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US 7,467,222 B2Granted
Image ranking for imaging products and services
AssigneeShutterfly, Inc.
InventorDhiraj Kacker
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Abstract
A computer-assisted method provides a plurality of digital images, selects a digital image, obtains one or more image characteristics of the selected digital image, computes one or more image-ranking values for the selected digital image based on the obtained image characteristics of the selected digital image, and ranks the selected digital image using the computed image-ranking values.
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A computer-assisted method, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of digital images from a user;
- defining a plurality of image uses for the plurality of digital images;
- obtaining one or more image characteristics for one of the plurality of digital images;
- and
- for each of the plurality of image uses, computing an image-ranking value for the one of the plurality of digital images using the one or more image characteristics, wherein the image-ranking value is specific to each of the plurality of image uses.
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A computer-assisted method, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of digital images from a user;
- defining a plurality of image uses for the plurality of digital images;
- receiving one or more image characteristics for each of the plurality of digital images;
- for each of the plurality of image uses, computing an image-ranking value for each of the plurality of digital images using the one or more image characteristics, wherein the computed image-ranking value is specific to each of the plurality of image uses;
- for each of the plurality of image uses, ranking the plurality of digital images using their respective image-ranking values;
- and
- for each of the plurality of image uses, selecting one or more of the plurality of digital images using their computed image-ranking values.
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A system for producing an imaging product, comprising:
- a server configured to receive, from a user, a plurality of digital images and a plurality of image uses for the plurality of digital images;
- a computer processor configured to obtain one or more image characteristics for each of the plurality of digital images and to compute an image-ranking value for at least one of the plurality of digital images using the one or more image characteristics for the digital image for each of the plurality of image uses;
- and
- a fulfillment facility configured to produce an imaging product or provide an imaging service using the digital image in accordance with the image use and the computed image-ranking value associated with the digital image and the plurality of image use.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.