System and method for ordering printing of images, and system and method for printing edited images

• US 20050120047A1
• Filed: 01/03/2005
• Published: 06/02/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Shiimori, Yoshiko
• Application Number:
  US11/026,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20050120047A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2179 Interfaces allowing access to a plurality of users, e.g. connection to electronic image libraries

Abstract

An edited-image printing system includes a client computer and an image server that are capable of communicating data with each other. The client computer includes desired-image deciding means for deciding a desired image that is to be combined with a template image, position deciding means for deciding placement position of the desired image decided by the desired-image deciding means, editing means for obtaining edited images of a plurality of frames by repeatedly executing desired-image decision processing by the desired-image deciding means and position decision processing by the position deciding means, and transmitting means for linking desired-image data representing a desired image constituting the edited image obtained by the editing means and placement-position data representing the placement position of the desired image, and transmitting the desired-image data and placement-position data to the image server. The image server includes receiving means for receiving the desired-image data and the placement-position data, and edited-image generating means for generating the edited images of the plurality of frames from the desired-image data and placement-position data.

Claims

1-19. -19. (canceled)

20. An edited-image printing system comprising:

a client computer and an image server that are capable of communicating data with each other,

wherein said client computer includes;

desired-image deciding means for deciding a desired image that is to be combined with a template image;

position deciding means for deciding placement position of the desired image decided by said desired-image deciding means;

editing means for obtaining edited images of a plurality of frames by repeatedly executing desired-image decision processing by said desired-image deciding means and position decision processing by said position deciding means; and

transmitting means for linking desired-image data representing a desired image constituting the edited image obtained by said editing means and placement-position data representing the placement position of this desired image, and transmitting the desired-image data constituting edited images of a plurality of frames and the placement-position data to said image server, and

wherein said image server includes;

receiving means for receiving the desired-image data and the placement-position data transmitted from said transmitting means of said client computer; and

edited-image generating means for generating the edited images of the plurality of frames from the desired-image data and placement-position data received by said receiving means.

21. A client computer capable of communicating data with an image server, comprising:

desired-image deciding means for deciding a desired image that is to be combined with a template image;

position deciding means for deciding placement position of the desired image, which has been decided by said desired-image deciding means, on the template image;

editing means for obtaining edited images of a plurality of frames by repeatedly executing desired-image decision processing by said desired-image deciding means and position decision processing by said position deciding means; and

transmitting means for linking desired-image data representing a desired image constituting the edited image obtained by said editing means and placement-position data representing the placement position of this desired image, and transmitting the desired-image data constituting edited images of a plurality of frames and the placement-position data to said image server.

22. An edited-image printing system comprising:

a plurality of client computers and an image server that are capable of communicating data with each other,

wherein each of said client computers includes;

desired-image deciding means for deciding a desired image that is to be combined with a template image;

position deciding means for deciding placement position of the desired image deciding by said desired-image deciding means;

editing means for obtaining an edited image from the desired image deciding by said desired-image deciding means and the placement position decided by said position deciding means; and

transmitting means for linking identification data specific to the client computer to desired-image data representing a desired image constituting the edited image and placement-position data representing the placement position of this desired image, and transmitting the resulting date to said image server, and

wherein said image server includes;

receiving means for receiving the desired-image data, the placement-position data and the identification data transmitted from said transmitting means of said client computer;

storage means for storing the desired-image data and the placement-position data received by said receiving means, this data being stored classified by client computer identified by the identification data; and

edited-image generating means for generating the edited image, on a per-client-computer basis, from the desired-image data and placement-position data classified by client computer in said storage means.

23. A client computer capable of communicating data with an image server, comprising:

desired-image deciding means for deciding a desired image that is to be combined with a template image;

position deciding means for deciding placement position of the desired image, which has ben decided by said desired-image deciding means, on the template image;

editing means for obtaining an edited image from the desired image decided by said desired-image deciding means and the placement position decided by said position deciding means; and

transmitting means for linking identification data specific to the client computer to desired-image data representing a desired image constituting the edited image and placement-position data representing the placement position of this desired image, and transmitting the resulting data to said image server.

24. An image server capable of communicating data with a client computer, comprising:

receiving means for receiving, in mutually linked form, desired-image data representing a desired image constituting an edited image, placement-position data representing placement position of this desired image, and identification data specific to the client computer;

storage means for storing the desired-image data and the placement-position data received by said receiving means, this data being stored classified by client computer identified by the identification data; and

edited-image generating means for generating the edited image, on a per-client-computer basis, from the desired-image data and placement-position data, which has been stored in said storage means, classified by client computer.

25. A method of printing an edited image in an edited-image printing system comprising a client computer and an image server that are capable of communicating data with each other, comprising:

in said client computer;

deciding a desired image, which is to be combined with a template image, and placement position of the desired image;

obtaining edited images of a plurality of frames by repeatedly executing desired-image decision processing and position decision processing; and

linking desired-image data representing a desired image constituting the edited image obtained and placement-position data representing the placement position of this desired image, and transmitting the desired-image data constituting edited images of a plurality of frames and the placement-position data to the image server;

receiving, at said image server, the desired-image data and the placement-position data transmitted from said client computer; and

generating, at said image server, the edited images of the plurality of frames from the received desired-image data and placement-position data.

26. A method of controlling operation of a client computer capable of communicating data with an image server, comprising:

deciding a desired image that is to be combined with a template image;

deciding placement position of the desired image that has been decided;

obtaining edited images of a plurality of frames by repeatedly executing the desired-image decision processing and the position decision processing; and

linking desired-image data representing a desired image constituting the edited image that has been obtained and placement-position data representing the placement position of this desired image, and transmitting the desired-image data and the placement-position data to said image server.

27. A method of printing an edited image in an edited-image printing system comprising a plurality of client computers and an image server that are capable of communicating data with each other, comprising:

in said client computer;

deciding a desired image, which is to be combined with a template image, and placement position of the desired images;

obtaining an edited image from the desired image and the placement position that have been decided; and

linking identification data specific to the client computer to the desired-image data and placement-position data representing the placement position of this desired image, and transmitting the resulting data to said image server; and

in said image server;

receiving the desired-image data, the placement-position data and the identification data transmitted from said client computer;

storing the desired-image data, the placement-position data and the identification data transmitted from said client computer;

storing the desired-image data and the placement-position data received that has been received, this data being stored classified by client computer identified by the identification data; and

generating the edited image, on a per-client-computer basis, from the desired-image data and placement-position data classified by client computer.

28. A method of controlling operation of a client computer capable of communicating data with an image server, comprising:

deciding a desired image that is to be combined with a template image;

deciding placement position of the decided desire image on the template image;

obtaining an edited image from the desired image and the placement position that have been decided; and

linking identification data specific to the client computer to desired-image data representing a desired image constituting the edited image and placement-position data representing the placement position of this desired image, and transmitting the resulting data to said image server.

29. A method of controlling operation of an image server capable of communicating data with a client computer, comprising:

receiving, in mutually linked form, desired-image data representing a desired image constituting an edited image, placement-position data representing placement position of this desired image, and identification data specific to the client computer;

storing the desired-image data and the placement-position data that has been received, this data being stored classified by client computer identified by the identification data; and

generating the edited image, on a per-client-computer basis, from the desired-image data and placement-position data classified by client computer.

30. A recording medium storing a program for controlling operation of a client computer, which is capable of communicating data with an image server, said program being executed to perform a method of controlling said operation of said client computer comprising:

deciding a desired image that is to be combined with a template image;

deciding a placement position of the desired image that has been decided;

obtaining edited images of a plurality of frames by repeatedly executing the desired-image decision processing and the position decision processing; and

linking desired-image data representing a desired image constituting the edited image that has been obtained and placement-position data representing the placement position of this desired image, and transmit the desired-image data and the placement-position data to said image server.

31. A recording medium storing a program for controlling operation of a client computer, which is capable of communicating data with an image server, said program being executed to perform a method of controlling said operation of said client computer comprising:

deciding a desired image that is to be combined with a template image;

deciding a placement position of the decided desire image on the template image;

obtaining an edited image from the desired image and the placement position that have been decided; and

linking identification data specific to the client computer to desired-image data representing a desired image constituting the edited image and placement-position data representing the placement position of this desired image, and transmit the resulting data to said image server.