Patent ID: 8498905

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving an order for a flower arrangement from a customer to a recipient at a sending florist at a first location; sending the order to a filling florist at a second location over a network, wherein the second location corresponds to the recipient; preparing the flower arrangement at the second location of the filling florist according to the order; capturing a digital image of the flower arrangement at the second location of the filling florist prior to delivery of the flower arrangement; examining the digital image by a computer; extracting data, by the computer, about at least one feature within the flower arrangement from the image; generating a report by the computer comprising the extracted data corresponding to the at least one feature; and prior to delivery of the flower arrangement to the recipient, sending the report including the captured image of the flower arrangement from the filling florist to the sending florist over the network to confirm that the flower arrangement complies with the order.