Patent ID: 6934048

Claim:
An image data processing system, comprising: an order receiving section to receive an image recording media from a customer with an order, to issue a provisional ID to identify the order to the customer, and to produce plural frames of image data from the image recording media and plural frames of reduced image data in a thumbnail image form on a basis of the plural frames of image data; a first storing section to store the plural frames of image data corresponding to the provisional ID issued for the customer; a second storing section to store the plural frames of reduced image data corresponding to the plural frames of image data stored in the first storing section and adapted to be accessible through a network; an administrative control section to administrate the plural frames of image data stored in the first storing section and the plural frames of reduced image data stared in the second storing section; and an authenticating section to conduct an authenticating process for an access to the second storing section from a customer terminal through the network; wherein the administrative control section allows the customer to browse the plural frames of reduced image data in the thumbnail image form on a screen of the customer terminal by giving the customer an access right to the second storing section and by transmitting the plural frames of reduced image data in the thumbnail image form from the second storing section to the customer terminal when the authenticating section is accessed with the provisional ID; and wherein the administrative control section issues a member ID for the customer in response to a request and allows the customer to conduct an operation for at least one of the reduced image data in the second storing section and the image data stored in the first storing section when the authenticating section is accessed with the member ID by the customer.