Methods for sharing images captured at an event
First Claim
1. A method of operating a server, the method comprising:
- identifying an in-process event, the in-process event comprising geographical boundary information and start time information derived from metadata associated with a plurality of images received from a plurality of mobile devices over a network;
communicating, to a first device of the plurality of mobile devices, a first invitation to join a sharing pool associated with the in-process event, the first invitation configured to display a map of a geographical area of the in-process event, the map superimposed with geographical boundary information of the in-process event and individual geographical locations of two or more other devices participating in the sharing pool;
granting provisional rights, to a second device, based on receiving a second acceptance of a second invitation from the second device; and
granting permanent rights, to the second device, in response to the second device contributing at least one image to the sharing pool.
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Abstract
In the present disclosure, methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable medium are described whereby images are obtained at a server or another suitable computing device. The images may contain metadata indicating the time, date, and geographic location of capture. In one aspect of the present disclosure, this metadata may be used to determine that the images were captured at an event that is still occurring (in-process event). Users who have uploaded images that are captured at the event may be invited to join an image sharing pool. In response to accepting the invitation, the images provided by the user may be contributed to the image sharing pool, and other users having also joined the image sharing pool will be able to access the newly contributed images. The event associated with the sharing pool may be detected by the system or proposed by a moderator.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of operating a server, the method comprising:
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identifying an in-process event, the in-process event comprising geographical boundary information and start time information derived from metadata associated with a plurality of images received from a plurality of mobile devices over a network; communicating, to a first device of the plurality of mobile devices, a first invitation to join a sharing pool associated with the in-process event, the first invitation configured to display a map of a geographical area of the in-process event, the map superimposed with geographical boundary information of the in-process event and individual geographical locations of two or more other devices participating in the sharing pool; granting provisional rights, to a second device, based on receiving a second acceptance of a second invitation from the second device; and granting permanent rights, to the second device, in response to the second device contributing at least one image to the sharing pool. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A server device comprising:
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a network interface operable to communicatively couple the server device to a plurality of mobile devices over a network; and a processor and memory, coupled to the network interface, operable to; identify an in-process event, the in-process event comprising geographical boundary information and start time information derived from metadata associated with a plurality of images received from the plurality of mobile devices over the network; communicate, to a first device of the plurality of mobile devices, a first invitation to join a sharing pool associated with the in-process event, the first invitation configured to display a map of a geographical area of the in-process event, the map superimposed with geographical boundary information of the in-process event and individual geographical locations of two or more other devices participating in the sharing pool; grant provisional rights, to a second device, based on receiving a second acceptance of a second invitation from the second device; and grant permanent rights, to the second device, in response to the second device contributing at least one image to the sharing pool. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A server device comprising:
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a network interface operable to communicatively couple the server device to a plurality of mobile devices over a network; and a processor and memory, coupled to the network interface, operable to; communicate, to a device of the plurality of mobile devices, an invitation to join a sharing pool associated with an event, the invitation configured to display a map of a geographical area of the event, the map superimposed with geographical boundary information of the event and individual geographical locations of two or more other devices participating in the sharing pool; grant provisional rights, to the device, based on receiving an acceptance of the invitation from the device; and grant permanent rights, to the device, in response to the device contributing at least one image to the sharing pool.
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