Patent ID: 7275044

Claim:
A method for ordering digital photo services over a communication network comprising: maintaining a registry of a plurality of photo service providers and business entities on a server; associating a selection of offerings of goods and services with respect to each of said plurality of photo service providers; communicating with a plurality of order terminals over said communications network by said server, each of said order terminals being associated with one of the plurality of business entities, wherein said association identifies said business entity that controls said each of said order terminals; maintaining information on said server with respect to business relationships between said plurality of photo service providers and said plurality of business entities; transmitting an offer for said desired good or service on behalf of two or more of said plurality of photo service providers from said server to one of said order terminals, wherein said offer presented at said order terminal is based on said business relationships between said business entity who controls said order terminal and said plurality of photo service providers; and selecting the desired good or service by a user of said order terminal.