Patent ID: 8269793

Claim:
A computer system for the manipulation of images for application to personalized financial transaction cards, the computer system comprising: an image store; an image processor; means for generating a browser-based user interface for displaying on a remote terminal, for manipulation on the remote terminal a graphical representation of at least a portion of an original image held at the image store, said browser-based user interface being capable of effecting a plurality of manipulations to the graphical representation; an image resizer arranged to generate a graphical representation of said original image, wherein said graphical representation comprises a resized version of the original image such that the graphical representation is displayable at said remote terminal for manipulation at said remote terminal; an internet communications link arranged to couple the browser-based user interface to the image processor, wherein a user at said remote terminal can use said browser-based user interface to upload an original image such that it is transferred via said internet communications link to said image store, and wherein the link is operable to receive information about said manipulations applied to the graphical representation and transfer said information between the browser-based user interface and the image processor; and said image processor is operable to access the original image held at the image store to apply manipulations emulating those applied to the graphical representation at the remote terminal; and means for communicating a version of the original image comprising the applied manipulations to a financial transaction cards printing means maintained securely from the browser-based user interface; wherein the only customer information which passes from the remote terminal to the image processor is data about how the graphical representation appears, including manipulations and selections, and requests for image information.