Patent ID: 6853461

Claim:
A system for ordering printing of images, in which a store server is installed in each of a plurality of stores, a client computer and an order-taking server are capable of communicating data with each other, and said order-taking server and said store servers are capable of communicating data with each other, wherein said order-taking server comprises: store-name-list-data transmitting means, which is responsive to a store-name-list request from said client computer, for transmitting data representing a list of store names for ordering printing of an image to said client computer, wherein said client computer includes: first display control means for controlling a display unit so as to display the list of store names represented by the store-name-list data transmitted from said store-name-list-data transmitting means; designating means for designating a desired store in the store-name list displayed on said display unit based upon display control by said first display control means; designated-store-name transmitting means for transmitting, to said order-taking server, data representing the store name designated by said designating means; and order information transmitting means for transmitting order information, which relates to printing of an image, to said order-taking server, wherein said order-taking server further includes order-related information transmitting means for transmitting information, which is related to the order information transmitted by said order information transmitting means, to said store server installed in the store designated by the data representing the designated store name transmitted from said designated-store-name transmitting means, and wherein said store server includes order-related-information receiving means for receiving the order-related information transmitted from said order-related information transmitting means.