Displaying customized images on a wireless device
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1. A method for customizing an image for display on a device, the method comprising:
- receiving a user request from a device at a server computer for a customized image to be displayed on the device, the user request including user text, an image selection and a device profile, wherein the user text is received into the device from a user;
retrieving a particular image from an image database stored on the server computer based on both the image selection and the device profile;
rendering, by the server computer, a text layer that includes the user text received in the user request;
compositing, by the server computer, the text layer and the particular image to produce the customized image for the device; and
sending the customized image to the device configured to display the customized image on a display.
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Abstract
Customizing an image for display on a wireless device. A user accesses an image database and selects an image to customize. After the user selects an image, the image is retrieved from the image database based on a profile of the device. A customized image is produced from a composite of the selected image and a text layer generated from user text provided by a user. The customized image is formatted for the user'"'"'s device based on the device profile and then transmitted to the user'"'"'s device for display.
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1. A method for customizing an image for display on a device, the method comprising:
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receiving a user request from a device at a server computer for a customized image to be displayed on the device, the user request including user text, an image selection and a device profile, wherein the user text is received into the device from a user; retrieving a particular image from an image database stored on the server computer based on both the image selection and the device profile; rendering, by the server computer, a text layer that includes the user text received in the user request; compositing, by the server computer, the text layer and the particular image to produce the customized image for the device; and sending the customized image to the device configured to display the customized image on a display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for customizing a display of a device with a wallpaper image, the method comprising:
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accessing an image database stored on a server, wherein the image database stores a plurality of images for customization; selecting a particular image from the image database; providing user text from a user of the device to customize the particular image with the user text; sending a user request to the server, the user request including a selection of the particular image, the user text, and a profile of the device; receiving a customized image from the server, wherein the server composites the user text and the particular image to generate the customized image; and displaying the customized image on a display of the device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for producing an image database that includes images adapted to different displays, the method comprising:
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retrieving a source image; retrieving a set of device profiles from a server computer, the device profiles including parameters, the parameters of each device including at least one of; a display dimension; a number of display colors; a display resolution; and a device identification; processing the source image with the server computer according to the set of device profiles to create a set of custom images from the source image, each custom image corresponding to a different device profile; and storing the set of custom images in a computer-readable medium in the server computer; and providing a particular image from the set of custom images stored in the server computer in response to a user request that includes a particular device profile used to generate the particular image. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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