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Method for managing privacy of digital images

  • US 9,552,483 B2
  • Filed: 07/25/2014
  • Issued: 01/24/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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