PHOTO SHARING METHOD AND DEVICE

• US 20170032188A1
• Filed: 07/25/2016
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Tao, Chen, Zhijun, Long, Fei
• Application Number:
  US15/218,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20170032188A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/30 in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/35 Categorising the entire scene, e.g. birthday party or wedding scene
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A method and system for sharing event photos are disclosed. In one embodiment, a photo sharing method includes receiving by a cloud server an event photo sharing request sent by a terminal of an initiator of the request, wherein the event photo sharing request comprises an event marker and account identification information of an cloud account of the initiator in the cloud server, acquiring by the cloud server, from a cloud album corresponding to the cloud account of the initiator, a first event photo set based on the event marker, acquiring by the cloud server, according to at least one contact contained in a contact list in the cloud account of the initiator, at least one second event photo set each from a cloud album of a corresponding one of the at least one contact of the initiator, wherein each photo in the at least one second event photo set is marked with the event marker, and sending a combined event photo set comprising the first event photo set and the at least one second event photo set to the initiator and each contact of the initiator corresponding to each of the at least one second event photo set.

Claims

1. A photo sharing method, comprising:

receiving by a cloud server an event photo sharing request sent by a terminal of an initiator of the request, wherein the event photo sharing request comprises an event marker and account identification information of an cloud account of the initiator in the cloud server;

acquiring by the cloud server, from a cloud album corresponding to the cloud account of the initiator, a first event photo set based on the event marker;

acquiring by the cloud server, according to at least one contact contained in a contact list in the cloud account of the initiator, at least one second event photo set each from a cloud album of a corresponding one of the at least one contact of the initiator, wherein each photo in the at least one second event photo set is marked with the event marker; and

sending a combined event photo set comprising the first event photo set and the at least one second event photo set to the initiator and each contact of the initiator corresponding to each of the at least one second event photo set.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring by the cloud server the at least one second event photo set comprises:

determining at least one cloud account corresponding to the at least one contact contained in the contact list in the cloud account of the initiator;

determining whether any photos marked with the event marker are present in the cloud album of the at least one contact of the initiator; and

acquiring, when at least one of the photos is marked with the event marker in the cloud album of the at least one contact, at least one second event photo set corresponding to the at least one contact of the initiator.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

acquiring, via face-recognition, a first face image set of faces contained in the first event photo set and at least one second face image set of faces contained in the at least one second event photo set;

identifying a second face image set among the at least one second face image set having a weak correlation with the first face image set; and

redacting the combined event photo set by removing photos in one of the at least one second event photo set corresponding to the identified second face image set having weak correlation with the first face image set,

wherein sending the combined event photo set comprises sending the redacted combined event photo set to the initiator and each contact of the initiator corresponding to the redacted combined event photo set.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein identifying a second face image set among the at least one second face image set having a weak correlation with the first face image set comprises:

determining, for a respective second face image set among the at least one second face image set, a number of unique identical face images between the respective second face image set and the first face image set;

determining an occurrence number of identical face images between the respective second face image set and the first face image set and

identifying that the respective second face image set has weak correlation with the first face image set when the number of the identical face images is smaller than a preset number threshold and the occurrence number of identical face images is smaller than a preset occurrence number threshold.

5. The method of claim 3, the method further comprises:

obtaining at least one secondary contact list each from a cloud account belonging to a contact contained in the contact list in the cloud account of the initiator;

marking, in a combined contact list comprising the contact list of the initiator and the at least one secondary contact list, the initiator and each contact corresponding to the at least one second event photo set;

identifying via face-recognition an unmarked contact in the combined contact list having a profile picture with a face matching at least one of the faces in the first face image set and the at least one second face image set; and

sending the redacted combined event photo set to the identified unmarked contact in the combined contact list.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a storage request sent by a user terminal, wherein the storage request comprises photos marked with the event marker and a user account; and

storing the photos in a cloud album corresponding to the user account.

7. A photo sharing system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to cause the photo sharing system to;

receive an event photo sharing request sent by a terminal of an initiator of the request, wherein the event photo sharing request comprises an event marker and account identification information of an cloud account of the initiator in the system;

acquire, from a cloud album corresponding to the cloud account of the initiator, a first event photo set based on the event marker;

acquire, according to at least one contact contained in a contact list in the cloud account of the initiator, at least one second event photo set each from a cloud album of a corresponding one of the at least one contact of the initiator, wherein each photo in the at least one second event photo set is marked with the event marker; and

send a combined event photo set comprising the first event phot set and the at least one second event photo set to the initiator and each contact of the initiator corresponding to each of the at least one second event photo set.

8. The photo sharing system of claim 7, wherein, to acquire at least one second event photo set, the processor is configured to cause the photo sharing system to:

determine at least one cloud account corresponding to the at least one contact contained in the contact list in the cloud account of the initiator;

determine whether at least one photo marked with the event marker is present in the cloud album in the at least one cloud account corresponding to the at least one contact of the initiator; and

acquire, when at least one photo marked with the event marker is present, at least one second event photo set each corresponding to the at least one contact of the initiator.

9. The photo sharing system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the photo sharing system to:

acquire, via face-recognition, a first face image set of faces contained in the first event photo set and at least one second face image set of faces contained in the at least one second event photo set;

identify a second face image set among the at least one second face image set having a weak correlation with the first face image set; and

redact the combined event photo set by removing photos in one of the at least one second event photo set corresponding to the identified second face image set having weak correlation with the first face image set,

wherein to send the combined event photo set, the processor is configured to cause the photo sharing system to send the redacted combined event photo set to the initiator and each contact of the initiator corresponding to the redacted combined event photo set.

10. The photo sharing system of claim 9, wherein to identify a second face image set among the at least one second face image set having a weak correlation with the first face image set, the processor is configured to cause the photo sharing system to:

determine, for the second face image set among the at least one second face image set, a number of unique identical face images between the second face image set and the first face image set;

determine an occurrence number of identical face images between the second face image set and the first face image set; and

identify that the second face image set has weak correlation with the first face image set when the number of the identical face images is smaller than a preset number threshold and the occurrence number of identical face images is smaller than a preset occurrence number threshold.

11. The photo sharing system of claim 9, the processor is further configured to cause the photo sharing system to:

obtain at least one secondary contact list each from a cloud account belonging to a contact contained in the contact list in the cloud account of the initiator;

mark, in a combined contact list comprising the contact list of the initiator and the at least one secondary contact list, the initiator and each contact corresponding to the at least one second event photo set;

identify via face-recognition an unmarked contact in the combined contact list having a profile picture with a face matching at least one of the faces in the first face image set and the at least one second face image set; and

send the redacted combined event photo set to the identified unmarked contact.

12. The photo sharing system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the photo sharing system to:

receive a storage request sent by a user terminal, wherein the storage request comprises photos marked with an event marker and a user account; and

store the photos in a cloud album corresponding to the user account.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a server, causes the server to:

receive an event photo sharing request sent by a terminal of an initiator of the request, wherein the event photo sharing request comprises an event marker and account identification information of an cloud account of the initiator in the server;

acquire, from a cloud album corresponding to the cloud account of the initiator, a first event photo set based on the event marker;

acquire, according to at least one contact contained in a contact list in the cloud account of the initiator, at least one second event photo set each from a cloud album of a corresponding one of the at least one contact of the initiator, wherein each photo in the at least one second event photo set is marked with the event marker; and

send a combined event photo set comprising the first event photo set and the at least one second event photo set to the initiator and each contact of the initiator corresponding to each of the at least one second event photo set.