Patent ID: 8917943

Claim:
A method of making an image-based product, the method comprising: comparing, by a processing system, image types of a plurality of digital images to image types of an image-type distribution, wherein the image-type distribution corresponds to a theme and includes a distribution of image types related to the theme; determining, by the processing system, a match between the image types of the plurality of digital images and the image types of the image-type distribution; analyzing, by the processing system, the match to determine image types of the image-type distribution that are missing from the plurality of digital images; communicating, by the processing system, a request for the missing image types; receiving, by the processing system, digital images having the missing image types in response to the request for the missing image types; selecting, by the processing system, a group of digital images from the plurality of digital images and from the received digital images having the missing image types, wherein the group of digital images has a distribution of image types specified by the image-type distribution; and assembling, by the processing system, the group of digital images into an image-based product.