retrieving selected images from said stored images upon the customer returning the digital camera to a selected location, said method comprising the steps of: providing the customer said single use digital camera of the type that electronically records and stores said images selected by the customer, and provides no means for the customer to retrieve said stored images from said digital camera; wherein said digital camera includes a means for said customer to view said images that said customer acquires and stores and for selecting a predetermined number of said stored images for continued storage while removing the remainder of said stored images from storage within said digital camera; and, wherein said selected images cannot be removed from storage by said customer after being selected for continued storage; and, accepting return of said digital camera from said customer after said customer has utilized said digital camera to acquire and store said images and, thereafter, retrieving selected images for said customer.