Fujifilm Corporation

Yoshiji Endo

Karin Kon

Kenji Hori

Takuya Shimomura

Takeshi Teraoka

Wataru Hirayama

Maki Kurose

Osamu Mito

Kyouko Shiromizu

Takeshi Dosaka

In an image network system used for network print service which receives an order for printing or the like by using a communication network such as the Internet, there are provided a center server capable of providing service which is different depending upon points given to a customer according to an order track record, at a time of using the system, capable of suitably setting a storage capacity and a storage period of an image for a user without placing a burden on the user while importance is placed on an operational efficiency of the system, capable of allowing a user to upload images as many as possible in an album, and useful for prompting an order, and an image network system including the center server.

Method of placing an order for photographic printing

The network server stores the order information and the customer information received from the order entry channel in a database with identification information of the retailer system that has mediated the order, extracts, in response to a request from the retailer system, at least one of the order information, the customer information corresponding to the identification information of the retailer system having made the request, and information obtained based on at least one of the order information and the customer information from the database, and provides to the retailer system. The network order system includes the network server for receiving and managing at least the order information.

Network order system and network server

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshiji Endo