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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2015
Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 Llc, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Keith Stoll Karn, Narbeth, PA (US);
Thomas A. Napoli, Webster, NY (US);
Frank W. Armstrong, Rochester, NY (US);
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a an electronic device such as a digital camerathat includes a deletion mode whereby a camera/electronic device user can delete captured images or data files that have already been transferred in order to make room in the electronic device or digital camera memory for capturing further images. In one embodiment a digital camera keep track of which images have already been transferred to an external storage device and presents those to the user as potential images to be deleted. In another embodiment, the user is presented with a 'delete all transferred images' which when selected deletes all the captured images that have already been transferred. In still another embodiment, a deletion criteria is used to prioritize which images are deleted first.