System and method for matching faces
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- identifying an image of a first person on a device of a second person;
communicating the image to a server which is remote from the device, wherein the server identifies a group of potential matching people from a database of known people associated with a contacts list stored on the device;
receiving images of the group of potential matching people from the server;
identifying a subcategory associated with the images of the group of potential matching people; and
communicating the subcategory to the server, wherein the server removes people not associated with the category from the group of potential matching people.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media for matching faces. The method includes receiving an image of a face of a first person from a device of a second person, comparing the image of the face of the first person to a database of known faces in a contacts list of the second person, identifying a group of potential matching faces from the database of known faces, and displaying to the second person the group of potential matching faces. In one variation, the method receives input selecting one face from the group of potential matching faces and displays additional information about the selected one face. In a related variation, the method displays additional information about one or more face in the displayed group of potential matching faces without receiving input.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying an image of a first person on a device of a second person; communicating the image to a server which is remote from the device, wherein the server identifies a group of potential matching people from a database of known people associated with a contacts list stored on the device; receiving images of the group of potential matching people from the server; identifying a subcategory associated with the images of the group of potential matching people; and communicating the subcategory to the server, wherein the server removes people not associated with the category from the group of potential matching people. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; identifying an image of a first person on a device of a second person; communicating the image to a server which is remote from the device, wherein the server identifies a group of potential matching people from a database of known people associated with a contacts list stored on the device; receiving images of the group of potential matching people from the server; identifying a subcategory associated with the images of the group of potential matching people; and communicating the subcategory to the server, wherein the server removes people not associated with the category from the group of potential matching people. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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identifying an image of a first person on a device of a second person; communicating the image to a server which is remote from the device, wherein the server identifies a group of potential matching people from a database of known people associated with a contacts list stored on the device; receiving images of the group of potential matching people from the server; identifying a subcategory associated with the images of the group of potential matching people; and communicating the subcategory to the server, wherein the server removes people not associated with the category from the group of potential matching people. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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