Patent ID: 7895086

Claim:
A system for ordering goods and services with respect to digital images over a communication network using e-mail, comprising: a server coupled to the communication network for sending an e-mail to a receiving site of a customer over the communication network, the receiving site of the customer coupled to the communication network, the server having stored therein a low resolution digital image file including at least one digital image, the e-mail having an order form comprising a static section for containing and displaying at the receiving site of the customer static text and/or graphics and a dynamic section for containing and displaying at the receiving site of the customer dynamic data including the low-resolution digital image file, the order form for creating a customer order, for goods and services, at the customer receiving site by selecting the at least one low resolution digital image and entering customer data; and hot links in the email for access by the receiving site of the customer, over the communication network, to the server in automatic response to an opening of the email at the customer receiving site; the server responsive to the automatic access for automatically forwarding the low resolution digital image to the receiving site for automatically displaying the low resolution digital image in the dynamic section.