Image metadata processing system and method
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1. A method for processing image metadata for an image to be transmitted to a receiver, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining metadata access privileges for the receiver;
deriving receiver metadata from the image metadata based upon the metadata access privileges for the receiver; and
associating the receiver metadata with the image.
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Abstract
A method is provided for processing image metadata for an image to be transmitted to a receiver. In accordance with the method, metadata access privileges are determined for the receiver and receiver metadata is derived from the image metadata based upon the metadata access privileges for the receiver. The receiver metadata is associated with the image.
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65 Claims
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1. A method for processing image metadata for an image to be transmitted to a receiver, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining metadata access privileges for the receiver;
deriving receiver metadata from the image metadata based upon the metadata access privileges for the receiver; and
associating the receiver metadata with the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for transmitting image associated metadata, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying each receiver of the image and associated metadata;
determining a profile for each receiver with each profile having metadata access privilege information therein;
deriving metadata for each receiver based upon the associated metadata and the determined access privileges; and
transmitting the image and the derived metadata to each receiver so that each receiver will receive the metadata derived for that receiver when the image is transmitted to that receiver. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 35)
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13. The method of claim or 11, wherein the control structure comprises a watermark.
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21. A computer program product for processing image metadata for an image to be transmitted to a receiver, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for performing the steps of:
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determining metadata access privileges for the receiver;
deriving receiver metadata from the image metadata based upon the metadata access privileges for the receiver; and
associating the receiver metadata with the image. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer program product for processing an image associated metadata, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for performing the steps of:
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identifying each receiver of the image and associated metadata;
determining a profile for each receiver with each profile having metadata access privilege information therein;
deriving metadata for each receiver based upon the associated metadata and the determined access privileges; and
transmitting the image and the derived metadata to each receiver so that each receiver will also receive the metadata derived for that receiver. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A processing system comprising:
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a source of an image and associated metadata;
a source of receiver profiles having metadata access privileges;
user controls adapted to generate a transmission signal indicating that an image and associated metadata are to be transmitted to a receiver; and
,a processor adapted to receive the transmission signal, to derive metadata for transmission to the receiver based upon the associated metadata and the access privileges for the receiver, and to associate the derived metadata with the image so that the derived metadata is transmitted to the receiver when the image is transmitted to the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A processing system comprising:
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a source of an image and associated metadata;
a source of receiver profiles having metadata access privileges;
user controls adapted to generate a transmission signal indicating that an image and associated metadata are to be transmitted to a receiver; and
,a processor adapted to receive the transmission signal and to determine a profile for each receiver with each profile having metadata access privilege information therein, wherein the processor derives metadata to be transmitted to each receiver based upon the determined access privileges and transmits the image and the derived metadata to each receiver. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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