An index is provided that holds information about each image content item in a collection of items, For each image content item, a first information item identifying the image content item and its location on a network, and at least one of (i) a second information item identifying a signature value of an object in the image content, or (ii) identification of a recognized object in the image content.
Description
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/723,349, entitled REALITY BASED PHOTO ADVERTISING, filed Oct. 3, 2005; the aforementioned priority application being hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
This application also claims benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/723,356, entitled PRIVACY CONCERNED PHOTO SHARING/GRADUAL PHOTO DISCOVERY, filed Oct. 3, 2005; the aforementioned priority application being hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
This application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/246,742, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING THE USE OF CAPTURED IMAGES THROUGH RECOGNITION, filed on Oct. 7, 2005; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/246,741, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL FROM IMAGE FILES BASED ON RECOGNIZED INFORMATION, filed Oct. 7, 2005; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/246,589, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS FROM IMAGES AND IDENTIFYING RELEVANCY AMONGST IMAGES AND INFORMATION, filed on Oct. 7, 2005; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/246,434, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECTIFIED IMAGE RENDERINGS USING RECOGNITION INFORMATION FROM IMAGES, filed on Oct. 7, 2005; each of which claim priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/679,591, entitled METHOD FOR TAGGING IMAGES, filed May 9, 2005. All of the aforementioned priority applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The disclosed embodiments relate generally to the field of digital image processing. More particularly, the disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for enabling the use of captured images.
BACKGROUND
Digital photography has become a consumer application of great significance. It has afforded individuals convenience in capturing and sharing digital images. Devices that capture digital images have become low-cost, and the ability to send pictures from one location to the other has been one of the driving forces in the drive for more network bandwidth.
Due to the relative low cost of memory and the availability of devices and platforms from which digital images can be viewed, the average consumer maintains most digital images on computer-readable mediums, such as hard drives, CD-Roms, and flash memory. The use of file folders are the primary source of organization, although applications have been created to aid users in organizing and viewing digital images. Some search engines, such as GOOGLE, also enables users to search for images, primarily by matching text-based search input to text metadata or content associated with images.
Patent History
Patent number: 7542610
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 3, 2006
Date of Patent: Jun 2, 2009
Patent Publication Number: 20070081744
Assignee: Like.com (San Mateo, CA)
Inventors: Salih Burak Gokturk (Mountain View, CA), Munjal Shah (Los Altos, CA), Azhar Khan (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Charles Kim
Attorney: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP
Application Number: 11/543,758