Eastman-kodak Company

Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC

Christopher M Dobbs

Kenneth Alan Parulski

Howard E Bussey

John A Foster

Pamela J Gotham

Lou Chauvin

Timothy G Thompson

Robert M Goodwin

The present invention is directed to a system, method, and software product for ordering of digital photo services among a plurality order terminals each being associated with one of a plurality of business entities, using a digital image provided on a digital storage device associated with one of a plurality of digital storage device providers. The method includes maintaining information with respect to business relationships between the plurality of digital storage device providers and the plurality of business entities; providing a digital storage device at one of the order terminals; and providing an offering at the one order terminal based on a business relationship between the business entity associated with the one order terminal and the digital device provider associated with the digital storage device.

System, method and software product for ordering image products using images stored on a digital storage device from a plurality of order terminals

The present invention is directed to a system, method, and software product for ordering of digital photo services over a communication network among a plurality of photo service providers from an order terminal using a digital image provided on a digital storage device, the digital storage device being associated with one of a plurality of business entities. The method including the steps of maintaining information with respect to business relationships between the photo service providers and the plurality of business entities and providing an offering at the order terminal based on the business relationship associated with the digital storage device.

System, method and software product for ordering image products over a communication network from a plurality of different providers having various business relationships, using images stored on a digital storage device

The present invention is directed to a system, method, and software product for ordering of digital photo services over a communication network among a plurality of photo service providers from a plurality of order terminals, each of the order terminals being associated with a one of a plurality of business entities. The method includes maintaining information with respect to business relationships between the photo service providers and the plurality of business entities and providing an offering at one or more of the plurality of order terminals based on the business relationships associated with the one or more of the order terminals.

System, method and software product for ordering image products over a communication network from a plurality of different providers having various business relationships

A mechanism for recoloring a color image defines a spatial region within the image (such as the pupil of the eye) a color characteristic of which (e.g. the `red-eye` phenomenon) is to be selectively modified. To determine whether the color of an image sample within a spatial region is to be modified, the value of the chrominance component of each sample within the region is compared with a regularly shaped (e.g. elliptical) chrominance variation discriminator that surrounds a target color of interest (e.g. red, in the case of a `red-eye` correction). The major axis of the ellipse coincides with the saturation direction of the chrominance plane and its minor axis coincides with the hue direction. For each sampling location within the spatial region, the value of the chrominance component is examined to determine whether it falls within the elliptical chrominance discriminator. If the value of the chrominance component falls within the ellipse, it is modified to a destination chrominance value, based upon where the chrominance value of the sampled of interest falls, so as to soften the color at its edges. The luminance component is modified by an offset based upon the difference in the value of the luminance component of the target color and that of the new color. This luminance value difference is weighted in accordance with the product of the previously determined chrominance weighting coefficient and a prescribed relationship between the geometrical location of the luminance component for the sample of interest and the extent of a prescribed range of luminance variation projected from the elliptical discriminator along the luminance axis of the Y,I,Q coordinate system.

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Christopher M Dobbs