ACTION SUGGESTIONS BASED ON INFERRED SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

• US 20100106573A1
• Filed: 10/25/2008
• Published: 04/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Luo, Jiebo, Gallagher, Andrew C.
• Application Number:
  US12/258,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20100106573A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.400
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A method of categorizing a social relationship between individuals in a collection of images to suggest a possible course of action, includes searching the collection to identify individuals and determining their genders and their age ranges; using the gender, and age ranges of the identifies individuals to infer at least one social relationship between them; and using at least one inferred social relationship to suggest a possible course of action.

Claims

1. A method of categorizing a social relationship between individuals in a collection of images to suggest a possible course of action, comprising:

(a) searching the collection to identify individuals and determining their genders and their age ranges;

(b) using the gender, and age ranges of the identifies individuals to infer at least one social relationship between them; and

(c) using at least one inferred social relationship to suggest a possible course of action.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the possible courses of action include suggesting a product advertisement, a potential customer for particular product(s), an image product, an activity, a sharing opportunity, or a link in an online social network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the product advertisement is provided to the collection owner, and the product in the advertisement is related to a specific holiday.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the possible course of action is suggested to a person other than the collection owner.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the image product incorporates an image from the image collection from which the inferred social relationship is found.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the activity comprises an educational activity, a sports related activity, a hobby related activity, or a health or medical related activity.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic location of the collection owner is used to suggest the course of action.

8. A method of producing a family tree from a collection of images, comprising:

(a) searching the collection to identify individuals and determining their genders and their age ranges;

(b) using the gender, and age ranges of the identifies individuals to infer at least two social relationships between individuals;

(c) producing a family tree using at least two inferred social relationships; and

(d) storing the family tree so that it can be associated with the collection.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising searching an image collection based on the family tree.

10. A method of categorizing a social relationship between individuals in a collection of images to search an image collection, comprising:

(a) searching the collection to identify individuals and determining their genders and their age ranges;

(b) using the gender, and age ranges of the identifies individuals to infer at least one social relationship between individuals; and

(c) searching an image collection based on the inferred social relationship.