Patent ID: 7236186

Claim:
A portable terminal with which a user sends service request information such as an image to a shop-front terminal and enjoys services such as a print service and a digital content service, the portable terminal comprising: an inputting device with which the user inputs desired service contents; a short distance wireless transmitting device which sends service request information based on the service contents to the shop-front terminal wirelessly; an image pick-up device which picks up an image of a subject; a short distance wireless receiving device which receives menu information concerning a service to be provided from the shop-front terminal wirelessly; a processor which sequentially reads service request information including designated image data and a print order file from a recording medium, converts the information into a predetermined data format and executes processing for transmitting it to the shop front terminal; and a displaying device which displays the received menu information, wherein the short distance wireless transmitting device sends an image based on the service contents to the shop-front terminal wirelessly, and wherein the short distance wireless receiving device receives a service provision information from the shop-front terminal, the service provision information requesting transmission of service request information; and the short distance wireless transmitting device sends a service request information prepared based on a service content inputted by the user according to the service provision information.