Patent ID: 7580568

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving image data associated with an article of interest, the image data identifying a plurality of images within the article of interest; determining a plurality of image data signals for the plurality of images based at least in part on the image data; determining a plurality of image data scores for the plurality of images based at least in part on the plurality of image data signals and the article of interest; comparing the plurality of image data scores for the plurality of images to a predefined threshold; responsive to an image data score for an image being greater than the predefined threshold, selecting the image from within the article of interest as a representative image for the article of interest; and responsive to the plurality of image data scores for the plurality of images within the article of interest all being below the predefined threshold: determining a second article topically similar to the article of interest; selecting a default image from the second article as a representative image for the article of interest; and wherein the above are performed by a computer.