Patent ID: 7126708

Claim:
A method for enabling a plurality of service companies to provide, on a network, digital image processing and storage services to customers of each service company, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a database partitionable or indexable by service company, b) receiving website feature-set data from a service company and storing said data in a portion of said database partitioned or indexed for the service company; c) generating a website for each service company on the basis of the received website feature-set data; d) associating unique network addresses with each of said websites; e) receiving at least one digital image via one or more of said websites; f) storing each received digital image in the portion of the database partitioned or indexed to the service company through whose website the digital image was received; and g) providing a customer of a service company with access to the stored digital image in the portion of the database partitioned or indexed to the service company, wherein the service company thereafter provides the service to the customer.