LAYER-BASED IMAGE UPDATES

• US 20150113441A1
• Filed: 10/21/2013
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: FELT, Michelle, Kim, Jonghoon, Valunjkar, Shruti
• Granted Patent: US 10,176,611 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally

Abstract

A system for layered-based image updates is disclosed. In the system, a server may receive information corresponding to a modification to an image made by a user; generate a layer that includes the modification to the image; store the layer; and publish the image as an updated image, including the layer, to cause a user device to display the updated image, information identifying the user, and an indication that the user is associated with the layer.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server and from a first user device, information corresponding to a modification to an image made by a first user of the first user device;

generating, by the first server, a layer that includes the modification to the image;

storing, by the server, the layer in association with the image and the user; and

permitting, by the server, a second user device, associated with a second user, to access the image and the layer, the second user device being permitted to control whether the image is presented with the layer superimposed on the image.

2. The method of claim 1, where the modification is a first modification, and the layer is a first layer, the method further comprising:

providing, to the first user device and to a third user device, associated with a third user, simultaneous access to the image,

receiving the information corresponding to the first modification to the image during the simultaneous access to the image,

receiving information corresponding to a second modification to the image by the third user device during the simultaneous access to the image,

generating a second layer that includes the second modification,

storing the second layer, and

permitting the third user device to access the image and the layer during the simultaneous access to the image.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a sharing instruction, the sharing instruction including information regarding the image and information identifying one or more users that are permitted to modify the image,

wherein receiving the information corresponding to the modification to the image is based on receiving the sharing instruction.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

publishing the image with the layer superimposed on the image to cause the first user device or the second user device to display the updated image, information identifying the first user, and an indication that the first user is associated with the layer.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting an expiration time for the layer; and

deleting the layer after the expiration time.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the second user device with information identifying the first user when the second user device accesses the image and the layer.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

publishing the image with the layer superimposed on the image along with attributes of the layer, the attributes of the layer including a time or geographic location at which the first user device provided the information corresponding to the modification to the image.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an instruction to hide the layer to cause the second user device to display the image without displaying the layer.

9. A system comprising:

a server to;

receive a sharing instruction, the sharing instruction including an image and information identifying one or more users that are permitted to modify the image;

receive information corresponding to a modification to the image made by a user of the one or more users;

generate a layer that includes the modification to the image;

store the layer; and

publish the image as an updated image to cause a user device to display the updated image, information identifying the user, and an indication that the user is associated with the layer.

10. The system of claim 9, where the user is associated with a first user device, the modification is a first modification, and the layer is a first layer, where the server is further to:

provide, to the first user device and to a second user device, simultaneous access to the image,

receive the information corresponding to the first modification to the image during the simultaneous access to the image,

receive information corresponding to a second modification to the image by the second user device during the simultaneous access to the image,

generate a second layer that includes the second modification,

store the second layer, and

publish the updated image, including the first layer and the second layer, to permit the first user device and the second user device to display the updated image during the simultaneous access to the image.

11. The system of claim 9, where the server is further to:

provide the user device with information identifying the first user when the user device accesses the image and the layer.

12. The system of claim 9, where the server is further to:

set an expiration time for the layer; and

delete the layer after the expiration time.

13. The system of claim 9, where when publishing the updated image, the server is further to publish the updated image to further permit the user device to display attributes of the layer, the attributes of the layer including a time or geographic location at which the user device provides the information corresponding to the modification to the image.

14. The system of claim 9, where the server is further to:

receive an instruction to hide the layer to cause the user device display to the image without displaying the layer.

15. A computer-readable medium for storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors associated with a server, cause the one or more processors to;

provide, to a first user device and to a second user device, access to an image;

receive, from the first user device, information corresponding to a first modification to the image made by a first user associated with the first device;

receive, from the second user device, information corresponding to a second modification to the image by a second user associated with the second user device;

generate a first layer that includes the first modification to the image;

generate a second layer that includes the second modification to the image;

store the first layer and the second layer; and

permit a third user device to access the image and the layer, the third user device being permitted to control whether the image is presented with the first layer superimposed on the image, the second layer superimposed on the image, or the first layer and the second layer superimposed on the image.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

receive a sharing instruction, the sharing instruction including information regarding the image and information identifying one or more users that are permitted to modify the image,

where one or more instructions, of the plurality of instructions, to receive the information corresponding to the first modification, further cause the one or more processors to receive the information corresponding to the first modification based on receiving the sharing instruction.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

publish the image with the first layer or the second layer superimposed on the image to cause the first user device, the second user device, or the third user device to display the updated image, information identifying the first user or the second user, and an indication that the first user or the second user is associated with the first layer or the second layer.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

set an expiration time for the layer; and

delete the first layer or the second layer after the expiration time.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

receive an instruction from the third user device to publish the image with the first layer or the second layer superimposed on the image based on attributes of the first layer or the second layer, the attributes of the first layer or the second layer including a time or geographic location at which the first user device or the second user devices provides the information corresponding to the first modification or the second modification to the image; and

publish the image with the first layer or the second layer superimposed on the image based on receiving the instruction from the third user device to publish the image.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

receive an instruction to hide the first layer or second layer cause the second user device to display the image without displaying the first layer or the second layer.