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Devices, methods, and systems for managing representations of entities through use of privacy beacons

  • US 10,185,841 B2
  • Filed: 01/06/2014
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a memory bearing one or more executable instructions; and

    a processor operably coupled to the memory, the processor programmed by the one or more executable instructions to perform operations including at least;

    acquiring an image including a representation of at least one feature of an entity;

    detecting a privacy beacon in the image that includes the representation of the at least one feature of the entity;

    obtaining one or more terms of usage broadcast from the privacy beacon;

    obfuscating the representation of the at least one feature of the entity in response to detecting the privacy beacon in the image;

    providing the one or more terms of usage for user acceptance, the one or more terms of usage being automatically adjusted based at least partly on a popularity of the entity and a type of the at least one feature of the entity; and

    releasing obfuscation of the image including the representation of the at least one feature of the entity upon user acceptance of the one or more terms of usage.

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