METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DIGITAL PHOTOS

• US 20090171783A1
• Filed: 01/02/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Raju, Ruta S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,254,684 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.260
• 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 16/5838 using colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5846 using extracted text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0225 Avoiding frauds

Abstract

Methods and systems for managing digital photos are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for organizing digital photos includes receiving a set of digital photos, analyzing the set of digital photos to create tags that identify content information in the set of digital photos, tagging the set of digital photos in accordance with their corresponding content information, categorizing the set of digital photos in accordance with their corresponding tags, and displaying the digital photos and their corresponding tags with a display device.

Claims

1. A method for organizing digital photos, comprising:

receiving a set of digital photos;

analyzing the set of digital photos to create tags that identify content information in the set of digital photos;

tagging the set of digital photos in accordance with their corresponding content information;

categorizing the set of digital photos in accordance with their corresponding tags; and

displaying the digital photos and their corresponding tags with a display device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing comprises at least one of:

scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more buildings or points of interest;

scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more user defined objects;

scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more logos or trademarks;

scanning the set of digital photos to identify text information; and

scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more faces.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the set of digital photos comprises at least one of:

applying a content based image retrieval technique to identify content information in the set of digital photos; and

applying a content based visual information retrieval technique to identify content information in the set of digital photos.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the set of digital photos comprises:

detecting one or more faces of people in the set of digital photos; and

tagging the one or more faces of people automatically or with user provided names.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprises:

detecting one or more smile faces of people in the set of digital photos; and

tagging the one or more smile faces automatically or with user provided symbols.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising at least one of:

presenting one or more advertisements based on one or more logos or trademarks in the set of digital photos being displayed;

presenting one or more advertisements based on one or more faces in the set of digital photos being displayed;

presenting one or more advertisements based on one or more buildings or points of interest in the set of digital photos being displayed; and

presenting one or more advertisements based on text information in the set of digital photos being displayed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein tagging the set of digital photos comprises:

training a photo-tagging application to learn the content information identified; and

tagging the set of digital photos automatically or with user provided information.

8. A method for searching digital photos, comprising:

receiving a set of digital photos;

analyzing the set of digital photos to create tags that identify content information of the set of digital photos;

tagging the set of digital photos in accordance with their corresponding content information;

searching the digital photos according to the tags associated with the photos; and

storing search results in a storage device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein analyzing comprises at least one of:

scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more buildings or points of interest;

scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more user defined objects;

scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more logos or trademarks;

scanning the set of digital photos to identify text information; and

scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more faces.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein analyzing the set of digital photos comprises at least one of:

applying a content based image retrieval technique to identify content information in the set of digital photos; and

applying a content based visual information retrieval technique to identify content information in the set of digital photos.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein tagging the set of digital photos comprises:

training a photo-tagging application to learn the content information identified; and

tagging the set of digital photos automatically or with user provided information.

12. A method for presenting advertisements associated with digital photos, comprising:

providing a set of digital photos;

analyzing the set of digital photos to create tags that identify content information in the set of digital photos;

providing one or more advertisements in accordance with the content information identified; and

displaying the set of digital photos and their corresponding advertisements with a display device.

13. A computer program product for organizing digital photos, comprising a medium storing executable program code, the computer program product comprising:

code for receiving a set of digital photos;

code for analyzing the set of digital photos to create tags that identify content information in the set of digital photos;

code for tagging the set of digital photos in accordance with their corresponding content information;

code for categorizing the set of digital photos in accordance with their corresponding tags; and

code for displaying the digital photos and their corresponding tags with a display device.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the code for analyzing comprises at least one of:

code for scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more buildings or points of interest;

code for scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more user defined objects;

code for scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more logos or trademarks;

code for scanning the set of digital photos to identify text information; and

code for scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more faces.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the code for analyzing the set of digital photos comprises at least one of:

code for applying a content based image retrieval technique to identify content information in the set of digital photos; and

code for applying a content based visual information retrieval technique to identify content information in the set of digital photos.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the code for analyzing the set of digital photos comprises:

code for detecting one or more faces of people in the set of digital photos; and

code for tagging the one or more faces of people automatically or with user provided names.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprises:

code for detecting one or more smile faces of people in the set of digital photos; and

code for tagging the one or more smile faces automatically or with user provided symbols.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising at least one of:

code for presenting one or more advertisements based on one or more logos or trademarks in the set of digital photos being displayed;

code for presenting one or more advertisements based on one or more faces in the set of digital photos being displayed;

code for presenting one or more advertisements based on one or more buildings or points of interest in the set of digital photos being displayed; and

code for presenting one or more advertisements based on text information in the set of digital photos being displayed.

19. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the code for tagging the set of digital photos comprises:

code for training a photo-tagging application to learn the content information identified; and

code for tagging the set of digital photos automatically or with user provided information.

20. A system for searching digital photos, comprising:

at least one processing unit for executing computer programs that receive a set of digital photos;

a graphical-user-interface for viewing representations of the set of digital photos on a display;

a memory for storing the set of digital photos;

logic for analyzing the set of digital photos to create tags that identify content information of the set of digital photos;

logic for tagging the set of digital photos in accordance with their corresponding content information;

logic for searching the digital photos according to the tags associated with the photos; and

logic for storing search results in the memory.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the logic for analyzing comprises at least one of:

logic for scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more buildings or points of interest;

logic for scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more user defined objects;

logic for scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more logos or trademarks;

logic for scanning the set of digital photos to identify text information; and

logic for scanning the set of digital photos to identify one or more faces.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the logic for analyzing the set of digital photos comprises at least one of:

logic for applying a content based image retrieval technique to identify content information in the set of digital photos; and

logic for applying a content based visual information retrieval technique to identify content information in the set of digital photos.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein the logic for tagging the set of digital photos comprises:

logic for training a photo-tagging application to learn the content information identified; and

logic for tagging the set of digital photos automatically or with user provided information.