Sharing image items
First Claim
1. A method of sharing an image item comprising, without regard to order or overlap,:
- (a) capturing an image item using camera functionality of a mobile entity and transferring the image item to a networked service system;
(b) forming, at the mobile entity, a viewer set of at least one intended viewer of the image item, by a process comprising selection from a group of persons identified by wireless means as nearby contemporaneously with image-item capture in step (a); and
(c) sending, to the or each viewer in the viewer set, a message comprising access information for use in accessing the image item at the service system.
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Abstract
The user of a mobile entity with camera functionality uses it to capture an image item which the user then transfers to a networked service system for future access. To facilitate the sharing of the image item with persons who were nearby when the image item was captured, the user uses the mobile entity to form a viewer set of permitted viewers of the image item. The process of forming the viewer set involves the user selection of individuals from a group of persons identified as nearby by a wireless enquiry carried out by the mobile entity contemporaneously with image-item capture. Each viewer in the viewer set is then sent a message with access information for accessing the image item at the service system.
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43 Claims
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1. A method of sharing an image item comprising, without regard to order or overlap,:
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(a) capturing an image item using camera functionality of a mobile entity and transferring the image item to a networked service system;
(b) forming, at the mobile entity, a viewer set of at least one intended viewer of the image item, by a process comprising selection from a group of persons identified by wireless means as nearby contemporaneously with image-item capture in step (a); and
(c) sending, to the or each viewer in the viewer set, a message comprising access information for use in accessing the image item at the service system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A mobile entity comprising:
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camera functionality for capturing an image item;
a transfer arrangement for transferring the image item to a networked service system;
a viewer-set subsystem for forming a viewer set of at least one intended viewer of the image item, the viewer-set sub-system comprising a wireless transceiver for obtaining information identifying persons nearby contemporaneously with image-item capture by the camera functionality, and a selection arrangement for selecting the viewer set from said persons identified as nearby; and
a message control arrangement for causing a message to be sent to the or each viewer in the viewer set, this message comprising access information for use in accessing the image item at the service system. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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