US Patent Issued to ZAZZLE on Nov. 18 for "Design-area-based contextual resizing and filling in" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,507, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ZAZZLE INC. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Design-area-based contextual resizing and filling in" was invented by Richard Peter Hottelet (Oakland, Calif.), 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 generating digital image extensions contextually based on a custom image comprises: determining a plurality of image elements in a custom image based on one or more characteristics associated with image elements of the plurality of image elements; determining a plurality of product components of a custom product;...