Shared image device synchronization or designation

• US 9,124,729 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2007
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Jung, Edward K. Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): Haskins, Twyler
• Assistant Examiner(s): Garces-Rivera, Angel L
• Application Number:
  US11/975,352
• Publication Number:
  US 20080106621A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,876 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00137 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00151 with selective access
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00172 directly from a still digital camera or from a storage medium mounted in a still digital camera H04N1/0018 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3246 of data relating to permitted access or usage, e.g. level of access or usage parameters for digital rights management [DRM] related to still images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3264 of sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33314 of reading or reproducing mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33321 Image or page size, e.g. A3, A4
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33328 Resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 : Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/04 : Synchronising for television systems using pulse code modulation H04N7/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 : Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen

Abstract

In certain aspects, designating an attribute of at least one shared image at least partially with a designating shared image device that can be utilized to capture an image with at least one capturing shared image device. In other aspects, synchronizing a capturing shared image device to a sharing session in a manner that at least partially allows conveying between the capturing shared image device with at least another shared image device at least some shared images captured during the sharing session.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session;

circuitry for detecting at least one request for at least one shared image device within the at least one sharing region to join the at least one sharing session;

circuitry for providing at least one selection opportunity for enabling a confirmation of the request for the at least one shared image device to join the at least one sharing session;

circuitry for accepting the at least one shared image device into the at least one sharing session at least partially responsive to at least one selection received at least partially via the user interface; and

circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to the at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for detecting, within at least one field of view of a first shared image device, at least one other shared image device;

circuitry for presenting the at least one field of view of the first shared image device on a viewfinder of the first shared image device, including at least presenting a visible indication of the at least one other shared image device; and

circuitry for providing a selection opportunity for enabling a user of the first shared image device to accept the at least one other shared image device into the at least one sharing session.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry for detecting, within at least one field of view of a first shared image device, at least one other shared image device comprises:

circuitry for detecting, within at least one field of view of a first shared image device, at least one other shared image device based at least partially on positioning of a field of view of the first shared image device.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry for presenting the at least one field of view of the first shared image device on a viewfinder of the first shared image device, including at least presenting a visible indication of the at least one other shared image device comprises:

circuitry for presenting the at least one field of view of the first shared image device on a viewfinder of the first shared image device, including at least one of highlighting, outlining, or color-coding the at least one other shared image device within an image displayed on the viewfinder presenting the at least one field of view.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface of a synchronizing shared image device at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting the at least one shared image device into the at least one sharing session at least partially responsive to at least one selection received at least partially via the user interface comprises:

circuitry for accepting the at least one shared image device into the at least one sharing session at least partially in response to one or more indications of at least one of an authentication or an authorization associated with the at least one shared image device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to the at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for actuating the at least one sharing session at least partially in response to physical contact between at least two shared image devices, the at least two shared image devices including at least two cellular phones with picture taking capabilities.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry for receiving one or more requests associated with the at least one shared image device for one or more images captured at least one of during or previous to the at least one sharing session.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region of at least one sharing session, including at least circuitry for overlapping a first field of view from a viewfinder of a first shared image device and a second field of view from a viewfinder of a second shared image device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for determining whether one or more images were captured at one or more times prior to the at least one shared image device being accepted into the at least one sharing session and, if one or more images were captured at one or more times prior to the at least one shared image device being accepted into the at least one sharing session, signaling to transmit to the at least one shared image device at least some portion of the one or more images that were captured at one or more times prior to the at least one shared image device being accepted into the at least one sharing session.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface of a capturing shared image device at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session, the received at least one sharing region associated with one or more positional coordinates.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for detecting at least one request for at least one shared image device within the at least one sharing region to join the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for detecting at least one shared image device within the at least one sharing region via receiving at least some positional coordinates from one or more location sensors of the at least one shared image device.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one peer-to-peer sharing session.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one peer-to-peer sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one peer-to-peer sharing session, the at least one peer-to-peer sharing session established only with capturing shared image devices.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry for enabling a detection of the duration of the at least one sharing session ending and enabling a detection of the at least one shared image device leaving the at least one sharing region, and, if at least one of the duration of the at least one sharing session ending or the at least one shared image device leaving the at least one sharing region is detected, terminating the at least one sharing session.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration, the at least one duration including at least one indication of an amount of time for enabling at least one sharing session.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration, the at least one duration including at least one of (i) at least one indication of an amount of time that the at least one sharing session is to be enabled or (ii) at least one indication that the at least one sharing session is to be enabled as long as at least one shared image device is within the at least one sharing region.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration, the at least one duration including at least one indication of a stored duration that the at least one sharing session is to be enabled.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration, the at least one duration including at least one default timeout value.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration, the at least one sharing region including at least one physical contact between at least two members of a shared image network.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least one indication of at least one physical contact between at least two members of a shared image network and enabling at least one sharing session, the at least one sharing session enabled for at least one amount of time received at least partially via a user interface previous to the at least one physical contact, the at least one sharing session enabling a wireless transfer of at least some portion of at least one image.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region, the at least one sharing region defined at least partially by at least one of an authentication or an authorization.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region, the at least one sharing region defined at least partially by at least one of geographic proximity or password proximity.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting the at least one shared image device into the at least one sharing session at least partially responsive to at least one selection received at least partially via the user interface comprises:

circuitry for accepting the at least one shared image device into the at least one sharing session at least partially in response to at least one indication of at least one physical contact with the at least one shared image device for at least one duration.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for enabling, at least partially in response to at least one indication of at least one physical contact with at least one shared image device, a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for detecting at least one request for at least one shared image device within the at least one sharing region to join the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for detecting at least one indication of the at least one shared image device entering the at least one sharing region.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more binary files to at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of at least one of one or more still images, one or more audio files, one or more video files, or one or more movie files to at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving, at least partially via a user interface of a member of a shared image network, at least one indication of at least one sharing region defined relative to the member of a shared image network.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for detecting at least one request for at least one shared image device within the at least one sharing region to join the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for detecting at least one shared image device entering a field of view of at least one member of a shared image network.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to at least one peripheral shared image device via the at least one sharing session.

33. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region of at least one sharing session and receiving at least partially via the user interface at least one duration for storage of one or more files received via the at least one sharing session.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for detecting at least one request for at least one shared image device within the at least one sharing region to join the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for detecting at least one request for at least one shared image device within at least one two-dimensional sharing region to join the at least one sharing session.

35. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more files to at least one member of a shared image network via at least one wireless link.

36. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for providing at least one selection opportunity for enabling a confirmation of the request for the at least one shared image device to join the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for presenting at least one visible indication related to the at least one shared image device.

37. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to the at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for overlapping a first field of view from the at least one shared image device with a second field of view from at least another device via the at least one sharing session.

38. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for providing at least one selection opportunity for enabling a confirmation of the request for the at least one shared image device to join the at least one sharing session comprises:

circuitry for providing at least one selection opportunity for at least one of accepting or denying the request for the at least one shared image device to join the at least one sharing session.

39. An article of manufacture, comprising:

means for receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session;

means for detecting at least one request for at least one shared image device within the at least one sharing region to join the at least one sharing session;

means for providing at least one selection opportunity for enabling a confirmation of the request for the at least one shared image device to join the at least one sharing session;

means for accepting at least one shared image device into the at least one sharing session at least partially responsive to at least one selection received at least partially via the user interface; and

means for enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session.

40. A method, comprising:

receiving at least partially via a user interface at least one sharing region and at least one duration of at least one sharing session;

detecting at least one request for at least one shared image device within the at least one sharing region to join the at least one sharing session;

providing at least one selection opportunity for enabling a confirmation of the request for the at least one shared image device to join the at least one sharing session;

accepting at least one shared image device into the at least one sharing session at least partially responsive to at least one selection received at least partially via the user interface; and

enabling a transfer of at least some portion of one or more images to at least one shared image device via the at least one sharing session.