ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,818, issued on July 7, was assigned to Zazzle Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Product as a key for context-based image generation" was invented by Matthew Difonzo (Belmont, Calif.) and Leslie Young Harvill (Olympia, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a method for using a custom product as a key for context-based image generation comprises: receiving, by a visualization service of a computer collaboration system, a graphical representation of a custom digital product; determining one or more regions for customizing regions; for a region of the regions: determining a set of phrases that are specific to the custom digi...