Patent ID: 7711610

Claim:
A personal color ordering system for manufacturing a cosmetic of a color selected by a customer by a cosmetic manufacturing apparatus according to information transmitted from a terminal via a communication network to a server, said server comprising: an information output part configured to send to the terminal in response to cosmetic information indicating the cosmetic selected by the customer, a selection screen which prompts the customer to select, by type, how a color of the cosmetic is to be decided, from a plurality of types; and an executing part configured to send to the terminal color information retrieved from a database in response to a selection of the type received from the terminal, said terminal comprising: a selecting part configured to select one of the plurality of types selected by the customer on the selection screen on a display device, and to send the selection of the type to the server; a first displaying part configured to display a plurality of colors used for manufacturing said cosmetic on the display device based on the color information received from the server; a color input part configured to input a candidate color selected by the customer from the plurality of colors displayed on the display device; a simulating part configured to perform a simulation display to display on the display device a screen which includes a face which is to be subjected to a makeup with said cosmetic, by coloring said cosmetic on the face with said candidate color input by said color input part; a transmitting part configured to transmit a designated color designated from said candidate colors by the customer to said cosmetic manufacturing apparatus via the server; a second displaying part configured to simultaneously display a plurality of different makeup images on the display device; and an image input part configured to input a makeup image selected by the customer from the plurality of makeup images simultaneously displayed on the display device, wherein said simulating part displays the face with the makeup image input by said image input part in the screen that is displayed on the display device.