Method and system for ordering photographic work from a portable terminal
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsOlivier A. Furon, Jean-Marie Vau
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AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsOlivier A. Furon, Jean-Marie Vau
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The present invention is in the field of the processing of silver and/or digital images in an environment of mobile or portable terminals. The present invention relates more particularly to a process and a system that enables a user-customer to order, from a mobile terminal, photographic work in a reliable and simple way, while minimizing manual transactions that may generate risks of errors. The customer is provided with a mobile terminal and with at least one photographic support including photographic images. The customer uses an order station which interacts functionally with the photographic support, and, by way of a peripheral network comprising the communication links with the mobile terminal and a processing unit. The interaction enables the customer to send, remotely, a purchase order for photographic work corresponding to the photographic images to a processing unit. An application of the present invention relates to the users of portable terminals who desire to send remotely orders for photographic work to a processing laboratory.
A process for sending an order for photographic work from an order station interfaced with a photographic support that includes at least one recorded image, and adapted to communicate with a mobile terminal used by a customer, said process enabling automatic management of order transactions between a customer and a photographic processing unit, said process comprising steps of:
A system that enables a customer, provided with a mobile terminal and a photographic support comprising at least one recorded image, to send a digital file of processing data of at least one image to at least one terminal of a photographic processing unit, said system comprising:
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