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Generating a group photo collection

  • US 10,318,840 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2017
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving respective photos from a user device of each of a plurality of users;

    providing a shared interface to each of the user devices to create a collaborative photo collection of a plurality of photos of the respective photos, wherein at least specific photos of the plurality of photos are associated with an event;

    analyzing visual content of the respective photos using one or more visual content recognition algorithms or matching algorithms to detect a pattern of at least one of a color, at least one object, or at least one word in the respective photos;

    determining one or more event themes of two or more of the specific photos of the plurality of photos based on the pattern of the at least one of the color, at least one object, or at least one word, determined to be in the specific photos, wherein the one or more event themes indicate a context for the visual content of the respective photos including one or more activities associated with the event;

    determining an event category based, at least in part, on a time span of the two or more specific photos that are associated with the one or more event themes;

    recommending to each of the plurality of users, to cluster, based on the event category, the two or more specific photos of the plurality of photos that are associated with the one or more event themes, into one or more photo clusters;

    receiving at least one user input through the shared interface; and

    generating the collaborative photo collection that includes the one or more photo clusters, according to the at least one user input.

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