Efficient management, control, and evaluation of captured digital media

• US 10,726,105 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2019
• Issued: 07/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Linx Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Linx Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: O'Neall, Andrew, O'Neall, Donald
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Kristine L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wade, Shaqueal D
• Application Number:
  US16/242,991
• Publication Number:
  US 20190163879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/156 Mixing image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for generating digital media tasks, authorizing digital media associated with the digital media tasks, and evaluating the digital media is provided. In an embodiment, a server computer creates a digital media task and sends it to one or more mobile computing devices. When the server receives digital media from a mobile computing device, the server computer determines whether it is authorized to provide other computing devices with access to the digital media. Determining whether the server computer is authorized to provide other computing devices with access to the digital media may comprise determining whether the server computer has current waivers for the digital media or whether supervisory computing device has provided authorization.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, over a network at a mobile computing device comprising a digital camera, one or more digital media tasks associated with one or more task objects that are stored in a data repository at a server computer;

displaying the one or more digital media tasks on the mobile computing device;

receiving a selection of a particular digital media task of the one or more digital media tasks;

wherein the particular digital media task identifies one or more items of digital media that are to be obtained to complete the particular digital media task;

determining that one or more digital media overlays are associated with the particular task, wherein the one or more digital media overlays comprise one or more images, audio recordings or videos configured to provide a foreground layer when combined with the one or more items of digital media;

in response to receiving the selection of the particular digital media task and to determining that the one or more digital media overlays are associated with the particular task, prior to capturing a particular item of digital media through a media capture preview display, displaying the media capture preview display on the mobile computing device with the one or more digital media overlays;

capturing the particular item of digital media on the mobile computing device, through the media capture preview display;

combining the particular item of digital media with the one or more digital overlays to create a combined item of digital media;

sending, over the network, the combined item of digital media to the server computer;

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface with tools for determining one or more locations for the one or more digital media overlays;

receiving a selection of one or more particular locations of the one or more locations;

wherein displaying the media capture preview display on the mobile computing device with the one or more digital media overlays comprises displaying the one or more digital media overlays in the one or more particular locations;

wherein the combined item of digital media comprises;

a background layer comprising the particular item of digital media; and

a foreground layer comprising the one or more digital media overlays in the one or more particular locations.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the one or more items of digital media comprises two or more adjacent items of media;

wherein displaying the media capture preview display on the mobile computing device with the one or more digital media overlays comprises displaying two or more capture screens;

wherein capturing the particular item of digital media on the mobile computing device comprises;

receiving input indicating a request to initiate a first capture;

capturing a first piece of digital media;

displaying the first piece of media on a first screen of the two or more capture screens;

displaying a capture screen preview on a second screen of the two or more capture screens;

receiving input indicating a request to initiate a second capture;

capturing a second piece of digital media; and

combining the first piece of digital media with the second piece of digital media to create the particular item of digital media.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the server computer is authorized to provide one or more target computing devices with access to the particular item of digital media, and in response to the determining, sending, over the network, the particular item of digital media to the one or more target computing devices.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining that the server computer is authorized to provide one or more target computing devices with access to the particular item of digital media:

receiving input on the mobile computing device identifying one or more subjects of the item of digital media;

accessing a waiver data repository that stores a plurality of waivers, wherein each of the waivers is associated with a different entity among a plurality of entities;

determining that the waiver data repository does not have a current waiver for the one or more subjects;

retrieving a current waiver from the waiver data repository;

receiving input that the one or more subjects have accepted the terms of the current waiver;

updating the waiver data repository by storing the current waiver in association with an identifier of the one or more subjects.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein determining that the server computer is authorized to provide one or more target computing devices with access to the particular item of digital media:

sending, over the network, the particular item of digital media to one or more supervisory computing devices;

receiving, over the network, one or more authorizations from the one or more supervisory computing devices.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, on the mobile computing device, the particular digital media task as a completed task and one or more evaluations of the particular digital media task.

8. The method of claim 7,

wherein the particular digital media task further identifies one or more requirements for the one or more items of digital media;

wherein the one or more evaluations indicate a level of compliance of the particular item of digital media with the one or more requirements.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the particular digital media task further identifies one or more requirements for the one or more items of digital media, the method further comprising:

prior to sending the particular item of digital media to the one or more target computing devices, determining that the particular item of digital media complies with the one or more requirements.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the particular task has been successfully completed;

identifying a task team including one or more users associated with the particular task;

sending one or more notifications to one or more task team computing devices that indicates completion of the particular task.

11. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

a digital camera;

a memory storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes performance of;

receiving, over a network, one or more digital media tasks associated with one or more task objects that are stored in a data repository at a server computer;

displaying the one or more digital media tasks;

receiving a selection of a particular digital media task of the one or more digital media tasks;

wherein the particular digital media task identifies one or more items of digital media that are to be obtained to complete the particular digital media task;

determining that one or more digital media overlays are associated with the particular task, wherein the one or more digital media overlays comprise one or more images, audio recordings or videos configured to provide a foreground layer when combined with the one or more items of digital media;

in response to receiving the selection of the particular digital media task and to determining that the one or more digital media overlays are associated with the particular task, prior to capturing a particular item of digital media through a media capture preview display, displaying the media capture preview display with the one or more digital media overlays;

capturing the particular item of digital media with the digital camera;

combining the particular item of digital media with the one or more digital overlays to create a combined item of digital media, through the media capture preview display;

sending, over the network, the combined item of digital media to the server computer.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the instruction, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause performance of:

displaying a graphical user interface with tools for determining one or more locations for the one or more digital media overlays;

receiving a selection of one or more particular locations of the one or more locations;

wherein displaying the media capture preview display with the one or more digital media overlays comprises displaying the one or more digital media overlays in the one or more particular locations;

wherein the combined item of digital media comprises;

a background layer comprising the particular item of digital media; and

a foreground layer comprising the one or more digital media overlays in the one or more particular locations.

13. The system of claim 11,

wherein the one or more items of digital media comprises two or more adjacent items of media;

wherein displaying the media capture preview display with the one or more digital media overlays comprises displaying two or more capture screens;

wherein capturing the particular item of digital media with the digital camera comprises;

receiving input indicating a request to initiate a first capture;

capturing a first piece of digital media;

displaying the first piece of media on a first screen of the two or more capture screens;

displaying a capture screen preview on a second screen of the two or more capture screens;

receiving input indicating a request to initiate a second capture;

capturing a second piece of digital media; and

combining the first piece of digital media with the second piece of digital media to create the particular item of digital media.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the instruction, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause performance of:

determining that the server computer is authorized to provide one or more target computing devices with access to the particular item of digital media, and in response to the determining, sending, over the network, the particular item of digital media to the one or more target computing devices.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein determining that the server computer is authorized to provide one or more target computing devices with access to the particular item of digital media:

receiving input identifying one or more subjects of the item of digital media;

accessing a waiver data repository that stores a plurality of waivers, wherein each of the waivers is associated with a different entity among a plurality of entities;

determining that the waiver data repository does not have a current waiver for the one or more subjects;

retrieving a current waiver from the waiver data repository

receiving input that the one or more subjects have accepted the terms of the current waiver;

updating the waiver data repository by storing the current waiver in association with an identifier of the one or more subjects.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein determining that the server computer is authorized to provide one or more target computing devices with access to the particular item of digital media:

sending, over the network, the particular item of digital media to one or more supervisory computing devices;

receiving, over the network, one or more authorizations from the one or more supervisory computing devices.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the instruction, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause performance of displaying the particular digital media task as a completed task and one or more evaluations of the particular digital media task.

18. The system of claim 17,

wherein the particular digital media task further identifies one or more requirements for the one or more items of digital media;

wherein the one or more evaluations indicate a level of compliance of the particular item of digital media with the one or more requirements.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the particular digital media task further identifies one or more requirements for the one or more items of digital media, wherein the instruction, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause performance of, prior to sending the particular item of digital media to the one or more target computing devices, determining that the particular item of digital media complies with the one or more requirements.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the instruction, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause performance of:

determining that the particular task has been successfully completed;

identifying a task team including one or more users associated with the particular task;

sending one or more notifications to one or more task team computing devices that indicates completion of the particular task.