Service and Method for Recording Your Location and Synchronizing Photos (17-Nov-2009)

Service and Method for Recording Your Location and Synchronizing Photos

The present invention describes a method and service for recording and retrieving a person's presence in a given location. It's composed of 2 parts: 1) a method to record your presence in a location visited and 2) services to retrieve that record and organize related information such as photos, hotels stayed, or restaurants visited, creating a virtual trip.

There are several technologies, services and devices available to capture information about places visited (for instance, in a vacation trip), where pictures were taken,

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recording, etc. However, these available methods are not integrated to each other and none of them provide a complete service and user experience.

The first step in this invention is to provide users with a way to subscribe to the service. The service is identified by a unique account number. The account credentials can be implemented in several ways, such as userid/password, numeric account or password.

Once subscribed to the service, the person can record their presence in any location visited, that has the recorder available, for example, landmarks like the Eifel Tower.

The recorder mechanism is, for example, a kiosk where a person accesses their account and inputs the required data.

The camera is enabled to attach, for example, a radio freque...