Digital photograph group editing and access

• US 8,824,751 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2014
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anuvu IP Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: MTN Satellite Communications
• Inventors: Wise, Robert M
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/149,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20140195609A1
• Time in Patent Office: 238 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/213, 709/232, 709/246, 709/248, 348/39, 348/77, 348/468, 386/200, 386/224, 386/297, 382/118
• US Class Current: 382/118
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5838 using colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/95 structured as a network, e.g. client-server architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/30 in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/185 with management of multicast group membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices

Abstract

A process of managing a digital photo involves capturing the photo using a digital camera; communicating the photo to a server system; the server system identifying faces of people in the photo; the server system matching the faces to the communication addresses of portable devices of the people; and the server system communicating the photo to the portable devices.

Claims

1. A process of managing a digital photo, comprising:

capturing the photo using a digital camera;

communicating the photo to a server system;

the server system identifying faces of people in the photo;

the server system matching the faces to the communication addresses of portable devices of the people;

the server system communicating the photo to the portable devices; and

the server system posting the photo to social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from portable devices approving of the photo, but declining to tag those people in the photo who did not submit a vote of approval for the photo.

2. The process of claim 1, further comprising:

the server system receiving votes from the portable devices approving or disapproving of the photo.

3. The process of claim 2, further comprising:

the server system posting the photo to the social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devices approving of the photo.

4. The process of claim 3, further comprising:

the server system declining to post the photo to the social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devices disapproving of the photo.

5. The process of claim 1, further comprising:

the server system applying vehicle manifest logic to locate and correlate people'"'"'s faces to faces in the photo based on the manifest.

6. The process of claim 5, further comprising:

the manifest logic comprising facial photos of people on the vehicle.

7. The process of claim 6, further comprising:

the manifest logic comprising communication addresses associated with people on the vehicle.

8. The process of claim 7, further comprising:

the manifest logic comprising one of phone numbers or email addresses associated with people on the vehicle.

9. The process of claim 1, further comprising:

each person identified in the photo being granted a right to edit a region of the photo identified by the server system as containing an image of the person.

10. The process of claim 1, further comprising:

the server system posting the photo to the social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devices approving of the photo, but only on condition that a number of votes of approving of the photo exceeds a defined threshold less than the total number of people identified in the photo.

11. The process of claim 2, further comprising:

the server system digitally removing the image of people in the photo for those people who disapprove of the photo.

12. A server system for processing digital photos, comprising:

logic to interface to a machine communication network;

logic to receive a digital photo via the interface to the machine network;

logic to identify faces of people in the photo;

logic to match the faces to the communication addresses of portable devices of the people identified in the photo; and

logic to communicate the photo to the portable devices; and

logic to post the photo to social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from portable devices approving of the photo, but declining to tag those people in the photo who did not submit a vote of approval for the photo.

13. The server system of claim 12, further comprising:

logic to receive and tabulate votes from the portable devices approving or disapproving of the photo.

14. The server system of claim 13, further comprising:

logic to post the photo to the social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devices approving of the photo.

15. The server system of claim 14, further comprising:

logic to decline to post the photo to the social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devices disapproving of the photo.

16. The server system of claim 12, further comprising:

logic to apply vehicle manifest logic to locate and correlate people'"'"'s faces to faces in the photo based on the manifest.

17. The server system of claim 16, further comprising:

the manifest logic comprising facial photos of people on the vehicle.

18. The server system of claim 17, further comprising:

the manifest logic comprising communication addresses associated with people on the vehicle.

19. The server system of claim 12, further comprising:

logic to digitally remove the image of people in the photo for those people who disapprove of the photo.