Method for managing privacy of digital images
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1. A method for displaying digital images with location information comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a digital image file;
receiving, by the processor, geographic location metadata for the digital image file;
receiving, by the processor, a geographic exclusion zone associated with a first user, wherein the geographic exclusion zone comprises a geographic subset of a geographic area within a geography identified by the geographic location metadata and contained in the digital image file;
receiving, by the processor, a list of users with access rights to the geographic exclusion zone, wherein the list of users comprises at least one user;
determining, by the processor, that the geographic location metadata for the digital image file is within the geographic exclusion zone;
determining, by the processor, that a second user is included in the list of users with access rights to the geographic exclusion zone; and
transmitting, by the processor, the digital image file and the geographic location metadata to a device associated with the second user.
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Abstract
A captured digital image is stored in memory together with metadata derived from a location signal only if the location metadata is determined not to be within one or more predefined exclusion zones. A GPS receiver module can be implemented to obtain the location signal.
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1. A method for displaying digital images with location information comprising:
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receiving, by a processor, a digital image file; receiving, by the processor, geographic location metadata for the digital image file; receiving, by the processor, a geographic exclusion zone associated with a first user, wherein the geographic exclusion zone comprises a geographic subset of a geographic area within a geography identified by the geographic location metadata and contained in the digital image file; receiving, by the processor, a list of users with access rights to the geographic exclusion zone, wherein the list of users comprises at least one user; determining, by the processor, that the geographic location metadata for the digital image file is within the geographic exclusion zone; determining, by the processor, that a second user is included in the list of users with access rights to the geographic exclusion zone; and transmitting, by the processor, the digital image file and the geographic location metadata to a device associated with the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a digital image file; receiving geographic location metadata for the digital image file; receiving a geographic exclusion zone associated with a first user, wherein the geographic exclusion zone comprises a geographic subset of a geographic area within a geography identified by the geographic location metadata and contained in the digital image file; receiving by the processor, a list of users with access rights to the geographic exclusion zone, wherein the list of users comprises at least one user; determining, by the processor, that the geographic location metadata for the digital image file is within the geographic exclusion zone; determining that a second user is included in the list of users with access rights to the geographic exclusion zone; and transmitting the digital image file and the geographic location metadata to a device associated with the second user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A device for displaying digital images with location information comprising:
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a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to; receive a digital image file; receive geographic location metadata for the digital image file; receive a geographic exclusion zone associated with a first user, wherein the geographic exclusion zone comprises a geographic subset of a geographic area within a geography identified by the geographic location metadata and contained in the digital image file; receive a list of users with access rights to the geographic exclusion zone, wherein the list of users comprises at least one user; determine that the geographic location metadata for the digital image file is within the geographic exclusion zone; determine that a second user is included in the list of users with access rights to the geographic exclusion zone; transmit the digital image file and the geographic location metadata to a device associated with the second user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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