Patent ID: 7535492

Claim:
A method for assisting a user with fulfillment of image photofinishing, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of images captured at an imaging device at a server-side image manager; storing the plurality of images in one or more image servers coupled with the server-side image manager, wherein the plurality of images are associated with a corresponding user account in a metadata database maintained by the server-side image manager; receiving a request for photofinishing that identifies one or more images of the stored plurality of images; automatically determining at least one fulfiller that is at a location appropriate for the user based on data received simultaneously with the one or more images; displaying a promotion, for the photofinishing service, that is based at least in part on both a current location and a given geographic region distinct from the current location where the one or more images were captured, and provides the promotion for photofinishing images; and transmitting the identified one or more images from the one or more image servers, by the server-side image manager, to the selected fulfiller for photofinishing.