Patent ID: 11948173
Assignee: MEDIALAB.AI
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A system for selecting an image to accompany text from a user in connection with a social media post, comprising a processor and a tangible storage medium, said tangible storage medium comprising code executable by the processor for performing steps comprising:
a) receiving text and geographic location information from the user;
b) identifying one or more search terms based on the text;
c) identifying candidate images from images in one or more image databases using the search terms and the geographic location information, where the candidate images comprise a sponsored image;
d) presenting one or more candidate images to the user, where the sponsored image is presented in a preferential position compared to other candidate images, wherein the preferential position comprises being displayed in a specified proportion compared to other candidate images;
e) receiving from the user a selected image from the one or more candidate images and storing information relating to the selected image including one or more of an image identifier, time/date of use, use occurrence, and geographic location of the user;
f) generating the social media post wherein the social media post is of a similar size and of a similar shape as the selected image, and wherein the social media post comprises the text displayed superimposed on the selected image; and
g) transmitting the social media post for display.