SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A CUSTOMIZED DIGITAL IMAGE
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Abstract
There are provided methods and systems for providing viewers of a digital image with information about identifiable and scenes within the image. In an embodiment, digital images, uploaded to a host website, are customized through the incorporation of some number of selectable informational links and other text based information to provide viewers of the image real-time access to social and advertising related information regarding certain identifiable objects and scenes in the image. The selectable information links are incorporated within and around the digital image in a process referred to herein as image tagging.
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23. A computer based method for creating a customized digital image which provides viewers of the customized digital image with information about objects and scenes displayed within identifiable areas of the customized digital image, the method comprising:
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(a) identifying objects and scenes of interest displayed within identifiable areas of the digital image, wherein the identifiable areas comprise less than the entire digital image; and (b) identifying one or more product information hyperlinks to be associated with at least one of the identifiable areas of the digital image; said step of identifying one or more product information hyperlinks to be associated with at least one of the identifiable areas of the digital image including; inputting, by a user, descriptive text that describes certain of the objects and scenes of interest in the identifiable areas of the digital image; and displaying a linking option window to the user, the linking option window containing a respective plurality of linking options for each of at least some of the identifiable areas, the linking options including an automatic linking option and a manual linking option. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for creating a customized digital image which provides viewers of the customized digital image with information about objects and scenes displayed within identifiable areas of the customized digital image, the system comprising:
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a processor; a memory connected to the processor and storing instructions for operating the processor to perform the steps of; (a) identifying objects and scenes of interest displayed within identifiable areas of the digital image, wherein the identifiable areas comprise less than the entire digital image; and (b) identifying one or more product information hyperlinks to be associated with at least one of the identifiable areas of the digital image; said step of identifying one or more product information hyperlinks to be associated with at least one of the identifiable areas of the digital image including; inputting, by a user, descriptive text that describes certain of the objects and scenes of interest in the identifiable areas of the digital image; and displaying a linking option window to the user, the linking option window containing a respective plurality of linking options for each of at least some of the identifiable areas, the linking options including an automatic linking option and a manual linking option. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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