Print order recording system that provides notification if a requested image is absent
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1. A print order recording apparatus comprising:
- means for reading from and writing to a removable medium; and
a communication section for receiving from a communication device print order information, and for sending to the communication device a first image identification, which is an identification of any image which is included in the print order information but does not exist in the removable medium,wherein said means for reading from and writing to the removable medium record in the removable medium a second image identification, which is an identification of an image which is included in the print order information and exists in the removable medium.
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Abstract
Reduced image data of images recorded in a memory card of a digital camera is transmitted from the digital camera to a portable phone. In the portable phone, while viewing the photographs one by one, a print order instruction operation is performed on the desired images. The print order information is transmitted from the portable phone to the digital camera, and the information is recorded as a print order file into the memory card in the digital camera.
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1. A print order recording apparatus comprising:
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means for reading from and writing to a removable medium; and a communication section for receiving from a communication device print order information, and for sending to the communication device a first image identification, which is an identification of any image which is included in the print order information but does not exist in the removable medium, wherein said means for reading from and writing to the removable medium record in the removable medium a second image identification, which is an identification of an image which is included in the print order information and exists in the removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer usable medium embedding a print order recording program, said program comprising program code configured to cause a print order recording apparatus to perform the steps of:
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receiving from a communication device print order information; identifying any image that is included in the print order information but that does not exist in a removable medium storing at least one image; sending to the communication device a first image identification, which is an identification of the image which is included in the print order information but does not exist in the removable medium; and recording in the removable medium a second image identification, which is an identification of an image which is included in the print order information and exists in the removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method used in a print order recording apparatus capable of communicating with a communication device, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving from the communication device print order including an identification of an image to be printed; identifying any image that is included in the print order information but that does not exist in a removable medium storing at least one image; sending to the communication device a first image identification, which is an identification of the image which is included in the print order information but does not exist in a removable medium; and recording in the removable medium a second image identification, which is an identification of an image which is included in the print order information and exists in the removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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