Sewing pattern supply system

A sewing pattern supply system supplying pattern data of sewing patterns from a server via a public communication network to a sewing machine side computer connectable to control units of a plurality of electronically controlled sewing machines capable of sewing a plurality of embroidery patterns, respectively, wherein:

• the computer has a non-volatile memory storing type information indicative of a type of the sewing machine;
• the server has a pattern storage device storing pattern data of a plurality of sewing patterns;
• the computer transmits to the server the type information read from the non-volatile memory when pattern data of a sewing pattern is purchased;
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• the server determines whether an ordered sewing pattern is a sewing pattern incorporated in the computer of an ordering sewing machine side, based on the type information, thereby transmitting a result of determination to the computer of the sewing machine side.

A sewing pattern supply server supplying pattern data of sewing patterns via a public communication network to a sewing machine side computer connectable to control units of a plurality of electronically controlled sewing machines each capable of sewing a plurality of embroidery patterns, wherein:

• a pattern storage device stores pattern data of a plurality of sewing patterns;
• an incorporated pattern information storage device stores incorporated pattern information referring to incorporated sewing patterns incorporated in the control units of a plurality of sewing machines;
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• a determines unit determining whether a sewing pattern ordered at the sewing machine side is the incorporated sewing pattern incorporated in a control unit or computer of the ordering sewing machine.

A sewing pattern supply program provided in a sewing pattern supplying server supplying pattern data of sewing patterns via a public communication network to a sewing machine side computer connectable to control units of a plurality of electronically controlled sewing machines each capable of sewing a plurality of embroidery patterns, the program realizing on the computer of a server:

• a function of storing pattern data of a plurality of sewing patterns;
• a function of storing incorporated pattern information referring to incorporated sewing patterns incorporated in the control units of a plurality of sewing machines;
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• a function of determining whether a sewing pattern ordered at the sewing machine side is an incorporated sewing pattern incorporated in the control unit or computer of the ordering sewing machine.

A sewing pattern supply system supplying pattern data of sewing patterns from a server via a public communication network to control units of electronically controlled sewing machines each performing embroidering, wherein:

• each control unit has a non-volatile memory storing type information indicative of a type of the sewing machine;
• the server has a pattern storage device storing pattern data of a plurality of sewing patterns;
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• each control unit supplies to the server information indicative of a sewing pattern to be purchased and the type information read from the non-volatile memory when pattern data of the sewing pattern is purchased from the server.

A sewing pattern supply system supplying pattern data of sewing patterns from a server via a public communication network to a sewing machine side computer connectable to a control unit of an electronically controlled sewing machine performing embroidering, wherein:

• the computer has a non-volatile memory storing type information indicative of a type of the sewing machine;
• the server has a pattern storage device storing pattern data of a plurality of sewing patterns;
• and
• the computer supplies, to the server, information indicative of a sewing pattern to be purchased and the type information read from the non-volatile memory when the pattern data of sewing pattern is purchased from the server.

A sewing pattern supply server which supplies pattern data of sewing pattern via a public communication network to a control unit of an electronically controlled sewing machine or a sewing machine side computer connectable to the control unit, comprising:

• a pattern storage device storing pattern data of a plurality of sewing patterns;
• a sewing condition information storage device storing sewing condition information which is indicative of a sewing condition in the sewing machine and is classified by a type of the sewing machine;
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• a pattern edit unit applying a sewing pattern edit processing under a sewing condition according to a type of a sewing machine, based on the sewing machine type information supplied from the sewing machine side and a command indicative of edit of the sewing pattern, regarding a sewing pattern ordered by the sewing machine side.

A sewing pattern supply program provided in a sewing pattern supplying server supplying pattern data of sewing patterns via a public communication network to a control unit of an electronically controlled sewing machine or a sewing machine side computer connectable to the control unit, the program realizing on a computer of the server:

• a function of storing pattern data of a plurality of sewing patterns;
• a function of storing sewing condition information which is indicative of a sewing condition in the sewing machine and is classified by a type of sewing machine;
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• a function of applying a sewing pattern edit processing under a sewing condition according to a type of the sewing machine, based on the sewing machine type information supplied from the sewing machine side and a command indicative of edit of the sewing pattern, regarding a sewing pattern ordered by the sewing machine side.