Patent ID: 8316033

Claim:
A method for managing the lifecycles of a plurality of pictures, the method comprising: importing the plurality of pictures and a plurality of metadata associated with the plurality of pictures from a camera into a computer system having a memory and a processor for managing the lifecycles of the plurality of pictures; determining, using one or more automated tagging filters, one or more metadata tags for association with the plurality of pictures by comparing information obtained from the plurality of pictures using a computerized image processing with information for a cartoon character to determine an existence of the cartoon character in addition to guests of a theme park in one of the plurality of pictures; associating the one or more metadata tags with the plurality of pictures after determining one or more metadata tags for association with the plurality of pictures; grouping the plurality of pictures according to the one or more metadata tags associated with the plurality of pictures by evaluating the one or more metadata tags with one or more grouping filters to generate a plurality of picture groups; and exporting one of the plurality of picture groups including the one of the plurality of pictures having the cartoon character in addition to guests of the theme park for publication and royalty payment.