DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING CAPTURED IMAGE DATA AND PRIVACY DATA

• US 20150106628A1
• Filed: 11/19/2013
• 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:
  US14/084,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106628A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/189
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/602 Providing cryptographic facilities or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• 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 2221/2151 Time stamp
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4486 using digital data encryption

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring a block of encrypted data that corresponds to an image that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to capture the image that includes a representation of a feature of an entity, obtaining a privacy metadata that corresponds to a detection of a privacy beacon in the image, said at least one image captured by the image capture device, said privacy beacon associated with the entity, and determining, at least partly based on the obtained privacy metadata, and partly based on a calculation related to the block of encrypted data that corresponds to the whether to allow one or more processes related to the encrypted data block. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

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164. A device, comprising:

an encrypted image that includes at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining module;

a beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module, said encrypted image that was captured and encrypted by the image capture device; and

a determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a calculation that involves the encrypted image performing module block.

172. The computationally-implemented method of claim 164, wherein said encrypted image that includes at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining module comprises:

an encrypted compressed image that includes at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining module.

173. The device of claim 164, wherein said encrypted image that includes at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining module comprises:

an encrypted image that includes at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining from the image capture device module.

175. The device of claim 164, wherein said encrypted image that includes at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining module comprises:

an encrypted image that includes unencrypted metadata and at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining module.

176. The device of claim 175, wherein said encrypted image that includes unencrypted metadata and at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining module comprises:

an encrypted image that includes unencrypted entity name metadata and at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining module.

177. The device of claim 175, wherein said encrypted image that includes unencrypted metadata and at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining module comprises:

an encrypted image that includes unencrypted image capture device identifier metadata and at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining module.

180. The device of claim 164, wherein said beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module, said encrypted image that was captured and encrypted by the image capture device comprises:

a beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image that is captured by a component under control of the image capture device, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module.

181. The device of claim 180, wherein said beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image that is captured by a component under control of the image capture device, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module comprises:

a beacon metadata that includes an identification number of the privacy beacon detected in the encrypted image that is captured by a component under control of the image capture device acquiring module.

182. The device of claim 181, wherein said beacon metadata that includes an identification number of the privacy beacon detected in the encrypted image that is captured by a component under control of the image capture device acquiring module comprises:

a beacon metadata that includes a unique identification number of the privacy beacon detected in the encrypted image that is captured by a component under control of the image capture device acquiring module.

183. The device of claim 182, wherein said beacon metadata that includes a unique identification number of the privacy beacon detected in the encrypted image that is captured by a component under control of the image capture device acquiring module comprises:

a beacon metadata that includes a unique identification number of the privacy beacon embedded in the entity and that emits light detected in the encrypted image that is captured by a component under control of the image capture device acquiring module.

187. The device of claim 164, wherein said beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module, said encrypted image that was captured and encrypted by the image capture device comprises:

a beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image that is captured by the image capture device, of a privacy beacon that is associated with a device under control of the at least one entity acquiring module.

190. The device of claim 164, wherein said beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module, said encrypted image that was captured and encrypted by the image capture device comprises:

a beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image that is captured by the image capture device, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity and that is configured to emit an identification signal acquiring module.

193. The device of claim 164, wherein said beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module, said encrypted image that was captured and encrypted by the image capture device comprises:

a beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image that is captured by the image capture device, of a privacy beacon that is configured to be detectable through use of an optical component and that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module.

194. The device of claim 164, wherein said beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module, said encrypted image that was captured and encrypted by the image capture device comprises:

a beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image that is captured by the image capture device, of a passive privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module.

195. The device of claim 164, wherein said beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module, said encrypted image that was captured and encrypted by the image capture device comprises:

a beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image that is captured by the image capture device, of a privacy beacon that is detected through analysis of image data and that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module.

197. The device of claim 164, wherein said beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module, said encrypted image that was captured and encrypted by the image capture device comprises:

an alphanumeric string beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image that is captured by the image capture device, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module.

198. The device of claim 197, wherein said alphanumeric string beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image that is captured by the image capture device, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module comprises:

an alphanumeric identification string beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image that is captured by the image capture device, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module.

202. The device of claim 164, wherein said beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module, said encrypted image that was captured and encrypted by the image capture device comprises:

a privacy beacon that includes data regarding the entity and that is associated with the at least one entity within the obtained image detecting module that avoids further image process operation on obtained image data prior to encryption of the obtained image data.

203. The device of claim 202, wherein said privacy beacon that includes data regarding the entity and that is associated with the at least one entity within the obtained image detecting module that avoids further image process operation on obtained image data prior to encryption of the obtained image data comprises:

a privacy beacon that includes service term data associated with the entity and that is associated with the at least one entity within the obtained image detecting module that avoids further image process operation on obtained image data prior to encryption of the obtained image data.

208. The device of claim 164, wherein said determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a calculation that involves the encrypted image performing module block comprises:

a determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a valuation calculation that involves the encrypted image performing module.

209. The device of claim 208, wherein said determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a valuation calculation that involves the encrypted image performing module comprises:

a determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a valuation of the representation of the feature of the at least one entity in the encrypted image performing module.

210. The device of claim 209, wherein said determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a valuation of the representation of the feature of the at least one entity in the encrypted image performing module comprises:

a determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a valuation of an amount of internet traffic that may be driven by the representation of the feature of the at least one entity in the encrypted image performing module.

211. The device of claim 209, wherein said determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a valuation of the representation of the feature of the at least one entity in the encrypted image performing module comprises:

a determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a valuation of a sale of an unencrypted version of the encrypted image that contains the representation of the feature of the at least one entity performing module.

213. The device of claim 209, wherein said determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a valuation of the representation of the feature of the at least one entity in the encrypted image performing module comprises:

a determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a valuation of the representation of the feature of the at least one entity in the encrypted image performing without image decryption module.

214. The device of claim 164, wherein said determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a calculation that involves the encrypted image performing module block comprises:

an estimated amount of potential damage that may be incurred through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image determining at least partly based on the acquired privacy metadata module;

an estimated amount of potential revenue that may be obtained through the release of the unencrypted version of the encrypted image calculating module; and

a determination regarding allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image at least partly based on the calculated estimated amount of potential revenue and the determined estimated amount of potential damage performing module.

215. The device of claim 214, wherein said estimated amount of potential damage that may be incurred through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image determining at least partly based on the acquired privacy metadata module comprises:

an estimated amount of potential monetary damage that may be incurred through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image determining at least partly based on the acquired privacy metadata module.

216. The device of claim 215, wherein said estimated amount of potential monetary damage that may be incurred through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image determining at least partly based on the acquired privacy metadata module comprises:

an estimated amount of potential monetary damage that may be recovered by the entity through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image determining at least partly based on the acquired privacy metadata module.

217. The device of claim 216, wherein said estimated amount of potential monetary damage that may be recovered by the entity through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image determining at least partly based on the acquired privacy metadata module comprises:

an estimated amount of potential monetary damage that may be recovered by the entity through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image determining at least partly based on a term of service associated with the entity module.

218. The device of claim 217, wherein said estimated amount of potential monetary damage that may be recovered by the entity through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image determining at least partly based on a term of service associated with the entity module comprises:

an estimated amount of potential monetary damage that may be recovered by the entity through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image determining at least partly based on a term of service associated with the entity and obtained through use of the privacy metadata module.

223. The device of claim 214, wherein said estimated amount of potential revenue that may be obtained through the release of the unencrypted version of the encrypted image calculating module comprises:

an estimated amount of revenue that may be obtained through subscription fee to a website that features the unencrypted version of the encrypted image calculating module.

225. The device of claim 164, wherein said determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a calculation that involves the encrypted image performing module block comprises:

an amount of potential damage that may be incurred through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image evaluating at least partly based on the acquired privacy metadata module;

an estimated amount of potential revenue that may be obtained through the release of the unencrypted version of the encrypted image calculating module; and

a determination regarding allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image at least partly based on the calculated estimated amount of potential revenue and the evaluated amount of potential damage performing module.

227. The device of claim 225, wherein said amount of potential damage that may be incurred through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image evaluating at least partly based on the acquired privacy metadata module comprises:

a presence of privacy beacon in the encrypted image confirming from privacy metadata module; and

an identification data of the entity represented in the encrypted image acquiring module.

233. The device of claim 227, wherein said identification data of the entity represented in the encrypted image acquiring module comprises:

an identification data of the entity for which the privacy beacon is associated obtaining from an external source module.

234. The device of claim 227, wherein said identification data of the entity represented in the encrypted image acquiring module comprises:

an identification data of the entity for which the privacy beacon is associated obtaining through analysis of data regarding the image capture device at a time of capturing the encrypted image module.

235. The device of claim 234, wherein said identification data of the entity for which the privacy beacon is associated obtaining through analysis of data regarding the image capture device at a time of capturing the encrypted image module comprises:

an identification data of the entity for which the privacy beacon is associated obtaining through analysis of a position and orientation of the image capture device at a time of capturing the encrypted image module.

236. The device of claim 164, wherein said determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a calculation that involves the encrypted image performing module block comprises:

an amount of potential damage that may be incurred through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image evaluating at least partly based on the acquired privacy metadata that identifies the privacy beacon module;

an estimated amount of potential revenue that may be obtained through the release of the unencrypted version of the encrypted image calculating module; and

a determination regarding allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image at least partly based on the calculated estimated amount of potential revenue and the evaluated amount of potential damage performing module.

237. The device of claim 236, wherein said amount of potential damage that may be incurred through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image evaluating at least partly based on the acquired privacy metadata that identifies the privacy beacon module comprises:

an amount of potential damage that may be incurred through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image evaluating at least partly based on an acquired character string that identifies the privacy beacon module.

238. The device of claim 237, wherein said amount of potential damage that may be incurred through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image evaluating at least partly based on an acquired character string that identifies the privacy beacon module comprises:

an amount of potential damage that may be incurred through release of unencrypted version of the encrypted image evaluating at least partly based on an acquired character string that identifies a class of privacy beacon module.

241. The device of claim 164, wherein said determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a calculation that involves the encrypted image performing module block comprises:

a term of service data that includes data regarding potential damages incurred through release of the encrypted image and that is related to the acquired privacy metadata acquiring module; and

a determination regarding allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image at least partly based on the term of service data and at least partly based on an estimated amount of potential revenue from release of the encrypted image performing module.

242. The device of claim 164, wherein said determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a calculation that involves the encrypted image performing module block comprises:

an allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image when potential damages incurred through release of the encrypted image are less than potential revenues accrued from the release of the encrypted image granting module.

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one or more elements of programmable hardware programmed to function as an encrypted image that includes at least one representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to perform image capture obtaining module;

the one or more elements of programmable hardware programmed to function as a beacon metadata related to a presence, in the encrypted image, of a privacy beacon that is associated with the at least one entity acquiring module, said encrypted image that was captured and encrypted by the image capture device; and

the one or more elements of programmable hardware programmed to function as an determination with regard to allowance of manipulation of the encrypted image that is at least partly based on the acquired beacon data and at least partly based on a calculation that involves the encrypted image performing module block.