Computer-readable recording medium for recording photograph print ordering information
US6665083B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/3274
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a digital photographic image printing system, method, and recording medium, photographic print ordering information is stored as a storage file having a hierarchically structured format, and which is exchanged as an order file in a digital format. Any change in the content or operation of the system can be dealt with more flexibly by use of the hierarchically structured storage file, without requiring extensive changes to the underlying variety of application programs that may use the order information in the hierarchically structured order file. The structured storage file includes-an orderer stream describing customer information, and an order storage that describes the content of an order. Within the order storage, a link information stream is provided which describes the location of digital photographic image data stored on a network and which is to be printed, and an order content stream is also provided which describes the content of the order, including print quantity, size, and desired finishing or other processing details.
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