Patent ID: 7299268
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An online output system having a user terminal connected to an electronic album managing apparatus and an advertisement providing apparatus via a network, wherein the electronic album managing apparatus which communicates with a plurality of user terminals, comprises: an image receiving unit that receives album data from one of the plurality of user terminals; and a first transmitting unit that transmits the received album data to the advertisement providing apparatus, wherein the advertisement providing apparatus comprises: a displaying unit that displays the album data transmitted by said first transmitting unit; an instruction inputting unit that inputs an instruction, based on a user operation, indicating whether or not a demand is made for insertion of advertisement data into the transmitted album data after said display unit displays the album data; a searching unit that searches for advertisement data to be inserted into the album data, when the input instruction indicates that a demand is made for the insertion of the advertisement data into the album data; an advertisement album data creating unit that creates advertisement album data by inserting the searched advertisement data into the received album data; and a second transmitting unit that transmits the created advertisement album data to the electronic album managing apparatus, and wherein the electronic album managing apparatus further comprises: a publication unit that publishes the advertisement album data transmitted by said second transmitting unit, to the user terminal.