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| 20090009610 | Automatically Configuring A Web-Enabled Digital Camera To Access The Internet - A method and system for automatically configuring a hand-held electronic device for accessing a site on a public network is disclosed. The method and system include establishing a connection to a website server, which is responsible for establishing and maintaining website accounts, and sending information uniquely identifying the electronic device to the website server. The server then sends user account information to the device, including an account ID and password, created based on the electronic device information. The user account information is then stored on electronic device for use the next time the electronic device accesses the website, whereby the user does not have to enter account information in order to establish the ISP connection or the website account before accessing the public network. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090292543 | Transmission Bandwidth And Memory Requirements Reduction In A Portable Image Capture Device - A system and method for reducing storage and transmission bandwidth requirements of a portable image capture device capable of establishing a communications connection on a network are disclosed. The method includes assigning an image identifier to captured images uploaded to a server on a network, wherein each of the images is stored in an image file having a particular size. The size of each of the image files corresponding to the uploaded images on the image capture device may then be reduced, thereby reducing storage requirements. In response to a user request to apply an action to one of the uploaded images, only the image identifier of the image and the requested action are transmitted to the server, thereby eliminating the need to retransmit the image and reducing transmission bandwidth requirements. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100026846 | Method And Apparatus For Automatically Categorizing Images In A Digital Camera - A method and apparatus for automatically categorizing images in a digital camera is provided. In one aspect, image data is captured by a digital camera. Image data analysis is performed on the captured image data by the digital camera to automatically generate a category tag to which the captured image data may relate. The generated category tag is stored in association with the captured image data for categorizing the captured image data. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100075629 | Method And System For Collecting Contemporaneous Information Relating To A Critical Event - The present invention is directed to a method and system for collecting contemporaneous information relating to a critical event. The method includes receiving a call requesting an emergency response to a critical event and in response to the call, using at least one communication network to transmit a request for supplemental information from reporting devices located in a specified area related to the critical event. The supplemental information is received over the at least one communication network. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100198940 | Using Local Networks For Location Information And Image Tagging - The present invention provides a method for establishing a location for a digital image without the use of a GPS unit. Aspects of the invention include broadcasting over a network a location identifier (ID) identifying a location of the network; detecting the location ID by a digital image capture device coupled to the network; and in response to the image capture device capturing a digital image when in communication with the network, associating the location ID with the digital image. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110023100 | Device Ownership Transfer From A Network - A home relationship is established between a device and a network by storing an ownership record in the device that identifies the network, and storing in the network a device identifier that identifies the device. Thereafter, communication is established between the device and the network. The ownership record is then transmitted from the network to the device, and automatic access to the device is granted to the network once the device verifies the transmitted ownership record against the ownership record stored in the device. In addition, the device identifier is transmitted from the device to the network, and automatic access to the network is granted to the device once the network verifies the transmitted device identifier against the device identifier stored in the network. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110258287 | Method And System For Collecting Contemporaneous Information Relating To An Event - The present invention is directed to a method and system for collecting contemporaneous information relating to an event. The method includes, in response to receiving an indication of an event, identifying a plurality of mobile devices located in a specified area related to the event based on global positioning system (GPS) information associated with each of the mobile devices. The method also includes selecting, from the plurality of mobile devices, at least one mobile device to which a request for supplemental information is to be transmitted. The method further includes transmitting, via at least one communication network, the request to the selected at least one mobile device. The method still further includes receiving the supplemental information over the at least one communication network from the selected at least one mobile device. | 10-20-2011 |
