Accessing additional information associated with the image and sending the additional information to a second user terminal
First Claim
1. A service server for communicating with a first user terminal and a second user terminal via a network and accepting a print instruction for an image uploaded from the first user terminal, comprising:
- a receiving device which receives the image for which the print instruction is given from the first user terminal, and additional information associated with the image;
a database which manages the additional information on the received image;
an access information issuing device which issues access information for accessing the additional information managed in the database;
a print instruction device which sends a string or a code including the access information, along with the image for which the print instruction has been accepted, to a printer to print the string or the code and the image on a print medium;
and a sending device which, when the second user terminal accesses, based on the string or the code including the access information printed on the print medium, by using the access information, reads from the database the additional information corresponding to the access information, and sends the additional information to the second user terminal which has accessed.
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Abstract
An image uploaded from a camera-equipped cellular phone, and additional information attached to the image such as voice information and the like are managed in a database in a service server. Then, an URL for accessing the additional information is issued and converted into a QR code. Order information including the image and the QR code are sent to the print device, and a photo print having the image and the QR code printed on a print paper is produced. When the camera-equipped cellular phone reads the QR code on the photo print and accesses by use of the URL acquired by decrypting the above described QR code, the managed additional information on the image is read from the database correspondingly to the URL, and sent to the camera-equipped cellular phone which has accessed.
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13 Claims
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1. A service server for communicating with a first user terminal and a second user terminal via a network and accepting a print instruction for an image uploaded from the first user terminal, comprising:
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a receiving device which receives the image for which the print instruction is given from the first user terminal, and additional information associated with the image; a database which manages the additional information on the received image; an access information issuing device which issues access information for accessing the additional information managed in the database; a print instruction device which sends a string or a code including the access information, along with the image for which the print instruction has been accepted, to a printer to print the string or the code and the image on a print medium; and a sending device which, when the second user terminal accesses, based on the string or the code including the access information printed on the print medium, by using the access information, reads from the database the additional information corresponding to the access information, and sends the additional information to the second user terminal which has accessed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A print service method for performing print service via a network, comprising the steps of:
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uploading an image for which a print instruction is given from a first user terminal via a network, and additional information associated with the image to a service server; managing the additional information in a database; issuing access information for accessing the additional information; printing a string or a code including the access information, along with the image for which the print instruction has been accepted, onto a print medium; accessing from a second user terminal, based on the string or the code including the access information printed on the print medium, by using the access information; and when the access is executed by using the access information, reading from the database the additional information corresponding to the access information, and sending the additional information to the second user terminal.
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12. A user terminal, in an image data communication system in which the user terminal and a service server may communicate with each other via a network, comprising:
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a print image designation device which designates the image data to be printed; a print image display device which displays image data to be printed; an additional information input device which inputs additional information associated with the image data to be printed; an additional information sending device which sends the additional information inputted by the additional information input device, to the service server; an access information input device which inputs a string or a code including access information for accessing the additional information issued by the service server; an access information sending device which sends the access information to the service server; an additional information receiving device which receives the additional information corresponding to the access information from the service server; and an additional information output device which outputs the additional information. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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