Patent ID: 7342677

Claim:
A method for ordering printing of a digital image by a customer, in a system wherein a home server located at a home of said customer and an originating server are capable of communicating data with each other and wherein the home server and a lab server are capable of communicating data with each other, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting, under control of the originating server, said digital image and an order for a product from said originating server to said home server, wherein said product includes a print of said digital image; automatically storing, in response to receipt of said order, said digital image at the location of said home server under control of said home server; adding, under control of said home server, data defining said product to said received order; transmitting, under control of said home server, said digital image and said order, including said added data, from said home server to said lab server; and printing said digital image at said lab server.