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Method for Creating Custom Digital Images Utilizing Background Replacement Technology Over a Network

  • US 20090167870A1
  • Filed: 01/02/2008
  • Published: 07/02/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for enabling consumers to create their own custom digital images using background replacement technology comprising the steps of:

  • (a) taking a photograph of a subject in front of a background, where the photograph is in the form of a digital image,(b) reducing the size of the digital image,(c) uploading the digital image to a server,(d) enabling a consumer to view, select, and create a customized digital image over a network through the use of a web browser, where the consumer creates a customized digital image by at least selecting the digital image and a background digital image for the customized digital image, where the digital image is placed over the background digital image to create the customized digital image,(e) saving data necessary to create the customized digital image on the server,(f) allowing the consumer to purchase a print of the customized digital image,(g) sending the data necessary to create the customized digital image to a party capable of printing the customized digital image,(h) locating and transferring the digital image from step (a) to the party capable of printing the customized digital image, if necessary,(i) using the data necessary to create the customized digital image to create the customized digital image,(j) printing the digital image, and(k) sending the print to the consumer or otherwise making it available for the consumer to obtain,where the background of the original digital image from step (a) is removed after step (a) and before the consumer views the digital image over the internet thereby showing any background digital image that is present behind the digital image,where the resulting customized digital image is not saved on the server, but the data necessary to create the custom digital image is saved on the server,where, in step (h), the digital image may already be in the possession of the party capable of printing the customized digital image thereby removing the necessity for locating and transferring the digital image,where the data necessary to create the customized digital image comprises a digital image file name and a background file name,where one or more digital background images have been uploaded to the server prior to step (d),where the consumer is provided information from the photographer, where the information includes at least a web address and a means to associate one or more digital images to the consumer, where the web address is used to connect to the server over the network, where the web address, means to associate one or more digital images to the consumer, or both are used to identify which photographer is associated with the consumer,where a photographer can log onto the server prior to step (d) and create settings for all of the consumers that are associated with the photographer, groups of consumers that are associated with the photographer, or both thereby enabling the photographer to create a unique experience for consumers to create custom digital images and then order those images over a network.

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