Patent ID: 8665480
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A server device for accepting a print order through a network, comprising: a communicating unit for communicating with a terminal device through the network; a print history database for storing a print history indicative of a content of the print order; an information adding unit for adding, to image data to be a print target, first information for specifying the image data and second information about an address of the server device as invisible information which can be read by the terminal device; a first print data transmitting unit for transmitting print data including the image data to which the invisible information is added, to a print server for generating a print product from the print data; an image storage unit for storing the image data which corresponds to the first information; a receiving unit for receiving the first information which the terminal device reading the invisible information from the print product transmits based on the second information; a list generating unit for generating a list of the print product using the image data specified by the first information, based on a past print history of the image data specified by the first information which is received; a list transmitting unit for transmitting the list of the print product through the communicating unit to the terminal device; a selected information receiving unit for receiving product specifying information that specifies the print product selected from the list of the print product by the terminal device, through the communicating unit from the terminal device; and a second print data transmitting unit for generating print data on the print product specified by the product specifying information, based on the image data to which the invisible information is added, thereby transmitting the print data to the print server.