Patent ID: 7716064

Claim:
A method of providing photofinishing services for any one or more of a collection of digital images, comprising the steps of: a) providing a plurality of users with a URL identifying a network server of a network photoservice provider and with a user ID associated with the URL wherein the user ID is used by each of the plurality of users for accessing the web server; b) providing each one of the plurality of users with a separate password each associated with the user ID; c) at least one of the plurality of users transferring a set of digital images to the web server including entering the user ID and their separate passwords to access the web server, and including selecting at least one of the set of digital images to which access will be allowed by other ones of the plurality of users; d) allowing access only to the at least one of the set of digital images located at the web server by any of said others of the plurality of users who enter the user ID and their separate password; and e) providing to said others of the plurality of users a choice of photofinishing services for the at least one of the set of digital images.