System for stock images peer-to-peer services over the world wide web

US7574378B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kodak IL. Ltd. · IL

Inventors

• Shay Lipowitz · Givatayim, IL
• Ron Beery · Ramat Gan, IL
• Hanan Gelbendorf · Ramat HaSharon, IL
• Hanan Weisman · Raanana, IL
• Raz Manascherov · Rishon LeZion, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 11, 2009
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0641
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for distributed digital images. The system comprises image publishers, image buyers, and a system service center. Image publishers, interested in selling rights in high-resolution images, publish thumbnails representing those images in the service's web-site. The image buyer, searching the service web site for images of particular attributes, selects those thumbnails meeting her/his requirements, and gets from the service a temporary direct communication link to the image repository of the image publisher. The buyer gets the option to remotely review, enhance and embed, in a page layout, the low-resolution representation of the selected thumbnails, and quality check parts of the high-resolution images. The buyer negotiates a price with the image publisher, and pays via the service's billing module. On conclusion the buyer acquires the high-resolution image file directly from the publisher's repository.