Method and system for ordering printing of a digital image via a home server
AssigneeAgfa-Gevaert
InventorErik Huysmans
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Abstract
A method for ordering printing of a digital image by a customer and a system in which the method is implemented. The system includes a home server located at a home of the customer, an originating server and a lab server, that can communicate with each other via a computer network such as the Internet. An order for a product that includes the digital image is transmitted from the originating server to the home server. The order is then automatically transmitted from the home server to the lab server for providing the product.
Claims17
A method for ordering printing of a digital image by a customer, in a system wherein a home server located at a home of said customer and an originating server are capable of communicating data with each other and wherein the home server and a lab server are capable of communicating data with each other, the method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting an order for a product from said originating server to said home server, wherein said product includes a print of said digital image;
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- automatically transmitting said order from said home server to said lab server for providing said product.
A method for controlling operation of a home server in a system for ordering printing of a digital image by a customer, in which the system of said home server is located at a home of said customer, in which system the home server and an originating server are capable of communicating data with each other and in which system the home server and a lab server are capable of communicating data with each other, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an order for a product from said originating server, wherein said product includes a print of said digital image;
- and
- automatically transmitting said order to said lab server for providing said product.
A method for controlling operation of an originating server in a system for ordering printing of a digital image by a customer, in which system a home server located at a home of said customer and said originating server are capable of communicating data with each other and in which system the home server and a lab server are capable of communicating data with each other, the method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting an order for a product to said home server for automatically being transmitted from said home server to said lab server;
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- printing said product defined as a print of said digital image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.