Methods, systems, and devices for handling inserted data into captured images

• US 10,102,543 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2013
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Holman, Pablos, Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cervetti, David Garcia
• Application Number:
  US14/108,185
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106194A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,765 Days
• Field of Search: 713171, 726 3, 726 26, 726 27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0247 Calculate past, present or future revenues
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/00 Image analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring a captured image, wherein the captured image depicts at least one entity, performing a comparison between an estimated potential revenue generated from a distribution of the captured image and an estimated potential liability incurred for the distribution of the captured image, and modifying the captured image by placing at least one advertisement image at a particular location of the captured image. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

1. At least one computer processing component configured to perform operations comprising:

acquiring an image, wherein the image depicts at least one entity;

identifying privacy metadata related to a privacy marker associated with the at least one entity depicted in the image;

obtaining term data based at least partly on the privacy metadata; and

obscuring at least one portion of the at least one entity depicted in the image based at least partly on the term data and based at least partly on the at least one entity being absent from at least one contact list.

2. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein said acquiring an image, wherein the image depicts at least one entity comprises:

acquiring an image from an image capture device, wherein the image depicts at least one entity.

3. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein said acquiring an image, wherein the image depicts at least one entity comprises:

acquiring an image from a wearable computer, wherein the image depicts at least one entity.

4. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

determining that a potential revenue generated from the image is less than a potential liability incurred from a distribution of the image.

5. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein said acquiring an image, wherein the image depicts at least one entity comprises:

acquiring an image that has previously been encrypted, wherein the image depicts at least one entity.

6. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein said acquiring an image, wherein the image depicts at least one entity comprises:

acquiring an image that has previously been encrypted through use of a unique device code, wherein the image depicts at least one entity.

7. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein said acquiring an image, wherein the image depicts at least one entity comprises:

acquiring an image, wherein the image depicts at least one entity and the privacy marker.

8. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

performing a comparison between an estimated potential revenue generated from distribution of the image to a social networking site and an estimated potential liability incurred for distribution of the image.

9. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform operations comprising:

obtaining an estimated revenue value generated from distribution of the image;

obtaining an estimated damage value incurred for distribution of the image; and

performing a comparison between the estimated damage value and the estimated revenue value.

10. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform operations comprising:

estimating a revenue value generated from distribution of the image; and

performing a comparison between the revenue value and an estimated liability incurred for distribution of the image.

11. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform operations comprising:

obtaining an estimated damage value incurred for distribution of the image; and

performing a comparison between the estimated damage value and an estimated revenue generated from distribution of the image.

12. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

obtaining an estimated damage value incurred for distribution of the image, at least partly based on the term data.

13. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

obtaining an estimated damage value incurred for distribution of the image, at least partly based on the privacy metadata.

14. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

identifying the at least one entity based at least partly on the privacy metadata related to the privacy marker associated with the at least one entity depicted in the image.

15. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

obtaining the privacy metadata related to the privacy marker.

16. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein said obtaining term data based at least partly on the privacy metadata comprises:

obtaining term data that includes one or more terms of service that govern use or distribution of the image, based at least partly on the privacy metadata.

17. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform operations comprising:

estimating an advertisement revenue value generated from distribution of the image with an advertisement placed in the image; and

performing a comparison between the advertisement revenue value and an estimated liability incurred for distribution of the image.

18. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

modifying the image by placing at least one advertisement image at a particular location that is at least partly based on a comparison between an estimated advertisement revenue and an estimated liability associated with distribution of the image.

19. The at least one computer processing component of claim 18, wherein said modifying the image by placing at least one advertisement image at a particular location that is at least partly based on a comparison between an estimated advertisement revenue and an estimated liability associated with distribution of the image comprises:

modifying the image by placing at least one advertisement image at a particular distance from center that is at least partly based on a comparison between an estimated advertisement revenue and an estimated liability associated with distribution of the image.

20. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

modifying the image by placing at least one advertisement image at a particular location that covers the at least one entity depicted in the image, when an estimated potential liability is greater than a particular amount.

21. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

modifying the image by placing at least one advertisement image at a particular location that overlaps the at least one entity depicted in the image.

22. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

modifying the image by placing a removable advertisement image at a particular location in the image.

23. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

estimating potential revenue from the image that includes at least one advertisement image at a particular location.

24. The at least one computer processing component of claim 23, wherein said estimating potential revenue from the image that includes at least one advertisement image at a particular location comprises:

estimating potential revenue from the image that includes at least one advertisement image at a particular location, through estimation of a number of clicks on the at least one advertisement image.

25. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

receiving from a remote location an estimated revenue from the image that includes at least one advertisement image at a particular location.

26. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

calculating an estimated revenue from the image that includes at least one advertisement image, at least partly based on the term data.

27. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

detecting the privacy marker as a privacy beacon that is broadcasting the privacy metadata.

28. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

determining an identity of the at least one entity based at least partly on the privacy metadata broadcast by the privacy marker as a privacy beacon associated with the at least one entity.

29. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the acquiring an image, wherein the image depicts at least one entity comprises:

acquiring an encrypted image from an image capture device, wherein the encrypted image depicts at least one entity and has been encrypted by a device code associated with the image capture device.

30. The at least one computer processing component of claim 29, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

decrypting the encrypted image into a decrypted image using the device code associated with the image capture device.

31. The at least one computer processing component of claim 30, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

performing facial recognition on the decrypted image to identify the at least one entity depicted in the image, at least partly using one or more images of the at least one entity that have previously been uploaded.

32. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the obscuring at least one portion of the at least one entity depicted in the image based at least partly on the term data and based at least partly on the at least one entity being absent from at least one contact list comprises:

obscuring at least one portion of the at least one entity including inserting an advertisement image over the at least one portion of the at least one entity based at least partly on the term data and based at least partly on the at least one entity being absent from at least one contact list, the advertisement being selected based at least partly on a feature of the image.

33. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer processing component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

releasing the image for publication via at least one social network site, wherein the image was intercepted from an image capture device prior to publication via the at least one social networking site.

34. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the acquiring an image, wherein the image depicts at least one entity comprises:

capturing an image with a smartphone device, wherein the image depicts at least one entity.

35. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the identifying privacy metadata related to a privacy marker associated with the at least one entity depicted in the image comprises:

identifying privacy metadata broadcast by an active privacy beacon worn or carried by the at least one entity depicted in the image.

36. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the identifying privacy metadata related to a privacy marker associated with the at least one entity depicted in the image comprises:

identifying privacy metadata related to at least one of the following types of privacy markers associated with the at least one entity depicted in the image;

active, passive, beacon, encoded, visual, data, broadcast, facial, or display.

37. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the identifying privacy metadata related to a privacy marker associated with the at least one entity depicted in the image comprises:

identifying privacy metadata related to a privacy marker on the image.

38. The at least one computer processing component of claim 1, wherein the identifying privacy metadata related to a privacy marker associated with the at least one entity depicted in the image comprises:

identifying privacy metadata related to a privacy marker in metadata attached to the image.

39. A system comprising:

computer memory bearing one or more executable program instructions; and

a processor operably coupled to the computer memory and configured to execute the one or more executable program instructions to perform operations including, but not limited to;

acquiring an image, wherein the image depicts at least one entity;

identifying privacy metadata related to a privacy marker associated with the at least one entity depicted in the image;

obtaining term data based at least partly on the privacy metadata; and

obscuring at least one portion of the at least one entity depicted in the image based at least partly on the term data and based at least partly on the at least one entity being absent from at least one contact list.

40. A non-transitory computer readable medium bearing one or more instructions that when executed by a processor implements operations comprising:

acquiring an image, wherein the image depicts at least one entity;

identifying privacy metadata related to a privacy marker associated with the at least one entity depicted in the image;

obtaining term data based at least partly on the privacy metadata; and

obscuring at least one portion of the at least one entity depicted in the image based at least partly on the term data and based at least partly on the at least one entity being absent from at least one contact list.