Patent ID: 7092010
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image photographing system comprising: an image server connected to a computer network; image saving areas managed by the image server; a communication apparatus for communicating with the image server; and an image photographing device that includes wherein, as an equivalent for a rental fee paid by a user, the image photographing device is lent to the user after the number of times has been written into the image photographing device according to the predetermined procedure, or after attaching information required for the user to personally write the number of times into the image photographing device according to the predetermined procedure, and one of the image saving areas is opened and dedicated to the user, the user is allowed to browse, via the communication apparatus, the images expressed by the image data which the user has saved in the image saving area dedicated to the user, and when an order has been placed via the communication apparatus by the user, for printing a specified one of the images expressed by the image data saved in the image saving area, a photographic print is created by employing the image data saved in the image saving area, whereupon the created photographic print is delivered to the user.