Method and system for a photo selection service

A method for facilitating orders for image services, comprising the steps of:

• a) providing exposed film of a user to a photofinisher;
• b) developing the exposed film so as to develop at least one latent image on the film;
• c) scanning the developed film so as to obtain at least one high resolution digital image file of the at least one latent image on the exposed film;
• d) associating an identifier for the at least one high resolution digital image file and storing the at least one high resolution digital image file and the associated identifier on a photofinisher's image storage device;
• e) storing the at least one high resolution digital image file and the associated identifier to a memory device;
• f) delivering the memory device to the user, g) selecting the at least one high resolution digital image file for display and at least one image service with user selection software;
• h) creating at least one image service order using the user selection software;
• i) the photofinisher receiving the at least one image service order from the user over a communication network;
• j) fulfilling the at least one image service order using the at least one stored high resolution digital image file in the photofinisher's image storage device to fulfill the at least one image service order;
• k) receiving, at a print server, the at least one image service order from a telecommunications server networked to the user's memory device, wherein an address of the photofinisher and a valid order date are stored on the user's memory device;
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• l) transmitting the at least one high resolution digital image file from the photofinisher's image storage device to the print server.

A photo selection system for fulfilling an image service order, comprising:

• a) a photofinishing high resolution image storage device that receives and transmits high resolution digital image files;
• b) a means for obtaining the high resolution digital image files;
• c) a memory device writer that stores, on a memory device, the high resolution digital image files for a consumer's subsequent use;
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• d) a telecommunications server that receives an image service order sans any imaging file from the consumer and transmits the image service order to a print server, wherein the print server requests a transfer of the high resolution digital image files from the high resolution image storage device.

A method for facilitating orders for image services, comprising the steps of:

• a) providing exposed film of a user to a photofinisher;
• b) developing the exposed film so as to develop at least one latent image on the exposed film;
• c) scanning the developed film so as to obtain at least one high resolution digital image file of the at least one latent image on the exposed film;
• d) associating an identifier for the at least one high resolution digital image file and storing the at least one high resolution digital image file and the associated identifier on a photofinisher's image storage device;
• e) storing the at least one high resolution digital image file and the associated identifier to a memory device;
• f) delivering the memory device to the user;
• g) selecting at least one image service and at least one high resolution digital image file for display by zooming and cropping the at least one high resolution digital image file with user selection software;
• h) creating an image service order using the user selection software;
• i) the photofinisher receiving the image service order from the user over a communication network;
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• j) fulfilling the image service order using the at least one stored high resolution digital image file in the photofinisher's image storage device to fulfill the image service order.