Appeal No. 1998-0660
Application No. 08/584,501
1. A system for electronic photography, comprising:
a. a plurality of image capture stations, each station
including a digital camera and a customer identification
device for selectively actuating the digital camera, by the
customer, to capture a digital image and recording customer
identification with the digital image;
b. a central image processor for collecting and storing
the digital images captured by the image capture stations;
c. a central controller;
d. a high bandwidth communications network connecting
the image capture stations to the central controller, the
central controller controlling access to the network;
e. an output station connected to the central image
processor by the high bandwidth communications network, the
output station including a customer identification device, a
display device responsive to actuation of the customer
identification device to display the digital images associated
with the customer identification, and means for the customer
to select images to be transferred to an output medium; and
f. an output device connected to the central image
processor by the high bandwidth communications network for
transferring the digital images to the output medium.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Gordon et al. 5,291,302 Mar. 1, 1994
Maeda et al. 5,349,452 Sep. 20, 1994
Appellants’ Admitted Prior Art (APA)
Claims 1 through 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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