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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2009
Applicants:

Keith S. Karn, Avon, NY (US);

Thomas A. Napoli, Rochester, NY (US);

Frank Armstrong, Rochester, NY (US);

Inventors:

Keith S. Karn, Avon, NY (US);

Thomas A. Napoli, Rochester, NY (US);

Frank Armstrong, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to a digital camera that includes a wireless modem for transferring images via a wireless network. Before taking photos, the user can select various configuration settings, one of which uploads tagged images to a photo service provider or other website. If a network connection is not available when images are captured, the camera automatically wakes up later to check for network availability. If a suitable network connection is available, the camera operates in a reduced power state to upload the images from the camera. Data indicating whether or not each image has been uploaded and/or transferred via the wireless network is stored in the camera, and icons are displayed along with the images, to indicate to the user whether or not an image has been transferred to their computer or uploaded to their website.


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