Proactive creation of photo products
AssigneeShutterfly, Inc.
InventorsMohan A. Dasannacharya, John M. Josling, Greg C. Bosch, Stephanie I. Tang
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Abstract
A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
Claims19
A computer system for proactively creating a photo product, comprising:
- a computer processor configured to receive a group of images from one or more user devices and to automatically identify an event based on image capture times and image capture locations of the images,
- wherein the computer processor is configured to select images taken at the event to form a set of selected one or more images,
- wherein the computer processor is configured to automatically identify an organizer for the event, to automatically select a photo product type in part based on a partnership that has been set up with the organizer,
- wherein the computer processor is configured to automatically create a design of a photo product of the selected photo product type using the set of selected one or more images for the event.
A computer system for proactively creating a photo product, comprising:
- a computer processor configured to receive a group of images from one or more user devices and to automatically identify an event based on image capture times and image capture locations of the images,
- wherein the computer processor is configured to select images taken at the event to form a set of selected one or more images,
- wherein the computer processor is configured to select a photo product type in part based on the number of selected one or more images taken at the event,
- wherein the computer processor is configured to automatically create a design of a photo product using the selected one or more images for the event,
- wherein the computer processor is configured to enable display of a design of the photo product with one or more user devices.
A computer system for proactively creating a photo product, comprising:
- a computer processor configured to receive a group of images from one or more user devices and automatically identify an event based on image capture times and image capture locations of the images,
- wherein the computer processor is configured to select images taken at the event to form a set of selected one or more images,
- wherein the computer processor is configured to automatically select a photo product type as determined by nature of the event,
- wherein the computer processor is configured to automatically create a design of a photo product using the set of selected one or more images for the event,
- wherein the computer processor is configured to enable display of a design of the photo product with one or more user devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.