Image formation method, method for exhibiting and selling image, and server, work terminal, recording medium, and program data signal for realizing the method

A method for exhibiting and selling an image, which is executed by a computer, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a formation request for forming a digital image through a network, and storing the received formation request;
• forming the digital image based on digital data of an original image, in accordance with an operation of a request receiver, in response to the formation request, and storing the digital image;
• providing the stored digital image, in response to a request for the formed digital image, which is to be displayed;
• receiving a purchase request for purchasing a product related to the digital image from a purchase requester, and storing the purchase request;
• executing a process for forming the product to be provided to the purchase requester, using the digital image, in accordance with an operation of a request receiver, in response to the purchase request;
• and
• executing a payment process for receiving payment for the formed product from the purchase requester.

A server prepared for said image formation system connectable to a network and a database, and wherein said server:

• receives a formation request for forming a digital image from a requester through a network, and registers the formation request in said database;
• provides the requester with the digital image which is formed based on digital data of an original image, in response to a request for the digital image;
• and
• executes a payment process for receiving payment for the provided digital image, from the requester.

A server prepared for an image exhibition/sales system connectable to a network and a first and second databases, and wherein said server:

• receives a formation request for forming a digital image through a network, and registers the received formation request in said first database;
• sends the digital image which is formed based on digital data of an original image in response to the formation request and registered in said database, in response to a request for the digital image which is to be displayed;
• receives a purchase request, from a purchase requester, for purchasing a product related to the digital image, and registers the purchase request in said second database;
• and
• executes a payment process for receiving payment for the product from the purchase requester.

A computer readable recording medium which records a program for controlling a computer to execute the steps of:

• receiving a formation request for forming a digital image from a requester through a network, and registering the received formation request in a database;
• providing the requester with the digital image which is formed based on digital data of an original image in response to the formation request;
• and
• executing a process for receiving payment for the provided digital image from the requester.

A computer readable recording medium which records a program for controlling a computer to execute the steps of:

• receiving a formation request for forming a digital image through a network, and registering the formation request in a first database;
• providing, in response to a request from a purchaser requester, a digital image which is to be displayed and which is formed based on digital data of an original image in response to the formation request and registered in a second database;
• receiving a purchase request for purchasing a product related to the formed digital image from the purchase requester, and registering the received purchase request in said second database;
• and
• executing a process for receiving payment for the product from the purchase requester.

A computer data signal which is embodied in a carrier wave, said signal comprising:

• a segment for receiving a formation request for forming a digital image from a requester through a network, and registering the formation request in a database;
• a segment for providing the requester with the digital image which is formed based on digital data of an original image, in response to the formation request;
• and
• a segment for executing a process for receiving payment for the provided digital image from the requester.

A computer data signal which is embodied in a carrier wave, said signal comprising:

• a segment for receiving a formation request for forming a digital image through a network, and registering the formation request in a first database;
• a segment for displaying, in response to a request, the digital image which is formed based on digital data of an original image in response to the formation request and registered in a second database;
• a segment for receiving a purchase request for purchasing a product related to the digital image from a purchase requester, and registering the purchase request in said second database;
• and
• a segment for executing a process for receiving payment for the product from the purchase requester.