Methods, systems, and devices for obscuring entities depicted in captured images

• US 10,346,624 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2014
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• 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): Hoffman, Brandon S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Corum, Jr., William A
• Application Number:
  US14/186,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20150104080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,964 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring an image that includes a depiction of a feature of one or more entities, attaining identification of a particular entity of the one or more entities for which the depiction of the feature is present in the image, and obtaining relationship data that indicates whether the particular entity has a relationship with a device that facilitated acquisition of the image. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more elements of programmable hardware configured to perform functions including at least;

acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image;

obtain term data using the pointer, which term data includes one or more terms of service that govern release of a clear version of the image, the one or more terms of service specifying one or more damages; and

release an at least partially clear version of the image based on an evaluation of the one or more damages.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more elements of programmable hardware is further configured to perform a function comprising:

capture the image that contains the depiction of the feature of the particular entity.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image comprises:

acquire from another device metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image comprises:

acquire via a network metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image comprises:

acquire name metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image comprises:

acquire number metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware is further configured to perform a function comprising:

identify the particular entity.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said identify the particular entity comprises:

identify the particular entity at least partly through analysis of one or more previously captured images.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein said identify the particular entity comprises:

identify the particular entity at least partly through analysis of the metadata.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware is further configured to perform functions comprising:

request identification data of the particular entity; and

receive the identification data of the particular entity.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware is further configured to perform a function comprising:

identify the particular entity at least partly based on the beacon.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware is further configured to perform a function comprising:

determine whether a name of the particular entity is stored.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware is further configured to perform a function comprising:

determine whether the particular entity is included within a contact list stored in memory.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware is further configured to perform a function comprising:

determine at least partly via user input whether the particular entity has a relationship with a device.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image comprises:

acquire metadata and obfuscated data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image comprises:

acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon associated with the particular entity in the image.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware is further configured to perform a function comprising:

determine whether the particular entity is included within a social network friend list.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the release an at least partially clear version of the image based on an evaluation of the one or more damages comprises:

release for viewing an at least partially clear version of the image based on an evaluation of the one or more damages.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware is further configured to perform a function comprising:

establish a handshake communication with the beacon.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware is further configured to perform a function comprising:

determine whether a pre-existing relationship exists with respect to the particular entity based at least partly on one or more images previously captured or stored.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the release an at least partially clear version of the image based on an evaluation of the one or more damages comprises:

release an at least partially clear version of the image based on an evaluation of the one or more damages and based on a specific key.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware is further configured to perform a function comprising:

determine whether a pre-existing social media relationship exists with the particular entity.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware are further configured to perform an operation comprising:

automatically adjust the one or more terms of service based at least partly on a popularity of the particular entity on social media.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the automatically adjust the one or more terms of service based at least partly on a popularity of the particular entity on social media comprises:

automatically adjust the one or more damages based at least partly on a popularity of the particular entity on social media.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the automatically adjust the one or more damages based at least partly on a popularity of the particular entity on social media comprises:

automatically adjust the one or more damages based at least partly on a popularity of the particular entity on social media and based at least partly on the feature of the particular entity depicted in the image.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image comprises:

acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer broadcasted by a beacon included in the image.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein the release an at least partially clear version of the image based on an evaluation of the one or more damages comprises:

release an at least partially clear version of the image based on one or more determined revenues for the image being greater than the one or more damages.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein the release an at least partially clear version of the image based on an evaluation of the one or more damages comprises:

release an at least partially clear version of the image whereby the depiction of the feature of the particular entity has been modified based on an evaluation of the one or more damages.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more elements of programmable hardware are further configured to perform an operation comprising:

perform entity recognition with respect to the image to identify the feature of the particular entity, wherein the one or more terms of service are adjusted based on identification of the entity.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein the acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image comprises:

acquire metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular entity, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon depicted in the image.

31. A method implemented by at least one computer processing device, the method comprising:

acquiring metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular object, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image;

obtaining term data using the pointer, which term data includes one or more terms of service that govern release of a clear version of the image, the one or more terms of service specifying one or more damages; and

releasing an at least partially clear version of the image based on an evaluation of the one or more damages.

32. A system comprising:

circuitry configured for acquiring metadata and encrypted data of an image that contains a depiction of a feature of a particular object, the metadata including a pointer associated with a beacon included in the image;

circuitry configured for obtaining term data using the pointer, which term data includes one or more terms of service that govern release of a clear version of the image, the one or more terms of service specifying one or more damages; and

circuitry configured for releasing an at least partially clear version of the image based on an evaluation of the one or more damages.