METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING CAPTURED IMAGE DATA THAT IS RECEIVED BY DEVICES

• US 20150104005A1
• Filed: 12/17/2013
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Holman, Pablos, Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Application Number:
  US14/109,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20150104005A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/602 Providing cryptographic facilities or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2107 File encryption
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0442 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for public-key encryption H04L9/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4486 using digital data encryption

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring a client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by an image capture device, obtaining an indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said decryption configured to be carried out through use of a client-based decryption key, and procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

1. A computationally-implemented method, comprising:

acquiring a client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by an image capture device;

obtaining an indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said decryption configured to be carried out through use of a client-based decryption key;

procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device; and

decrypting the client-based encrypted image through use of the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code that is related to the client associated with the image capture device.

4. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring a client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by an image capture device comprises:

acquiring the client-based encrypted image that is the captured image that was captured by the image capture device that has been previously encrypted through use of the particular client code as a seed value to generate an asymmetric pair of encryption keys that are configured to be used to encrypt and decrypt the image.

7. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring a client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by an image capture device comprises:

acquiring the client-based encrypted image that is the captured image that includes a representation of a feature of an entity and that has been previously encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by the image capture device.

10. The computationally-implemented method of claim 7, wherein said acquiring the client-based encrypted image that is the captured image that includes a representation of a feature of an entity and that has been previously encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by the image capture device comprises:

acquiring the client-based encrypted image that is the captured image that includes the representation of the feature of the entity that is associated with a privacy beacon and that has been previously encrypted through use of the particular client code.

11. The computationally-implemented method of claim 10, wherein said acquiring the client-based encrypted image that is the captured image that includes the representation of the feature of the entity that is associated with a privacy beacon and that has been previously encrypted through use of the particular client code comprises:

acquiring the client-based encrypted image that is the captured image that includes the representation of the feature of the entity that is associated with the privacy beacon that was detected in the image and that has been previously encrypted through use of the particular client code.

12. The computationally-implemented method of claim 11, wherein said acquiring the client-based encrypted image that is the captured image that includes the representation of the feature of the entity that is associated with the privacy beacon that was detected in the image and that has been previously encrypted through use of the particular client code comprises:

acquiring the client-based encrypted image that is the captured image that includes the representation of the feature of the entity that is associated with the privacy beacon that was optically detected in the image by the image capture device and that has previously been encrypted through use of the particular client code.

13. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring a client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by an image capture device comprises:

acquiring the client-based encrypted image from a remote location, wherein said client-based encrypted image is the captured image captured by the image capture device that has previously been encrypted through use of the particular client code.

14. The computationally-implemented method of claim 13, wherein said acquiring the client-based encrypted image from a remote location, wherein said client-based encrypted image is the captured image captured by the image capture device that has previously been encrypted through use of the particular client code comprises:

acquiring the client-based encrypted image from a remote location that approved the client-based encrypted image for decryption, wherein said client-based encrypted image is the captured image captured by the image capture device that has previously been encrypted through use of the particular client code.

16. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring a client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by an image capture device comprises:

acquiring the client-based encrypted image from a device memory, wherein said client-based encrypted image is the captured image captured by the image capture device that has been previously encrypted through use of the particular client code.

18. The computationally-implemented method of claim 16, wherein said acquiring the client-based encrypted image from a device memory, wherein said client-based encrypted image is the captured image captured by the image capture device that has been previously encrypted through use of the particular client code comprises:

acquiring the client-based encrypted image from a limited-access memory of the image capture device that captured the image, wherein said client-based encrypted image is the captured image captured by the image capture device that has been previously encrypted through use of the particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by the image capture device.

21. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring a client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by an image capture device comprises:

acquiring the client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has been previously encrypted through use of the particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by a wearable computer device.

22. The computationally-implemented method of claim 21, wherein said acquiring the client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has been previously encrypted through use of the particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by a wearable computer device comprises:

acquiring the client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has been previously encrypted through use of the particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by a covertly-operated wearable computer device.

26. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said obtaining an indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said decryption configured to be carried out through use of a client-based decryption key comprises:

obtaining a signal that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said decryption configured to be carried out through use of the client-based decryption key.

27. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said obtaining an indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said decryption configured to be carried out through use of a client-based decryption key comprises:

obtaining approval data that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said approval data at least partly based on a privacy metadata associated with the captured image.

28. The computationally-implemented method of claim 27, wherein said obtaining approval data that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said approval data at least partly based on a privacy metadata associated with the captured image comprises:

obtaining approval data that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said approval data at least partly based on a privacy metadata that regards a privacy beacon associated with an entity represented in the captured image.

29. The computationally-implemented method of claim 28, wherein said obtaining approval data that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said approval data at least partly based on a privacy metadata that regards a privacy beacon associated with an entity represented in the captured image comprises:

obtaining approval data that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said approval data at least partly based on the privacy metadata that indicates that the captured image does not contain the privacy beacon associated with the entity represented in the captured image.

30. The computationally-implemented method of claim 28, wherein said obtaining approval data that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said approval data at least partly based on a privacy metadata that regards a privacy beacon associated with an entity represented in the captured image comprises:

obtaining approval data that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said approval data at least partly based on the privacy metadata that indicates that the privacy beacon was not detected when the captured image was captured by the image capture device.

31. The computationally-implemented method of claim 27, wherein said obtaining approval data that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said approval data at least partly based on a privacy metadata associated with the captured image comprises:

obtaining approval data that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said approval data at least partly based on the privacy metadata that regards the privacy beacon associated with an entity represented in the captured image.

32. The computationally-implemented method of claim 31, wherein said obtaining approval data that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said approval data at least partly based on the privacy metadata that regards the privacy beacon associated with an entity represented in the captured image comprises:

obtaining approval data that indicates that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said approval data at least partly based on the privacy metadata that indicates detection of the privacy beacon associated with the entity represented in the captured image.

34. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said obtaining an indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said decryption configured to be carried out through use of a client-based decryption key comprises:

obtaining the indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption through use of the client based decryption key, wherein said indication is at least partly based on term data related to the captured image that contains a representation of an entity.

35. The computationally-implemented method of claim 34, wherein said obtaining the indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption through use of the client based decryption key, wherein said indication is at least partly based on term data related to the captured image that contains a representation of an entity comprises:

obtaining the indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption through use of the client-based decryption key, wherein said indication is at least partly based on term data that includes one or more terms of service that specify one or more conditions for the use of the captured image that contains the representation of the entity.

36. The computationally-implemented method of claim 35, wherein said obtaining the indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption through use of the client-based decryption key, wherein said indication is at least partly based on term data that includes one or more terms of service that specify one or more conditions for the use of the captured image that contains the representation of the entity comprises:

obtaining the indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption through use of the client-based decryption key, wherein said indication is at least partly based on term data that includes one or more terms of service that specify an amount of damages for the distribution of the captured image that contains the representation of the entity.

38. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said obtaining an indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said decryption configured to be carried out through use of a client-based decryption key comprises:

receiving the indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption through use of the client-based decryption key, wherein said indication is at least partly based on a valuation of the captured image.

39. The computationally-implemented method of claim 38, wherein said receiving the indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption through use of the client-based decryption key, wherein said indication is at least partly based on a valuation of the captured image comprises:

receiving the indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption through use of the client-based decryption key, wherein said indication is at least partly based on a valuation comparison of a potential revenue from distribution of the captured image and a potential damages incurred from the distribution of the captured image.

40. The computationally-implemented method of claim 39, wherein said receiving the indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption through use of the client-based decryption key, wherein said indication is at least partly based on a valuation comparison of a potential revenue from distribution of the captured image and a potential damages incurred from the distribution of the captured image comprises:

receiving the indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption through use of the client-based decryption key, wherein said indication is at least partly based on the valuation comparison of the potential revenue from distribution of the captured image and a potential damages that is based on term data that includes one or more terms of service that govern distribution of the captured image.

41. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device comprises:

procuring the client-based decryption key that is a decryption key of a client-based encryption key that was generated through use of the particular client code as a seed value, wherein the particular client code is related to the client that is associated with the image capture device.

43. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device comprises:

procuring the client-based decryption key that is a private key of an asymmetric key pair that includes a public key that is the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to the client that is associated with the image capture device.

45. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device comprises:

receiving an input of the particular client code; and

obtaining the client-based decryption key from the inputted particular client code.

47. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device comprises:

retrieving the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code from a device that is authorized to have possession of the client-based decryption key.

48. The computationally-implemented method of claim 47, wherein said retrieving the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code from a device that is authorized to have possession of the client-based decryption key comprises:

retrieving the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code from the image capture device that captured the image and that is authorized to have possession of the client-based decryption key.

50. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device comprises:

retrieving the client-based decryption key from a memory when it is determined that the particular client code has been inputted by the client that is associated with the image capture device.

52. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device comprises:

procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is assigned to the client that is associated with the image capture device.

53. The computationally-implemented method of claim 52, wherein said procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is assigned to the client that is associated with the image capture device comprises:

procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is assigned to the client that is associated with the image capture device by the image capture device.

54. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device comprises:

procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is originally defined by the client that is associated with the image capture device.

56. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device comprises:

procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to the client for which data is stored on the image capture device.

57. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device comprises:

procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to the client that operated the image capture device when the captured image was captured.

60. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said decrypting the client-based encrypted image through use of the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code that is related to the client associated with the image capture device comprises:

decrypting the client-based encrypted image through application of the client-based decryption key to remove encryption from the client-based encrypted image.

61. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said decrypting the client-based encrypted image through use of the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code that is related to the client associated with the image capture device comprises:

generating a decrypted image through decryption of the client-based encrypted image, wherein said decryption utilizes the client-based decryption key; and

storing the decrypted image in a memory.

62. The computationally-implemented method of claim 61, wherein said storing the decrypted image in a memory comprises:

storing the decrypted image in the memory that is accessible to one or more image distribution applications.

64. The computationally-implemented method of claim 61, wherein said storing the decrypted image in a memory comprises:

storing the decrypted image in a memory of a device other than the image capture device.

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66. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

means for acquiring a client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by an image capture device;

means for obtaining an indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said decryption configured to be carried out through use of a client-based decryption key;

means for procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device; and

means for decrypting the client-based encrypted image through use of the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code that is related to the client associated with the image capture device.

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133. A device defined by a computational language comprising:

one or more interchained physical machines ordered for acquiring a client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by an image capture device;

one or more interchained physical machines ordered for obtaining an indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said decryption configured to be carried out through use of a client-based decryption key;

one or more interchained physical machines ordered for procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device; and

one or more interchained physical machines ordered for decrypting the client-based encrypted image through use of the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code that is related to the client associated with the image capture device.