IDENTIFYING COLLECTION IMAGES WITH SPECIAL EVENTS

• US 20110099478A1
• Filed: 01/04/2011
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Eckhaus, Neal, Oliver, Jason R., Fryer, Samuel M., Loui, Alexander C., Parulski, Kenneth A., Gallagher, Andrew C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,358,358 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/735
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2477 Temporal data queries
• 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: G06V 20/30 in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144

Abstract

A method for associating event times or time periods with digital images in a collection for determining if a digital image is of interest, includes storing a collection of digital images each having an associated capture time; comparing the associated capture time in the collection with a special event time to determine if a digital image in the collection is of interest, wherein the comparing step includes calculation of a special event time associated with a special event based on the calendar time associated with the special event and using such information to perform the comparison step; and associating digital images of interest with the special event.

Claims

1. A method for enabling a plurality of different users to access particular digital images in a collection of digital images, comprising:

a) storing data listing a plurality of special events and the subset of the plurality of different users associated with each of the special events;

b) storing a collection of digital images each having an associated capture time;

c) determining a particular special event for at least one associated capture time; and

d) enabling the users associated with the particular special event to access the digital image having the associated capture time.

2. The method of claim 1, further including displaying a list of the users associated with the particular special event on a display.

3. The method of claim 2, further including providing a user interface screen on the display to enable the list of users to be approved.