×

Image ordering system and method

  • US 20020046039A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2001
  • Published: 04/18/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An image ordering system comprising a center server, a first client computer for an orderer and a second client computer for a laboratory that are capable of communicating data with one another;

  • said first client computer including;

    an input unit for inputting data that specifies an image to be printed; and

    a first transmitting unit for transmitting, to said center server, the image specifying data that is input from said input unit and data specifying the orderer;

    said center server including;

    a first receiving unit for receiving the image specifying data and the orderer specifying data transmitted from said first transmitting unit of said first client computer; and

    a second transmitting unit for transmitting the image specifying data and the orderer specifying data, which has been received by said first receiving unit, to said second client computer in association with each other; and

    said second client computer including;

    a second receiving unit for receiving the image specifying data and the orderer specifying data transmitted from said second transmitting unit of said center server; and

    a first alerting unit for giving notice of information regarding an image specified by the image specifying data and of an orderer represented by the orderer specifying data, which items of data have been received by said second receiving unit.

View all claims
  • 3 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×