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by alok-g 1827 days ago
I think you took that from the abstract. The abstract, description, or title, of a patent do not determine what a parent covers or not! That is determined by the claims of a patent. The abstract/description/title play a relatively insignificant legal role, these do come in only in some indirect ways.

Please take a look at the claims I have cited in this comment chain, and also read about the importance and relevance of the claims from the links I recommended.

When reading a patent to understand what it covers or not, it's recommended to start with the independent claims.

Hope this helps. :-)

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Which claim specifically do you think makes it impossible for someone else to make a photomosaic?

Please read carefully to realize that there were multiple commercial software programs that did this over 20 years ago.