Patent ID: 7281048

Claim:
An image transmitting method for transmitting an image from a client computer to a service server, the method comprising: enabling selection of the image to be transmitted; enabling selection of one of the plurality of menu buttons, wherein each of the plurality of menu buttons correspond to one of a plurality of service including an image storage service, an image print service, and a mobile phone service; enabling selection of a menu update button, which updates information associated with the plurality of menu buttons obtaining a service content definition file in which image information, limited by a destination service server, is included; determining whether the selected image has image information suitable for the limited image information; performing image processing such that image information of the selected image is suitable for the limited image information when the image information of the selected image is unsuitable for the limited image information; and transmitting the selected image to the service server without any processing by the client computer when the selected image has image information suitable for the limited image information, and transmitting to the service server the selected image being subjected to image processing when the image information is unsuitable for the limited image information, wherein the selected image is transmitted to the image server to perform the service of the selected one of the plurality of menu buttons.