Linking captured images using short range communications
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1. One or more computer-readable storage devices, with device-executable instructions for performing acts comprising:
- receiving a plurality of images and associated data from a plurality of image capture devices, wherein the associated data comprises;
a capture time for each image;
an identifier of a first image capture device that captured the image;
for at least one particular image of the plurality of images, an identifier of a second image capture device that was in proximity to the first image capture device when the particular image was captured; and
an authentication key associated with the second image capture device, the authentication key being usable to grant access to a second image captured by the second image capture device, the capture time of the image, the identifier of the second image capture device, and the authentication key being received from the first image capture device;
identifying a plurality of sequences of images captured by a set of image capture devices whilst in proximity to each other based on the associated data; and
presenting the plurality of sequences of images concurrently and in temporal alignment, wherein each sequence of images is displayed in a distinct region of a display window and each sequence of images is displayed with an identifier associated with a user of the image capture device through which the sequence of images was captured.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for linking captured images using short range communications or a personal area network are described. In an embodiment, an image capture device is described which detects devices in proximity to the device and stores data identifying the devices and the times when they were in proximity. In another embodiment, a computing-based device is described which uses the data stored by an image capture device to identify sequences of images which were captured by a group of devices in proximity to each other and to present these sequences to a viewer concurrently and in temporal alignment.
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1. One or more computer-readable storage devices, with device-executable instructions for performing acts comprising:
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receiving a plurality of images and associated data from a plurality of image capture devices, wherein the associated data comprises; a capture time for each image; an identifier of a first image capture device that captured the image; for at least one particular image of the plurality of images, an identifier of a second image capture device that was in proximity to the first image capture device when the particular image was captured; and an authentication key associated with the second image capture device, the authentication key being usable to grant access to a second image captured by the second image capture device, the capture time of the image, the identifier of the second image capture device, and the authentication key being received from the first image capture device; identifying a plurality of sequences of images captured by a set of image capture devices whilst in proximity to each other based on the associated data; and presenting the plurality of sequences of images concurrently and in temporal alignment, wherein each sequence of images is displayed in a distinct region of a display window and each sequence of images is displayed with an identifier associated with a user of the image capture device through which the sequence of images was captured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of images and associated data from a plurality of image capture devices, wherein the associated data comprises; a capture time for each image; an identifier of a first image capture device that captured the image; for at least one particular image of the plurality of images, an identifier of a second image capture device that was in proximity to the first image capture device when the particular image was captured; and a second image capture device time, the second image capture device time indicating a time according to the second image capture device, the capture time of the image, the identifier of the second image capture device, and the second image capture device time being received from the first image capture device; identifying a plurality of sequences of images captured by a set of image capture devices whilst in proximity to each other based on the associated data; determining, for each of the plurality of image capture devices, one or more groups to which a user of the image capture device belongs; receiving a user request to view the plurality of images; determining one or more groups to which the user requesting to view the plurality of images belongs; selecting for display, one or more sequences of images from the plurality of sequences of images, wherein the one or more sequences of images that are selected were captured by a user belonging to a group to which the user requesting to view the plurality of images also belongs; and displaying the selected one or more sequences of images concurrently and in temporal alignment. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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