JP2009009524A - Online print ordering system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an image file designated by a guest to be printed on an merchandise designated by a registrant when a user of a client terminal which has uploaded image files pay the cost of a printed matter. <P>SOLUTION: An order acceptance server 104 accepts designation of merchandise which is a printing medium of an image file linked with an invitation album and is an object of an order for a present, from a registrant terminal 101 and manages the designation. A guest terminal 102 reads image files of the invitation album and selects an image file to be printed on the merchandise and gives the order to the order acceptance server 104. The order acceptance server 104 transfers payment information of the registrant to a payment server to execute payment processing of a price for a printed matter. Designation of the image file and the merchandise is transferred to a printing sever to execute print processing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an online print ordering system that accepts print orders for image files shared on the Internet and provides printed materials.

Conventionally, there is a service in which a client terminal uploads an image file to a storage area of a server device on the Internet and shares the image file with other client devices. Also, there is a service for executing print processing of an image file and creating a printed matter when the server device accepts such a print order for the image file from a client terminal via the Internet (see, for example, Patent Document 1). There is a service in which the user of the client terminal that uploaded the image file pays for the printed material based on the print order of the user of the other client terminal that has browsed the image file (for example, see Patent Document 2).
JP 2003-308439 A JP 2001-264891 A

  Along with the development of printing technology, there are various products such as T-shirts, glasses, mugs, calendars, etc., with different prices, delivery times, and shipping costs. There is a demand for a client terminal user who uploaded an image file to present a specific product to a user of another client terminal who has browsed the image file due to budget or schedule. In addition, there is a demand for users of other client terminals who browse the image file to have a favorite design.

  In order to realize such a demand, the present invention enables printing of an image file designated by a guest on a product desired by a registrant when a user of a client terminal who uploaded the image file bears the cost of printed matter. The purpose is to do.

  The present invention is an online printing system in which a registrant terminal, a guest terminal, and an order reception server device can communicate via the Internet, and the registrant terminal uploads a plurality of image files to the order reception server device. And a designation means for notifying the order reception server device of designation of a print medium for the image file, and the guest terminal sends the designated print medium to the designated print medium from among the plurality of uploaded image files. A selection unit configured to notify the order reception server device of selection of an image file to be printed, the order reception server device receiving payment information from the registrant terminal and the image file selected by the guest terminal; Is settled for the price to be printed on the print medium designated by the registrant terminal Providing an on-line printing system comprising: a print instructing unit for instructing a print server device to print the image file selected by the completion unit and the guest terminal on the print medium designated by the registrant terminal To do.

  According to the present invention, the image file specified by the guest is printed for the product specified by the registrant, and the registrant bears the cost of the printed material. You can easily present it.

  Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the print order service using the online photo album will be described as an example. However, the service form is not limited to this, and can be applied to various online order services. .

<Configuration of online printing system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an online print ordering system in the present embodiment.

  Reference numeral 101 denotes an information processing terminal (hereinafter referred to as a registrant terminal) of a registrant who has registered as a member for the service provided by the online print ordering system. The registrant terminal 101 uploads the image file to the order reception server 104 via the Internet 103. Reference numeral 102 denotes a guest information processing terminal permitted by the registrant terminal 101 to browse or print an image file uploaded to the order receiving server 104 (hereinafter referred to as a guest terminal). The mail server 108 notifies the guest terminal 102 by e-mail that the browsing of the image file and the print order are permitted by the registrant terminal 101.

  The order reception server 104 registers information related to the registrant in the member information DB 105 and manages it. If there is an access from the registrant terminal 101, the registrant terminal 101 is authenticated by referring to the member information DB 105. If the authentication is successful, an image file upload or image file print order is permitted. Also, a plurality of image files uploaded from the registrant terminal 101 are managed as a single album, and the order reception server 104 registers and manages the association between the image file and the album in the album DB 106. The print order server receives the print order of the uploaded image file from the registrant terminal 101 or the guest terminal 102, registers it in the order management DB 107, and manages it. Information related to the product that is the print medium of the image file is registered in the product information DB 111 and managed. Further, the order reception server 104 manages the album and product, which are designated as a present for the guest, designated by the registrant terminal 101, and order conditions in the album DB 106.

  The settlement server 109 settles the cost for printing the image file based on the instruction from the order reception server 104. The print server 110 performs image file printing processing based on an instruction from the order receiving server 104, and causes the printer to print the image file on a product. The order receiving server 104 can communicate with the registrant terminal 101 and the guest terminal 102, the mail server 108, the settlement server 109, and the print server 110 via the Internet 103.

<Configuration of each computer device>
The configuration of the computer device constituting the order receiving server 104, mail server 108, settlement server 109, print server 110, registrant terminal 101, and guest terminal 102 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Each device may be realized by a single computer device, or may be realized by distributing each function to a plurality of computer devices as necessary. When configured by a plurality of computer devices, they are connected by a local area network (LAN) or the like so that they can communicate with each other. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a central processing unit (CPU) that controls the entire computer apparatus 200. A Read Only Memory (ROM) 202 stores programs and parameters that do not need to be changed. Reference numeral 203 denotes a random access memory (RAM) that temporarily stores programs and data supplied from an external device or the like. Reference numeral 204 denotes a hard disk or memory card fixedly installed on the computer device 200. Alternatively, reference numeral 204 denotes an external storage device including an optical disk such as a Compact Disk (CD) detachable from the computer apparatus 200, a magnetic or optical card, an IC card, a memory card, and the like. The external storage device 203 stores an operating system (OS) and application programs for realizing various processes in the present embodiment. Reference numeral 205 denotes an interface with an input device such as a pointing device or a keyboard 209 that receives a user operation and inputs data. Reference numeral 206 denotes an interface with the monitor 210 for displaying data held by the computer device 200 and supplied data. Reference numeral 207 denotes a network interface for connecting to a network line such as the Internet 103. A system bus 208 connects the units 201 to 207 so that they can communicate with each other.

<Flow of member registration>
In the online print order service according to the present embodiment, the registrant's image file is managed, and printing costs are charged, settlement information is stored, and printed materials are delivered. It is desirable.

  A member registration procedure in the online printing system of this embodiment will be described.

  When the registrant terminal 101 requests member registration from the order reception server 104, the order reception server 104 receives member information from the registrant terminal 101. In response to this, the order reception server 104 issues a member ID and a password, and stores them in the member information DB 105 as a member information table 700 in association with each other.

  The member information table 700 will be described with reference to FIG. In the member information table 700, there is one record for each registrant. Each record of the member information table 700 includes an issued member ID 701 and a member password 702, a name 703 transmitted from the registrant terminal 101, a contact address 704, a mail address 705, and an album list 706. The album list 706 stores album IDs of albums owned by the registrant.

  After completing member registration, when using this service, the registrant uses the registrant terminal 101 to input the member ID and password and transmits it via the Internet 103 to receive login authentication by the order reception server 104. . The order reception server 104 compares the member ID 701 and member password 702 registered in the member information DB 105 with the member ID and password transmitted from the registrant terminal 101, and authenticates the registrant as a valid member if they match. If the registrant is authenticated as a valid member, the order reception server 104 receives various invitation services such as an invitation album creation request and a present order request described below and provides various services.

<Invitation album creation flow>
A registrant menu screen 500 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the registrant terminal 101 that has been authenticated for login. When the registrant clicks the “Create Invitation Album” button 501 using the pointing device, the registrant terminal 101 requests the order reception server 104 to create an invitation album.

  When the order reception server 104 receives a request for creating an invitation album from the registrant terminal 101, the order reception server 104 starts an invitation album creation process. Hereinafter, the invitation album creation process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S301, the order reception server 104 issues an album ID, an album URL, and an album creation date, and creates and stores a new record in the invitation album table 800. The invitation album table 800 is stored in the album DB 106.

  Next, in step S302, the order reception server 104 displays an album setting screen 1400 as shown in FIG. The registrant inputs attribute information according to the album setting screen 1400. Thereafter, the order reception server 104 receives attribute information related to the invited album from the registrant terminal 101 and stores it in the invited album table 800.

  In the album setting screen 1400 of FIG. 14, the album name 1404 of the invitation album, the comment 1405, the album password 1407, and the invitation album URL 1406 are displayed as attribute information. In addition, regarding the image file associated with the album, whether or not to allow a guest to place a present order 1403, and an input of an upper limit number 1401 and an order acceptance deadline 1402 are also displayed and input as order conditions for allowing a present order. The value is set as attribute information. In addition, as an order condition, an upper limit for the amount of money for each guest or an upper limit for the total amount of money for all guests may be set.

  Next, in step S <b> 303, the order reception server 104 receives upload of an image file included in the invitation album from the registrant terminal 101. The order reception server 104 issues an image ID for the uploaded image file and stores it in the invitation album table 800.

  Here, information stored in the record of the invitation album table 800 will be described with reference to FIG. In 801, 802, and 806, the album ID, album URL, and album creation date and time issued by the order receiving server 104 in step S301 are stored. The attribute information received by the print order server in step S302 is stored as an album name 803, an album password 804, and an album comment 805. Further, whether or not a present order is permitted is stored in the present order flag 807, and an upper limit number 808 and an order acceptance deadline 809 are stored as order conditions. A member ID 811 is also stored.

  In step S304, the order reception server 104 creates a new record in the image table 900, issues an image ID to each image file, and stores the attribute information of the image file in the image table 900.

  The image table 900 will be described with reference to FIG. In 901, the image ID issued in step S304 is stored. The record of the image table 900 and the record of the invitation album table 800 are associated based on the image ID 901 and the image ID included in the image list 810. An image name 902, an image comment 903, an image size 904, and an image type 905 are input by the registrant terminal 101, and are transmitted separately from the image file or stored from the header information included in the image file. To do.

  Further, an original image file path 910 indicating the storage location of the uploaded image file and a thumbnail image file path 909 indicating the storage location of the thumbnail image file are stored. The entity data of the original image file and the thumbnail image file are separately stored in a storage device that can be read by the order receiving server 104. The image table 900 is stored in the album DB 106.

  When the registrant uses the pointing device and clicks the “present product setting” button 502 in FIG. 5, the registrant terminal 101 requests the order reception server 104 to set a product that permits a present order. When the present order flag indicates that the present order is not permitted, the “present product setting” button 502 is not displayed or displayed in a non-selectable state.

  In step S305, the order reception server 104 receives the request for setting the present product from the registrant terminal 101, and provides the product selection screen 1300 as shown in FIG. Display.

  The order reception server 104 reads product information from the product table 1100 stored in the product DB 211 and creates a product selection screen 1300.

  The product table 1100 will be described with reference to FIG. In the merchandise table 1100, there is one record for each merchandise item regarding the merchandise that becomes the print medium of the image file. Each record of the product table 1100 includes a product ID. Further, a product category 1103, a product description 1104, a product size 1105, a product price 1106, a shipping fee 1107, a delivery date 1109, a print image number 1110 indicating the number of images that can be printed on the product, and a product thumbnail image file path 1111 are included. The substance of the product thumbnail image file is separately stored in a storage device readable by the order receiving server 104. In the product table 1100, the operator of the order receiving server 104 inputs and stores product information in advance. Further, the operator can add / delete / change the product information stored in the product table 1100 at any time.

  In the product selection screen 1300 illustrated in FIG. 13, products are displayed for each product category 1103. The product selection screen 1300 displays a product name 1304, a product description 1305, a product size 1306, a product price 1308 and a product shipping fee 1309, a delivery date 1310, the number of print images 1307, and a product thumbnail image 1303. When the registrant selects a product and presses the setting button 1311, the registrant terminal 101 notifies the order reception server 104 of the product ID.

  When the registrant presses the button 1312 for proceeding to card payment using the pointing device, the product of the present order is determined and transmitted from the registrant terminal 101 to the order reception server 104.

  In step S306, the order reception server 104 receives the product ID of the product designated by the registrant from the registrant terminal 101, and stores it in the invitation album table 800 as the present product ID 812. The record in the invitation album table 800 is associated with the record in the product table 1100 based on the present product ID 812 and the product ID 1101.

  Next, in step S307, the order reception server 104 provides the registrant terminal 101 with and displays a settlement information setting screen 1500 as shown in FIG. 15 in order to make the registrant pay the expense for present printing. In accordance with the payment information setting screen 1500, the registrant inputs payment information such as a card type 1501, a card holder name 1502, a card number 1503, an expiration date 1504, and the like.

  In step S308, the order reception server 104 receives the payment information from the registrant terminal 101 and transfers it to the payment server 109.

  In step S309, the order reception server 104 is notified from the settlement server 109 of the registrant's ability to pay. When it is notified in step S309 that the registrant has the payment capability, the order reception server 104 stores the payment information in the payment information table 1200 of the member information DB 105 in step S310.

  The settlement information table 1200 will be described with reference to FIG. In each record of the settlement information table, a member ID 1201 of the registrant, a card type 1202, a card number 1203, a card expiration date 1204, and a card name 1205 are stored. Records in the settlement information table 1200 are associated with records in the member information table 700 based on member IDs 1201 and 701.

  In this embodiment, the registrant performs the payment confirmation when setting the conditions for the present print order. However, the timing is not limited to this. For example, it may be when a registrant is registered as a member, or when a gift print order is made by a guest and payment is actually required.

  Further, when the registrant is notified in step S309 that there is no payment capability, the present order flag 807 may be updated to a flag indicating that the print order is not permitted.

  In step S311, the order receiving server 104 provides the registrant terminal 101 with and displays a guest setting screen 1600 for setting information of guests invited to the album as shown in FIG.

  The registrant operates the registrant terminal 101 in accordance with the guest setting screen 1600 to set the guest's mail address 1601 and guest name 1602, the message 1603 from the registrant, and the like. In the body of the e-mail mail sent to the guest, a description message 1605 of a procedure for accessing the invited album, a URL 1606 for accessing the invited album, an album password 1607, and the like are also described.

  In step S <b> 312, the order reception server 104 receives guest setting information input from the registrant according to the guest setting screen 1600 from the registrant terminal 101. The album URL 802 and the album password 804 are read from the invitation album table 800 of the album DB 106. Registrant information (such as name 703) is also read from the member information table 700 of the member information DB 105. Then, an electronic mail (hereinafter referred to as an invitation mail) is created based on the guest setting information, album information, registrant information, explanation message, and the like.

  In step S 313, the order reception server 104 sends an invitation email to the guest terminal 102 via the mail server 108 with the guest email address as the destination.

  In this embodiment, an e-mail is assumed as a notification method. However, the notification method is not limited to electronic mail. For example, a USB key that prints and delivers the various information described above on paper or a card to produce a present, notifies it by telephone or fax, or stores the various information described above to enhance security It is also possible to give them.

<Flow of gift order>
The present order process will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The guest terminal 102 receives the invitation mail, accesses the order reception server 104 based on the album URL 802 described therein, and requests browsing of the invitation album.

  First, in step S401, the order reception server 104 identifies an album ID from the album URL transmitted from the guest terminal 102. Based on this album ID, album information (album name 803, album comment 805, album creation date and time 806, etc.) in the invitation album table 800 of the album DB 106 is acquired, and an invitation album cover screen as shown in FIG. 17 is created. To display.

  FIG. 17 shows an example of the invitation album cover screen 1700. The invitation album cover screen 1700 displays album information such as an album name 1701, a thumbnail image 1702 of an album representative image, and an album comment 1703, and a password input field 1704. When the guest inputs the password notified by the invitation mail according to the invitation album cover screen 1700 and clicks the “view album” button 1705, the guest terminal 102 transmits the password to the order reception server 104 to request permission for viewing. . In this embodiment, the guest does not require membership registration. The order reception server 104 authenticates the guest based on the URL of the invited album used for access and the input album password, and permits browsing.

  In step S402, the order reception server 104 refers to the invitation album table 800 of the album DB 106, compares the album password 804 with the password transmitted from the guest terminal 102, and permits browsing of the invitation album if they match.

  If browsing of the invited album to the guest terminal 102 is permitted, the order reception server 104 refers to the invited album table 800 of the album DB 106 and acquires album information in step S403. Further, the image information of the image table 900 associated with the image ID 901 of the image list 810 is acquired. Then, an invitation album screen 1800 as shown in FIG. 18 is created from the acquired album information and image information. The invitation album screen 1800 includes an album comment 1802, an image size 1804, a thumbnail image 1803, an image name 1805, and an image comment 1806. Further, the order reception server 104 refers to the invitation album table 800, and if the present order flag 807 indicates “permitted”, the order reception server 104 determines that a present order is possible and presents a present box area 1809 on the invitation album screen 1800. Include. And product information is acquired from the record of the product table 1100 linked | related with the present product ID 812 of the invitation album table 800, and the present box area | region 1809 is produced based on this. The invitation album screen 1800 includes a present order button 1807 for instructing the start of the present order.

  The order reception server 104 transmits the invitation album screen 1800 created as described above to the guest terminal 102 for display. In accordance with the invitation album screen 1800 displayed on the guest terminal 102, the guest browses the image of the invitation album, confirms a product to be presented, and clicks a present order button 1807. The guest terminal 102 notifies the order reception server 104 that the guest has clicked the present order button 1807.

  In step S <b> 404, the order reception server 104 refers to the album DB 106 and acquires the album information of the invitation album table 800 and the image information of the image table 900 associated with the image ID 901 of the image list 810. Based on these pieces of information, an image designation screen 1900 as shown in FIG. 19 is created and displayed. The image designation screen 1900 has a present box area 1902 and acquires and displays the product name 1102, the product description 1104, the product size 1105, and the number of print images 1110 from the product table 1100 linked to the present product ID 812.

  The guest refers to the thumbnail image list and operates the pull-down 1911 to select an image file to be printed on the product displayed in the present box area 1902 from a plurality of image files associated with the invitation album. If multiple image files can be specified, the print position on the product is also specified. For example, on the image designation screen 1900 of FIG. 19, the front side print 1 area and the back side print 2 area can be designated. The guest terminal 102 transmits the image ID of the image file designated by the guest operation and the print position thereof to the order receiving server 104. The number 1913 is also transmitted to the order reception server 104.

  In step S405, the order reception server 104 creates a new record in the order table 1000 (FIG. 10) of the order management DB 107. Then, the order ID 1001 is issued and stored in the record of the order table 1000 together with the album ID 1006, the member ID 1007, and the order quantity 1005. Further, the guest owner flag 1013 is set to be an order by the guest. Then, the image ID of the image file selected on the image designation screen 1900 is acquired and stored in the print image list 1011. Then, the product ID 1010 of the present order designated by the registrant terminal 101 in step S306 is stored. Then, the product table 1100 of the product information DB 111 is referred to, the product price 1106 and the shipping cost 1107 associated with the product ID are referred to, and the order total 1004 is calculated and stored.

  In step S406, the order reception server 104 causes the guest terminal 102 to display an orderer / delivery destination designation screen 2000 as shown in FIG.

  The guest inputs orderer information and delivery destination information according to the orderer / delivery destination designation screen 2000. The guest terminal 102 transmits the input orderer information and delivery destination information to the order reception server 104. The orderer information is information about the guest, and the delivery destination information is information about the guest itself or a delivery destination designated by the guest. In this embodiment, both the orderer and the delivery destination can be set, but the specification may be such that the orderer and the delivery destination are the same and only one of them is input.

  In step S407, the order reception server 104 receives the orderer information 1002 and the delivery destination information 1003 from the guest terminal 102 and stores them in the record of the order table 1000.

  In step S408, the order reception server 104 reads the order information from the order table 1000 of the order management DB 107. Then, a composite image 2104 is created from the product thumbnail image file path 1111 associated with the product ID 1010 and the thumbnail image file acquired based on the thumbnail image file path 909 associated with the image ID. Then, an order confirmation screen 2100 as shown in FIG. 21 is created and displayed by the composite image 2104, the orderer information 2102, and the delivery destination information 2103. When the guest confirms the order confirmation screen 2100 and clicks the settlement start button 2105, the guest terminal 102 requests the order reception server 104 to place an order.

  In step S409, the order reception server 104 determines whether an order request has been received from the guest terminal 102.

  If it is determined in step S409 that the order has been received, the order reception server 104 acquires the upper limit number 808 of the invitation album table 800 and the order reception deadline 809 based on the album ID 1006 of the order table 1000 in step S410. Then, it is compared with the order quantity 1005 and the current date, and it is determined whether or not the present present order satisfies the order condition.

  If it is determined in step S410 that the order condition is satisfied, in step S411, the order reception server 104 acquires the settlement information in the settlement information table 1200 based on the member ID 1007 in the order table 1000. Then, the settlement information is transmitted to the settlement server 109 to request execution of the settlement procedure. Then, the order reception server 104 determines whether or not it has received a notification from the payment server 109 that the payment procedure has been successful. When it is determined in step S411 that the order has been received, in step S412, the order reception server 104 updates the order status 1008 in the order table 1000 to “settlement completion / delivery waiting”, and the order date and time 1009 and the settlement received from the settlement server 109. The approval number 1012 is stored.

  Note that the order reception server 104 notifies the registrant terminal 101 before requesting the payment procedure to the payment server 109, and puts the payment procedure request in a standby state until an acknowledgment response is returned from the registrant terminal 101. May be. Specifically, the order reception server 104 acquires the mail address 705 of the member information table 700 and transmits an e-mail to the registrant terminal 101. Then, the order status 1008 in the order table 1000 is updated to “standby / waiting for approval”. When the registrant terminal 101 receives and displays the e-mail, the registrant confirms that the guest's present order is in a waiting state for the settlement procedure. The registrant terminal 101 performs login authentication to the order reception server 104 and displays an order list screen 2200 described later. The registrant selects the target order ID, displays an order details screen 2300, which will be described later, and confirms the order details of the guest. When the registrant terminal 101 notifies the order reception server 104 of the approval, the order reception server 104 resumes the settlement procedure process. The order reception server 104 updates the order state 1008 of the order table 1000 to “waiting for settlement”. Then proceed with the payment procedure.

  If it is determined in step S410 that the order condition is not satisfied, in step S415, the order reception server 104 notifies the guest terminal 102 that an error has occurred because the order condition is not satisfied, and prompts correction of the order contents. .

  Note that a normal print order in which the guest makes an inquiry to the guest terminal 102 as to whether or not to pay the fee, and if accepted, the payment information is received from the guest terminal 102 to proceed with the payment procedure, and the orderer pays the price. Processing may be executed.

  Alternatively, the registrant terminal 101 may be requested to change the order conditions, and if an acknowledgment response is obtained from the registrant terminal 101, the order conditions may be changed to accept an order from the guest terminal. Specifically, the order reception server 104 acquires the mail address 705 of the member information table 700 and notifies the registrant terminal 101 by e-mail. At this time, the order status 1008 of the order table 1000 is updated to “waiting / waiting for approval”. When the registrant terminal 101 receives the e-mail, the registrant confirms that the order conditions for present printing do not match the order contents of the guest and that a change is desired. The registrant terminal 101 logs into the order receiving server 104 and displays an order list screen 2200 described later. The registrant terminal 101 selects the order ID to be changed, and displays an order details screen 2300 described later. When the registrant permits the change of the printing conditions, the registrant terminal 101 notifies the order reception server 104 of the approval. The order reception server 104 sets the order status 1008 of the order table 1000 notified of the approval from the registrant terminal 101 to “waiting for settlement”. Then proceed with the payment procedure.

  In step S413, the order reception server 104 acquires the contact information 704 or the email address 705 of the member information table 700 based on the member ID 1007 of the order table 1000, and indicates that the settlement of the present order by the guest has been completed. Notify

  In step S414, the order reception server 104 refers to the original image file path 910 of the image table 900 based on the image ID of the print image list 1011 of the order table 1000, and acquires the original image file. Then, the product ID 1010 of the order table 1000, the order quantity 1005, the image file, the orderer information 1002, and the delivery destination information 1003 are transmitted to the print server 110 to instruct the print processing to be executed. The print server 110 prints an image file on a designated product using a printing apparatus. The operator of the print server 110 arranges the delivery of the printed matter according to the delivery destination information 1003.

  If the registrant wants to confirm the payment procedure completion notification promptly, or if the registrant wants to accept a present order at a convenient time, such as in a flow to confirm before executing the payment procedure There is. Therefore, the order reception time zone, the order reception date, and the day of the week may be set as the order conditions. In this case, in the time zone where the order conditions are not satisfied, the invitation album screen 1800 may not be displayed regarding the present.

  When setting the upper limit of the total number of orders for all guests, “guest” is stored in the guest / owner flag 1013 in the order table 1000 linked to the member ID and album ID in step S410. The number of orders 1005 of the current record is counted. Then, it may be determined whether or not the number upper limit 808 of the order condition is exceeded. If it does not fit, the present box and its description may not be displayed. Similarly, it can be realized when it is desired to set an upper limit for the total order amount.

  In this embodiment, it is also possible to set a guest to answer a questionnaire as a printing condition. In this case, the order reception server 104 displays a questionnaire screen on the guest terminal 102 and, upon receiving a questionnaire response, stores that it has been answered in the order table 1000. Then, only the order for which “answered” is set may be processed to proceed with the printing process.

  In addition, by generating a guest ID based on the email address of the guest and including it in the album URL, the order receiving server 104 can identify the guest when receiving a present order, so order information is managed for each guest. can do. It is also possible to change the order conditions for each guest or to count the number of orders for each guest.

<Order list display flow>
A procedure in which the order reception server 104 displays a past order list on the registrant terminal 101 will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. As described above, the order reception server 104 receives the order list display request from the registrant terminal 101 after logging in the registrant terminal 101. When the registrant clicks the “view order list” button 504 on the registrant menu screen 500, the registrant terminal 101 transmits an order list display request to the order reception server 104.

  In step S601, the order reception server 104 searches the order table 1000 based on the member ID received from the registrant terminal 101 to obtain a list of order information.

  In step S <b> 602, the order reception server 104 creates an order list screen 2200 including order information as shown in FIG. 22 and displays it on the registrant terminal 101. In FIG. 22, an order date and time 1009 is displayed in the order date and time column 2201 and an order ID 1001 is displayed in the order number column 2202. In the inviter column 2203, the orderer information 1002, the order amount column 2204, the total order amount 1004, the product column 2205, the product name 1102 associated with the product ID 1010, and the order status 2206 are displayed the order status 1008. Is done. When the registrant clicks a specific order number on the order list screen 2200, the registrant terminal 101 transmits an order ID corresponding to the order reception server 104, and requests browsing of detailed contents.

  In step S603, the order reception server 104 determines whether or not a detailed content browsing request for a specific order has been received from the registrant terminal. When it is determined in step S603 that the order reception server 104 has received the order, the order reception server 104 searches the order table 1000 based on the order ID and acquires all items of the order information in step S604. Based on all items of the acquired order table 1000, an order content screen 2300 as shown in FIG. 23 is created, transmitted to the registrant terminal 101, and displayed.

  Note that a button for instructing “accept” is also displayed on the order list screen 2200 of FIG. 22 when the order contents of the guest do not satisfy the order conditions and the change of the order conditions is requested in step S415. You may make it do.

<Other embodiments>
Needless to say, the object of the present invention is achieved as follows. First, a recording medium on which software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments are recorded is supplied to a system or apparatus. Then, the computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus reads and executes the program code stored in the recording medium. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

  As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, DVD, etc. Can be used.

  The functions of the above-described embodiments are not only realized by executing the program code read by the computer. For example, an OS (operation system) running on a computer performs part or all of actual processing based on an instruction of the program code, and the functions of the above-described embodiments may be realized by the processing. Needless to say, it is included.

  Furthermore, it goes without saying that the case where the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized by the following processing is also included. First, the program code read from the storage medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. Thereafter, based on the instruction of the program code, the CPU provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing.

It is a block diagram for demonstrating an example of a structure of the online printing system in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram for demonstrating an example of a structure of the computer apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart figure for demonstrating an example of the procedure of the invitation album creation process which the order reception server in one Embodiment of this invention performs. It is a flowchart figure for demonstrating an example of the procedure of the present order process which the order reception server in one Embodiment of this invention performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the registrant menu screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart figure for demonstrating an example of the procedure of the display process of the order list which the order reception server in one Embodiment of this invention performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the member information table in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the invitation album table in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the image table in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the order table in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the goods table in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the payment information table in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the goods selection screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the album setting screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the payment information setting screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the guest setting screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the invitation album cover screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the invitation album screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the image designation | designated screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the orderer information input screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the order confirmation screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the order list screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the order content screen in one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

101 registrant terminal 102 guest terminal 103 internet 104 order reception server 105 member information DB
106 Album DB
107 Order Management DB
108 Mail Server 109 Settlement Server 110 Print Server 111 Product Information DB

Claims (6)

An online printing system in which a registrant terminal, a guest terminal, and an order reception server device can communicate via the Internet,
The registrant terminal includes upload means for uploading a plurality of image files to the order reception server device, and designation means for notifying the order reception server device of designation of a print medium of the image file,
The guest terminal includes selection means for notifying the order reception server device of selection of an image file to be printed on the designated print medium from among the plurality of uploaded image files,
The order reception server device receives settlement information from the registrant terminal and performs a settlement process for a price for printing the image file selected by the guest terminal on a print medium designated by the registrant terminal. And an on-line printing system comprising: a print instructing unit for instructing the print server device to print the image file selected by the guest terminal and the print file designated by the registrant terminal.   The order reception server device further includes storage means for storing the image file, print medium, and the price of the print instructed as an order list, and an order list notifying means for notifying the registrant terminal of the order list. The on-line printing system according to claim 1.   The order receiving server device further includes inquiry means for inquiring whether or not to accept the order from the registrant terminal upon accepting selection of the image file by the guest terminal, and the print instruction means responds to the inquiry 3. The on-line print ordering system according to claim 1, wherein the print instruction is issued when a response is received from the registrant terminal.   The order reception server device further includes inquiry means for inquiring whether or not to accept the order from the registrant terminal upon receiving selection of an image file by the guest terminal, and the payment means receives payment information from the guest terminal. 4. The online print ordering system according to claim 1, wherein the payment processing of the price is executed. The registrant terminal further comprises a price upper limit setting means for notifying the order receiving server device of the price upper limit,
The order receiving server device includes an amount determining unit that determines whether or not the price exceeds an upper limit, and when the print instruction unit determines that the price does not exceed the upper limit, the print instruction 5. The on-line printing system according to claim 1, wherein: The registrant terminal further comprises a number upper limit setting means for notifying the order reception server device of an upper limit of the number of the print media,
The guest terminal further comprises number setting means for notifying the designation of the number of the print media,
The order receiving server device includes a number determining unit that determines whether or not the specified number exceeds the set upper limit number, and the print instruction unit sets the specified number to the set value. 6. The on-line printing system according to claim 1, wherein the printing instruction is issued when it is determined that the upper limit number is not exceeded.

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