Method and apparatus for obtaining information relating to the existence of at least one object in an image

• US 20020103813A1
• Filed: 11/15/2001
• Published: 08/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Angel Technologies Group LLC
• Original Assignee: Mark Frigon
• Inventors: Frigon, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 8,954,432 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A system, computer program, and method for storing and sharing images such as photographs via a communications network (16) and for permitting the identification of objects within the images. The invention allows the identification of objects such as persons within the photos without requiring the person submitting the photos to type in identification information for each and every photo in a photo album. The invention also allows users to automatically share their photos with others and to automatically search for photos and/or certain people in photos.

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