Patent ID: 6958821
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of analyzing an image provided by a user for image processing to determine the likelihood of user interest without the user's intent in materials related to products of third parties and sending such materials for display or printing to the user, comprising: a) scanning a hard copy of an image provided by a user to provide a digital image and sending such image to a memory location; b) automatically analyzing the scanned digital image to determine the likelihood that materials related to third party products will be of interest to the user by recognizing features which relate to such third party products, such features being selected from the group consisting of product trademarks, product trade dress, and other products which are related to the third party products; and c) selecting one or more third party items of product materials based on their likelihood of interest to the user and sending them to the user for display or printing.