Patent ID: 7743110
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a network service on a network, the network service including digital photo services provided by a plurality of service providers; allowing a user to access a network server via the network service using an order terminal connected to the network for ordering at least one of the digital photo services; inserting into the order terminal a digital storage device carried by the user and having an image stored thereon for use by at least one of said service providers to provide one of said digital photo services therefor, and having a code stored thereon for use by the network service to identify one of a plurality of business entities, said one of the plurality of business entities being associated with the digital storage device, the plurality of business entities each having a predefined business relationship with each of said plurality of service providers; reading the digital storage device to obtain image data for the image stored thereon and to obtain the code; maintaining relationship data of the predefined business relationships between each of said business entities and each of service providers in a database coupled to the network, the relationship data including rankings of the predefined business relationships between each of said business entities and each of the service providers; accessing the database and using the code to obtain a ranking of predefined business relationships between said one of the plurality of business entities identified by the code and said plurality of service providers; displaying to the user an order screen on the order terminal, the order screen including purchasing information for ordering said at least one of the digital photo services for the image, the purchasing information generated and transmitted by the server over the network, the purchasing information including at least one of the plurality of service providers, and the purchasing information capable of being modified by the server in response to the ranking of the predefined business relationships between said one of the plurality of business entities identified by the code and said plurality of service providers, wherein the purchasing information includes a purchase price and a service provider that provides said at least one of the digital photo services; and modifying the purchasing information to include a lower purchase price in response to a high ranking of a predefined business relationships between said one of the plurality of business entities and the service provider that provides said at least one of the digital photo services.