Ex Parte SHIOTA et al - Page 2


                Appeal 2007-0974                                                                             
                Application 08/979,567                                                                       
                      Appellants have invented a method and system for recording picture                     
                image data read from a developed film and printing service information                       
                regarding the printing service that can be provided for the picture image data               
                in a portable recording medium.  A user can display an order screen and                      
                select images and services stored in the recording medium.                                   
                      Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal, and it reads as                     
                follows:                                                                                     
                      1. A picture print ordering method which orders a print of a picture                   
                image by generating print ordering information comprising electronic data in                 
                a predetermined standard to be processed by a predetermined photo finishing                  
                system, comprising the steps of:                                                             
                      recording high resolution picture image data obtained by reading a                     
                developed film and printing service information regarding the printing                       
                service which can be provided for the high resolution picture image data in                  
                the same portable recording medium, said printing service information being                  
                updateable information for use in generating an updateable order screen                      
                displaying available printing services from which a user selects;                            
                      displaying the printing service information and the image data                         
                recorded in the portable recording medium so as to display said order screen                 
                when the print ordering information for requesting a printing service                        
                regarding the image data recorded in the portable recording medium is                        
                generated; and                                                                               
                      generating the print ordering information by using the displayed                       
                printing service information;                                                                
                      wherein the printing service information includes a plurality of                       
                attributes including size and kind and the name of an apparatus and/or a                     
                service provider by which the printing service information has been recorded                 
                in the portable recording medium.                                                            



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