System for matching artistic attributes of secondary image and template to a primary image

• US 8,849,043 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Ptucha, Raymond W., Whitby, Laura R., Bogart, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Newman, Michael A
• Application Number:
  US13/804,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20130266229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 565 Days
• Field of Search: 382/209, 382/217, 382/224, 382/284, 382/305, 345/581, 345/626
• US Class Current: 382/209
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content

Abstract

A system for automatically selecting a template and a number of secondary images for display with a primary preselected image based on analyzing the primary image'"'"'s attribute information and comparing the template'"'"'s required image attributes and secondary image'"'"'s attribute information. The attribute information is used to evaluate and arithmetically score a compatibility of the images and template so that a best compatibility fit can be obtained when displaying the image.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a memory configured to store;

a primary image file;

primary image attribute information;

a digital template having a plurality of windows for disposing digital images, each of the windows having associated therewith required image attributes;

a secondary image file; and

secondary image attribute information; and

a processing system configured to;

automatically select the secondary image file based on a comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and the secondary image attribute information; and

automatically select the digital template based on a comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and the required image attributes, wherein the required image attributes for each window in the selected digital template comprise a window recipe that is dependent on the primary image attribute information; and

wherein the comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and the secondary image attribute information comprises computing a score for the secondary image file with respect to each of the window recipes.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the processing system is configured to select the digital template such that the required image attributes of the windows in the template are related to the primary image attribute information.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the primary image attribute information and the secondary image attribute information each comprise weighted image attributes used by the computer system to compute an arithmetic score for the secondary image.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of secondary image files and corresponding secondary image attribute information are located on a remote server accessible by the computer system, and wherein the processing system is further configured to download the plurality of secondary image tiles and corresponding secondary image attribute information in preparation for performing the comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and the secondary image attribute information.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein a required image attribute for at least one window in the selected digital template is dependent on a value in the primary image attribute information.

6. A method comprising:

receiving, at a processing system, a primary image file and primary image attribute information corresponding to the primary image file;

selecting, by the processing system, a digital template having a plurality of windows for disposing digital images, each of the windows having associated therewith required image attributes, wherein the selecting the digital template comprises automatically selecting the digital template based on a comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and the required image attributes of the windows in the template, wherein the required image attributes for each window in the selected digital template comprise a window recipe that is dependent on the primary image attribute information; and

automatically selecting, by the processing system, a secondary image file based on a comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and secondary image attribute information for the selected secondary image file, wherein the comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and the secondary image attribute information comprises computing a score for the selected secondary image file with respect to each of the window recipes.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the selecting the digital template comprises selecting the digital template such that the required image attributes of the windows in the template are dependent on the primary image attribute information.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the primary image attribute information and the secondary image attribute information each comprise weighted image attributes for computing an arithmetic score for the secondary image.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving a designation of the primary image file as a primary image file via a remote user-interface.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving the primary image file from a remote server, and receiving a computer-accessible address for the primary image file on the remote server via the remote user-interface.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein a plurality of secondary image files and corresponding secondary image attribute information are located on a remote server accessible by the computer system, the method further comprising downloading the plurality of secondary image files and corresponding secondary image attribute information in preparation for performing the comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and the secondary image attribute information.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein a required image attribute for at least one window in the selected digital template is dependent on a value in the primary image attribute information.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable to cause a computer system, to perform operations comprising:

receiving a primary image file and primary image attribute information corresponding to the primary image file;

selecting a digital template having a plurality of windows for disposing digital images, each of the windows having associated therewith required image attributes, wherein the selecting the digital template comprises automatically selecting the digital template based on a comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and the required image attributes of the windows in the template, wherein the required image attributes for each window in the selected digital template comprise a window recipe that is dependent on the primary image attribute information; and

automatically selecting a secondary image file based on a comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and secondary image attribute information for the selected secondary image file, wherein the comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and the secondary image attribute information comprises computing a score for the selected secondary image file with respect to each of the window recipes.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the selecting the digital template comprises selecting the digital template such that the required image attributes of the windows in the template are dependent on the primary image attribute information.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the primary image attribute information and the secondary image attribute information each comprise weighted image attributes for computing an arithmetic score for the secondary image.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein a plurality of secondary image files and corresponding secondary image attribute information are located on a remote server accessible by the computer system, the operations further comprising downloading the plurality of secondary image files and corresponding secondary image attribute information in preparation for performing the comparison analysis of the primary image attribute information and the secondary image attribute information.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein a required image attribute for at least one window in the selected digital template is dependent on a value in the primary image attribute information.