Patent ID: 8854499

Claim:
A locational image verification device comprising: a user verification module for verifying an identity of a user of the device and providing user identity information, wherein upon verification, the user verification module enables operation of the device; a capture module for capturing at least one image and creating a digital image file for each of the at least one captured image, wherein the user verification module verifies the identity of the user of the device at a time when the at least one image is captured; a locational information module for determining location information related to a location of the device when capturing the at least one image; a processing module for associating the user identity information and location information to the digital image file; and wherein verifying user identity is to determine whether the user is authorized to operate the device; wherein the locational information module: receives one or more locations from a remote computer server; determines a present location for the device; and determines the present location is one of the one or more location received from the remote computer server; wherein the user verification module allows operation of the device without re-verifying user identity until the locational information module determines that the device is not at the present location.