CODED IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM (CISS)

• US 20150242444A1
• Filed: 08/27/2013
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Don E.K. Campbell, Heather Campbell
• Original Assignee: Don E.K. Campbell, Heather Campbell
• Inventors: Campbell, Don E., Campbell, Heather L.
• Application Number:
  US14/424,173
• Publication Number:
  US 20150242444A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00334 with an apparatus processing barcodes or the like arrangements for sensing record carriers G06K7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/444 to a particular document or image or part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3246 of data relating to permitted access or usage, e.g. level of access or usage parameters for digital rights management [DRM] related to still images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3249 data relating to a linked page or object, e.g. hyperlink
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3269 of machine readable codes or marks, e.g. bar codes or glyphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A system for collecting, creating, and distributing images and videos includes a smart application, executable on a smart device, the smart application providing for the control of the imaging and video capture device of the smart device. The system further includes a server, the server in communication with the smart application via the smart device, the smart application receiving a code, the code being associated with images generated by the smart device resulting in coded images through the control of the smart device by the smart application, the smart application uploading the coded images to the server, the server providing access to the coded images according to access preferences.

Claims

1. A system for collecting, creating, and distributing images and videos, comprising:

a smart application, executable on a smart device, the smart application providing for the control of the imaging and video capture device of the smart device; and

a server, the server in communication with the smart application via the smart device, the smart application receiving a code, the code being associated with images generated by the smart device resulting in coded images through the control of the smart device by the smart application, the smart application uploading the coded images to the server, the server providing access to the coded images according to access preferences.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the code is a QR code.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein scanning the QR code with the smart device causes the smart application to associate subsequently captured images with the QR code.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the subsequently captured images are associated with the QR code only for a set period of time, the set period of time related to the length of an event the QR code is associated.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the subsequently captured images are associated with the QR code only while a location of the smart device is in a certain geographical area.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the certain geographical area is associated with an event and the location of the smart device is determined according to GPS.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein the certain geographical area is associated with an event and the location of the smart device is determined according to wireless signals.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the access preferences define that those users who have scanned the QR code may access the coded images.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the smart application is executable on a second smart device, and when the second smart device captures second images after receiving the code, the second smart device associates the code with the second images and uploads the second images to the server.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the access privileges provide access to the images for the smart device and the second smart device.

11. A method of creating ad hoc image sharing groups, the method comprising:

detecting the creation of a plurality of images by a plurality of users with a CISS system;

correlating meta data associated with the plurality of images to determine similarities in the meta data of a subset of the plurality of images; and

assigning a code to the subset of the plurality of images having similarities.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the similarities are similar location and time of creation for the subset of the plurality of images.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the code is a QR code.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the code is an event title.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein a user may create criteria for the correlating.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the criteria are selected from a group consisting of time an image was created, location an image was created, a creation user that an image was created by, and QR code associated with the image.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the creation user is one of a plurality of creation users associated with a particular social group.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the correlating is based on analysis of contents of the plurality of images, the contents determined via image analysis that determines what the image is of and coding it accordingly.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein a user provides a group image, the group image providing a template for matching images from the plurality of images.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting that a second subset of the plurality of images have a pre-determined code associated with them;

detecting that the subset of the plurality of images has similarities in meta data compared to the second subset; and

merging the subset and the second subset of the plurality of images.