Device, System, and Method of Identifying a specific user from a profile image containing multiple people

• US 20150089396A1
• Filed: 09/17/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kairos Social Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Kairos Social Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Song, Tailim, No, Dae Yong, Kim, Jin Chul
• Granted Patent: US 9,727,752 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/323 between game devices with different hardware characteristics, e.g. hand-held game devices connectable to game consoles or arcade machines
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/71 using secure communication between game devices and game servers, e.g. by encrypting game data or authenticating players
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6236 between heterogeneous systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/042 characterized in that the payment protocol involves at least one cheque
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/321 using wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3274 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/384 using social networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 : Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0619 : Neutral agent
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 : Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 : Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 : Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 : for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 : for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 : Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 : in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 : Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 : User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 : for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 : Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes

Abstract

The present disclosure involves a method. A request is received from a user to participate in an electronic social network. In response to the receiving of the request, a user is prompted to upload a digital picture that is representative of the user. An uploaded digital picture is uploaded in response to the prompting. The uploaded digital picture of the user is scanned for human faces. The user is prompted to upload a different digital picture that is representative of the user if the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains no human faces. The user is prompted to identify the human face belonging to the user if the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains a plurality of human faces.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a screen configured to display visual content;

a computer memory storage module configured to store executable computer programming code; and

a computer processor module operatively coupled to the computer memory storage module, wherein the computer processor module is configured to execute the computer programming code to perform the following steps;

receiving a request from a user to participate in an electronic social network;

prompting, in response to the receiving of the request, a user to upload a digital picture that is representative of the user;

receiving an uploaded digital picture in response to the prompting;

scanning the uploaded digital picture of the user for human faces;

prompting the user to upload a different digital picture that is representative of the user if the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains no human faces; and

prompting the user to identify the human face belonging to the user if the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains a plurality of human faces.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, further comprising a camera module, wherein the receiving of the uploaded digital picture comprises one of:

taking a digital picture of the user via the camera module;

or

receiving a user selection of a digital picture from an existing picture gallery of the user that is accessible via the mobile computing device.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device is a smartphone or a tablet computer.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the steps further comprise:

making the digital picture of the user available for viewing on a plurality of other mobile computing devices whose users are participants of the electronic social network.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 4, wherein the steps further comprise, before the making of the digital picture of the user available for viewing:

preventing the user from participating in the electronic social network until the scanning indicates that;

the uploaded digital picture contains only one human face;

or

the user has identified the human face belonging to the user if multiple human faces are detected.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the scanning comprises detecting, in the uploaded digital picture, objects that resemble human eyes.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 6, wherein the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains no objects that resemble human eyes.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 6, wherein the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains a plurality of objects that resemble multiple pairs of human eyes.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving a request from a user to participate in an electronic social network;

prompting, in response to the receiving of the request, a user to upload a digital picture that is representative of the user;

receiving an uploaded digital picture in response to the prompting;

scanning the uploaded digital picture of the user for human faces;

prompting the user to upload a different digital picture that is representative of the user if the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains no human faces; and

prompting the user to identify the human face belonging to the user if the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains a plurality of human faces.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one of the receiving of the request, the prompting of the user to upload a digital picture, the receiving of the uploaded digital picture, the scanning of the uploaded digital picture, the prompting of the user to upload a different digital picture, and the prompting of the user to identify the human face belonging to the user is performed at least in part via a mobile computing device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the mobile computing device is a smartphone or a tablet computer.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

making the digital picture of the user available for viewing on a plurality of other mobile computing devices whose users are participants of the electronic social network.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising, before the making of the digital picture of the user available for viewing:

preventing the user from participating in the electronic social network until the scanning indicates that;

the uploaded digital picture contains only one human face;

or

the user has identified the human face belonging to the user if multiple human faces are detected.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the scanning comprises detecting, in the uploaded digital picture, objects that resemble human eyes.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains no objects that resemble human eyes.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains a plurality of objects that resemble multiple pairs of human eyes.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving a request from a user to participate in an electronic social network, wherein the request is received from a mobile computing device of the user;

prompting, via the mobile computing device and in response to receiving of the request, a user to upload a digital profile picture;

receiving an uploaded digital profile picture in response to the prompting, wherein the receiving of the uploaded digital profile picture comprises one of;

receiving a user selection from an existing digital picture album of the user or taking a digital picture of the user via a camera module of the mobile computing device;

electronically examining the uploaded digital profile picture;

determining, based on the electronically examining, whether one or more human faces are present in the digital profile picture;

prompting the user to upload a different digital profile picture if it has been determined that the uploaded digital profile picture contains no human faces; and

prompting the user to identify the human face belonging to the user if it has been determined that the uploaded digital picture contains multiple human faces.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

making the digital profile picture of the user available for viewing on a plurality of other mobile computing devices whose users are participants of the electronic social network.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising, before the making of the digital profile picture of the user available for viewing:

preventing the user from participating in the electronic social network until it has been determined that;

the uploaded digital picture contains only one human face;

or

the user has identified the human face belonging to the user if the uploaded digital picture contains multiple human faces.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the electronically examining comprises detecting, in the uploaded digital picture, objects that resemble human eyes, and wherein the determining comprises:

determining that no human faces are present in the digital profile picture if no objects resembling human eyes are detected; and

determining that multiple human faces are present in the digital profile picture if objects resembling multiple pairs of human eyes are detected.