Patent ID: 7536306

Claim:
An image service apparatus that communicates with a user terminal apparatus and a plurality of print service providing apparatuses via a network, wherein said image service apparatus communicates with said user terminal apparatus if said image service apparatus authenticates a login of a user of said user terminal apparatus, comprising: selection receiving unit that receives, from said user terminal apparatus, attribute information uniquely specifying one of the plurality of print service providing apparatuses selected by a user of said user terminal apparatus; order receiving unit that receives first print order information, including a plurality of print parameters, and attribute information, from said user terminal apparatus, wherein the first print order information is input in accordance with a first template which is common to each of the plurality of print service providing apparatuses and includes a selection item, which is necessary for the first print order information with respect to the selected print service providing apparatus; print site managing unit that manages a plurality of second templates and a plurality of user identification information for the authenticated user, each user identification of the authenticated user corresponding respectively to one of the plurality of print service providing apparatuses, wherein the plurality of second templates are different from each other, respectively; extracting unit that extracts the attribute information from the first order information received by said order receiving unit; selecting unit that selects the second template corresponding to the print service providing apparatus specified by the attribute information extracted by said extraction unit, from among the plurality of second templates managed by said print site managing unit; converting unit that converts the print parameters of the first print order information to second print order information, which is suited to the specified print service providing apparatus, based on the second template selected by said selecting unit; and transmitting unit that accesses the specified print service providing apparatus by using the user identification information corresponding to the specific print service providing apparatus among the plurality of user identification information of the user, managed by said print site managing unit and transmits the second print order information to the specified print service providing apparatus, whereby the specified print service providing apparatus prints out an image based on the transmitted second print order information.