SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHOTO FRAME WITH DYNAMIC AUTOMATIC TEMPLATE BUILDING SYSTEM AND LOCATION SENSITIVE PHOTO COMMERCE

• US 20140205196A1
• Filed: 08/16/2013
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZAAH Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ZAAH Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: FLIDERMAN, SANDY, FREEDMAN, MAURICE
• Application Number:
  US13/968,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20140205196A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

A method is provided for photo frames with dynamic automatic template building system and location sensitive photo commerce. The method comprises: determining, by a geographic location sensing device, a first geographic location of the mobile device; obtaining, by a communication device, information from an external source regarding templates for photo frames associated with second geographic locations of known proximity to the first geographic location; downloading, by the communication device, a template for one of the photo frames for which information was received, the photo frame including a graphic content; combining, by the processor, the graphic content from the photo frame with additional graphic content from one of a digital photo stored previously stored in a memory or a digital photo taken by a digital camera; creating a new digital photo from the combined graphic content; and storing the new digital photo in the memory.

Claims

1. A method for execution on a mobile device for photo frames with dynamic automatic template building system and location sensitive photo commerce on the mobile device, the mobile device having a processor, a touchscreen display operatively coupled to the processor, a memory operatively coupled to the processor, a communication device operatively coupled to the processor, a geographic location sensing device operatively coupled to the processor and a digital camera operatively coupled to the processor, the method comprising the following steps:

determining, by a geographic location sensing device operatively coupled to a processor of a mobile device, a first geographic location of the mobile device;

obtaining, by a communication device operatively coupled to the processor, information from an external source regarding templates for photo frames associated with second geographic locations of known proximity to the first geographic location;

downloading, by the communication device, a template for one of the photo frames for which information was received from the external source, the photo frame including a graphic content;

combining, by the processor, the graphic content from the photo frame with additional graphic content from one of

a digital photo stored previously stored in a memory operatively coupled to the processor or

a digital photo taken by a digital camera operatively coupled to the processor;

creating a new digital photo from the combined graphic content from the photo frame and the additional graphic content; and

storing the new digital photo in the memory.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the information regarding templates for photo frames associated with second geographic locations is filtered to display only information regarding photo frames associated with second geographic locations within a specified distance of the first geographic location.

3. A method in accordance with claim 2, wherein the user of the mobile device can select the specified distance from a range of distances.

4. A method in accordance with claim 3, wherein the user of the mobile device can select the specified distance from a range of distances using a slider on a touchscreen operatively connected to the processor.

5. A method in accordance with claim 2, wherein the user of the mobile device can select the specified distance from plurality of predetermined distances.

6. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the photo frame further comprises user-supplied data added to the graphic content.

7. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the photo frame further comprises date information automatically added to the graphic content.

8. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the photo frame further comprises location specific photo commerce information added to the graphic content.