Patent ID: 6915273
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing customized digital printing services over a network using images from a digital camera, comprising the steps of: a) a service provider providing an electronic database of information describing a plurality of printing options that can be selected by a user operating a first computer at a location remote from the service provider which has logged onto a digital communications network; b) displaying on a display of the first computer at the remote location the plurality of printing options and the user selecting a printing option; c) establishing a service account including a service account identifier and data identifying the selected printing option and the service provider storing the service account identifier and data identifying the selected printing option and the user logging off the digital communication network; d) capturing, using a digital camera, one or more digital images and using a modem in the digital camera to send the one or more captured digital images and the service account identifier to the service provider over the digital communication network without using the first computer; e) the service provider using the service account identifier to identify the printing option selected in step c); and f) the service provider using the at least one or more digital images using the selected printing option from the accessed service account to produce prints.