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US 2002/0154338 A1Published application
Method, system and program for print order in a composite-image printing service
OwnerKeisuke Tanakainventor
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A user can easily select a template data set at the time of ordering picture postcards generated from the template data set and image data. The user connects a user terminal to a print order reception center via a network and uploads the image data to be printed. An order reception server displays composite images generated by inserting the image data in an image insertion area of each of template data sets. The user selects one of the template data sets as desired, and adjusts a position and an enlargement ratio of the image data to generate a postcard data set. A quantity and an agency at which the picture postcards are to be received are also designated. The print order reception center prints the postcards and delivers the postcards to the agency designated by the user.
A print order method used in a printing service for printing a picture postcard by generating a composite image according to specification input by a user from image data owned by the user and a template data set selected by the user from a plurality of postcard template data sets prepared in advance, the print order method comprising the steps of:
A print order system comprising:
A program that causes a computer to execute a print order method used in a printing service for printing according to specification input by a user of a picture postcard through composition of image data owned by the user with template data sets prepared in advance, the program comprises the procedures of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.