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Print order/delivery system and method, digital camera, client information regristration device, ordering terminal, and printing system
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 2000-07-27
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2020-07-27
Abstract
Abstract A print order/delivery system and method, a digital camera (2), a client information registration device (3), an ordering terminal (5), and a printing system (6), wherein a previously assigned unique identification data is stored on the user side (4), and the user is registered such that the user is associated with the identification data, and pictorial data is transmitted to the print-order receiving side (6) along with the identification data and order data, and then, on the print-order receiving side (6), the picture based on the supplied pictorial data is printed on the basis of the order data, and the orderer is recognized out of the registered users on the basis of the supplied identification data. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Koichi c/o Sony Corporation Kokusho
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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2026-11-09 12:34
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00132; H04N1/00137; G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/26; G07F17/40; G07G; G07G1/00; H04N1/00143; H04N1/00145; H04N1/00169; H04N1/00185; H04N1/00188; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3204; H04N2201/3205; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3242; H04N2201/3278
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A print order/delivery system comprising: a storage means (9) for storing unique
identification data which has been previously assigned; a registration means (3) for registering the user
in such a way as to associate him with said identification
data; an ordering means (5) for transmitting pictorial
data to the print order receiving side (6) along with said
identification data and order data; a printing means (11, 14), which is placed on said
print order receiving side (6), for printing a picture based
on said pictorial data which is transmitted from said
ordering means, on the basis of said order data; and a user management means (6), which is placed on
said print order receiving side (6), for recognizing the
orderer out of said registered users, on the basis of said
identification data which is transmitted from said ordering
means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
40 words
The print order/delivery system according to claim 1,
further comprising: an accounting means for calculating the charge on the
basis of said order data, and for performing the stated
accounting processing on the basis of the result of the
calculation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
74 words
The print order/delivery system according to claim 1,
wherein said storing means is placed on a digital camera, which
takes in a picture electronically; and said ordering means takes said pictorial data and said
identification data out of said digital camera or a
recording medium which has been put on the very digital
camera, and transmits the pictorial data and the
identification data to said print order receiving side along
with said order data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The print order/delivery system according to claim 3,
further comprising: an accounting means for calculating the charge on the
basis of said order data, and for performing the stated
accounting processing on the basis of the result of the
calculation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
109 words
A print order/delivery method comprising the steps of: storing a previously assigned unique identification
data which is performed on the user side, and registering
said user in such a way as to associate him with said
identification data; transmitting pictorial data to the print order
receiving side along with said identification data and order
data; and printing a picture based on said supplied pictorial
data on the basis of said order data, recognizing the
orderer out of said registered users on the basis of said
supplied identification data, and delivering the resulted
print of said picture to the very orderer, which are
performed on said print order receiving side.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The print order/delivery method according to claim 5,
wherein in the third step, the charge of said print is
calculated on the basis of said order data, and the stated
accounting processing is performed on the basis of the
result of the very calculation.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
81 words
The print order/delivery method according to claim 5,
wherein in the first step, said identification data is stored
in a digital camera, which takes in a picture
electronically; and in the third step, said pictorial data and said
identification data are taken out of said digital camera or
a recording medium which has been put on the very digital
camera, and the very pictorial data and identification data
are transmitted to said print order receiving side along
with said order data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The print order/delivery method according to claim 7,
wherein in the third step, the charge of said print is
calculated on the basis of said order data, and the stated
accounting processing is performed on the basis of the
result of the very calculation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A digital camera which takes in a picture
electronically comprising: a storage means for storing unique identification
data previously assigned to said digital camera.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The digital camera according to claim 9, further
comprising: a communicating means for transmitting pictorial data
of said picture and said identification data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
The digital camera according to claim 10, further
comprising: a communicating means for taking out pictorial data of
said picture and said identification data from a storing
medium charged in said digital camera, and transmitting said
pictorial data and said identification data.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A client information registration device comprising: an identification data assigning means for previously
assigning unique identification data to a digital camera
which takes in a picture electronically.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
The client information registration device according
to claim 12 further comprising: an inputting means for inputting user information in
such a way as to associate with said identification data.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
The client information registration device according
to claim 13 further comprising: a transmitting means for transmitting said
identification data and said user information to a print
order receiving side.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
37 words
An ordering terminal device comprising: a data inputting means for inputting pictorial data of
said picture and said identification data from a digital
camera which takes in a picture electronically and is
previously assigned unique identification data.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
43 words
The ordering terminal device according to claim 15
comprising: an inputting means for inputting order data for said
picture; and a transmitting means for transmitting said pictorial
data and said identification data along with said order data
to the print order receiving side.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
The ordering terminal device according to claim 16,
wherein said inputting means for inputting order data for said
picture inputs order data on a display panel on the basis of
a print order program.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
72 words
The ordering terminal device according to claim 16
further comprising: a data inputting means for inputting pictorial data of
said picture and said identification data from said digital
camera or a storing medium charged in said digital camera; an inputting means for inputting order data for said
picture; and a transmitting means for transmitting said pictorial
data and said identification data along with said order data
to a print order receiving side.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
34 words
The ordering terminal device according to claim 18,
wherein said inputting means for inputting order data for said
picture inputs order data on the basis of a print order
program on a display panel.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
104 words
A printing system for printing a picture taken by a
digital camera having identification data previously
assigned comprising: a receiving means for receiving identification data and
user information transmitted from a registration means side
which registers a user associated with said identification
data or receiving pictorial data of said picture, said
identification data and order data transmitted from a print
ordering side; a printing means for printing a picture based on said
pictorial data on the basis of said received order data; and a user management means for recognizing the orderer out
of said registered users on the basis of said received
identification data.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
38 words
The printing system according to claim 20 further
comprising: an accounting means for calculating the charge on the
basis of said order data and performing the stated
accounting processing on the basis of the result of said
calculation.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
26 words
The printing system according to claim 20, wherein said user management means is provided with a database
containing said user information associated with said
identification data.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
26 words
The printing system according to claim 21, wherein said user management means is provided with a database
containing said user information associated with said
identification data.
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