Patent ID: 8325356
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for electronically providing data representative of a photographic image to a remote printing facility from a self-service digital photograph processing station, the method comprising: a) receiving the data representative of the photographic image into the self-service digital photograph processing station; b) receiving at least a portion of a telephone number of an intended recipient of a print of the photographic image into the self-service digital photograph processing station; c) displaying an augmented map including a map of a region corresponding to the at least a portion of the telephone number and at least one symbol representative of at least one available remote printing facility, wherein the augmented map includes a border region surrounding the region corresponding to the at least a portion of the telephone number, wherein a width of the border region is selected based on the number of available remote printing facilities displayed within the region corresponding to the at least a portion of the telephone number, and wherein when there are no remote printing facilities available within said region corresponding to said portion of the telephone number, the augmented map is dynamically adjusted to an area large enough to include at least one available remote printing facility; d) providing for the selection of at least one of the displayed available remote printing facilities; and e) sending the data representative of the photographic image to the selected at least one available remote printing facilities.