Patent ID: 7813962

Claim:
A method of operating an image processing device, the method comprising the steps of activating the image processing device, including the image processing device accessing at least one digital image file, each of the at least one digital image file including a digital image; processing a plurality of process requests received by the image processing device, comprising: a) identifying at least one digital image, b) selecting at least one editing step to be performed by the image processing device upon the at least one digital image, c) identifying a transaction account, the transaction account for transmitting a confirmation to the image processing device, the confirmation confirming availability of a charge amount sufficient to pay for each of the plurality of process requests in response to a charge amount confirmation request from the image processing device for said each of the plurality of process requests, and d) the image processing device transmitting the charge amount confirmation request to the transaction account and receiving the confirmation from the transaction account for a current one of the plurality of process requests; and editing said identified at least one digital image according to the selected at least one editing step at the same time that the image processing device is performing the step of processing upon a previously received one of the plurality of process requests.