Digital photograph group editing and access

• US 9,300,706 B1
• Filed: 08/01/2014
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anuvu IP Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: EMC Satcom Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Wise, Robert M
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/449,605
• Time in Patent Office: 606 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/213, 709/246, 709/248, 348/39, 348/77, 386/200, 386/224, 386/297, 382/118
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 a 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 of people in the photo to communication addresses of portable devices;

the server system communicating the photo to portable devices corresponding to the communication addresses of portable devices;

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

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

2. The process of claim 1, further comprising:

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

3. The process of claim 1, further comprising:

the server system applying vehicle manifest logic to locate and correlate the people corresponding to portable devices to the faces of people in the photo.

4. The process of claim 3, further comprising:

the vehicle manifest logic comprising facial photos of vehicle passengers.

5. The process of claim 4, further comprising:

manifest logic comprising the communication addresses of portable devices and an association of the communication addresses of portable devices, the portable devices, and the vehicle passengers.

6. The process of claim 5, further comprising:

the manifest logic comprising one of phone numbers or email addresses associated with the vehicle passengers or the portable devices.

7. The process of claim 1, further comprising:

the server system granting a right to edit a corresponding region of the photo to a corresponding person of the people corresponding to portable devices, the corresponding region of the photo corresponding to a region of the photo comprising a facial representation of the corresponding person.

8. The process of claim 1, further comprising:

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

9. The process of claim 8, further comprising:

the server system posting the photo to the social media accounts of the people corresponding to portable devices submitting the votes approving of the photo but declining to tag the posting on the social media accounts with an identification of the people corresponding to portable devices submitting votes disapproving of the photo.

10. The process of claim 1, further comprising:

the server system digitally removing the faces of people in the photo of the people corresponding to portable devices submitting votes disapproving of the photo.

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

logic to interface to a machine communication network;

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

logic to identify faces of people in the photo;

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

logic to communicate the photo to portable devices associated with the communication addresses of portable devices;

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

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

12. The server system of claim 11, further comprising:

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

13. The server system of claim 11, further comprising:

logic to apply vehicle manifest logic to correlate the faces of people in the photo to the portable devices.

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

manifest logic comprising facial photos of vehicle passengers and correlations of the vehicle passengers to the portable devices.

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

the manifest logic comprising the communication addresses of portable devices.

16. The server system of claim 11, further comprising:

logic to digitally remove from the photo the faces of people in the photo corresponding to the portable devices submitting the votes from the portable devices disapproving of the photo.