Patent ID: 7565035

Claim:
An image-processing method to be performed in a server that can communicate with a terminal device, characterized by comprising: receiving an original image from the terminal device; storing image-identifying data identifying the original image, in association with the original image; transmitting the image-identifying data to the source from which the original image has been transmitted; receiving a sample-image request from the terminal device; performing a prescribed process on the original image, in response to the sample-image request; forming sample images from an image generated by performing the prescribed process, the sample images being smaller than the original image; storing process-identifying data identifying the process performed on the original image, in association with the original image; transmitting the sample images and the process-identifying data to the terminal device; receiving, from the terminal device, an image-process request including the image-identifying data and the process-identifying data; and transmitting an image generated by performing a process on the original image identified by the image-identifying data, the process being one identified by the process-identifying data.