Patent ID: 8279458
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method programmed for execution in a computing device for ordering digital prints, said method comprising: a) allowing a first customer to initiate an ordering process by first uploading at least one digital image having a first resolution; b) saving said at least one digital image of said first resolution to a memory of a server system; c) establishing a predetermined range of acceptable print sizes corresponding to said first resolution; d) providing an invitation to a secondary customer to enable access to said at least one saved digital image, wherein said secondary customer is different from said first customer; e) providing an ordering system allowing said first customer and said secondary customer to place an order for at least one print of a first size of said at least one saved digital image; f) in response to an order placed by said secondary customer, comparing in said server system, said first size to said predetermined range of acceptable print sizes; g) fulfilling said order if said first size is within said predetermined range of acceptable print sizes, and notifying said secondary customer if said first size is outside said predetermined range of acceptable print sizes; h) requesting that said first customer upload said at least one digital image in a second resolution higher than said first resolution to said server system, if said first size is outside said predetermined range of acceptable print sizes; and i) providing a status of said request to said secondary customer, and fulfilling said order utilizing said second resolution of said digital image if said first size is outside said predetermined range of acceptable print sizes after said first customer uploads said at least one digital image in said second resolution.