Wireless transfer of images from a digital camera to the Internet via a standard GSM mobile phone

We describe an infrastructure based on an existing, commercially available, GSM mobile phone for achieving connectivity between digital cameras and an Internet Website. Pictures are loaded from a standard digital camera, or compact flash card, by an embedded appliance, which establishes the Internet connection and controls the transfer of pictures from the camera to a remote Website. Detailed descriptions are given of this picture transfer appliance and of a typical Website infrastructure to store and manage the pictures and provide end-user services.