Patent Document ID: 7574378
Application ID: 11109758
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of locating and purchasing high-resolution images by a buyer directly from a publisher of said images, the method comprising: a) accessing a system service unit through a network connection; b) searching attributes of said high-resolution images in said system service's data base and selecting desired thumbnails; c) simulating, enhancing and verifying a quality of the high-resolution images and their low-resolution representation corresponding to said selected thumbnail by controlled remote accessing of an image publisher unit via a network connection; d) purchasing from said system service unit and paying for a permission to download said selected high-resolution images; e) acquiring from said image unit, said selected image in high-resolution format directly to said image buyer terminal; and f) automatically rendering said selected image in high-resolution format ready for print by applying parameters of step (c).