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US 2014/0210843 A1Published application
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for creating digital glitter
AssigneeAmerican Greetings Corporation
InventorsRobert VanCuren, JR., Eric James Wright
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Abstract
Methods and systems for rendering an electronic greeting card to a portable computing device, wherein the visually-perceived light effects of the electronic greeting card are updated in real time. The electronic greeting card is dynamically rendered to the portable computing device including these dynamic light effects.
Claims20
A machine for rendering an electronic greeting card to a portable computing device comprising:
- a server;
- an algorithm accessed and run by the server;
- wherein the algorithm updates the visually-perceived light effects of the electronic greeting card in real time;
- and
- wherein the electronic greeting card is dynamically rendered to the portable computing device.
2 more elements
A method for rendering an electronic greeting card to a portable computing device comprising:
- blending a base image with a diffused light texture to produce a diffused base image;
- blending a shimmer texture with a highlighted texture to produce a final highlight;
- blending the final highlight texture with the diffused base image to produce the image of the electronic greeting card;
- rendering the electronic greeting card on the portable computing device.
1 more element
An electronic greeting card comprising:
- at least two pages;
- visually-perceived light effects that are updated in real-time;
- wherein at least one of the at least two pages can be moved and the visually-perceived light effects are dynamically updated as a result of the movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.