U.S. patent application number 14/108077 was filed with the patent office on 2015-04-16 for methods, systems, and devices for delivering image data from captured images to devices.
The applicant listed for this patent is Elwha LLC. Invention is credited to Pablos Holman, Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud.
Application Number | 20150104004 14/108077 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 52809684 |
Filed Date | 2015-04-16 |
United States Patent
Application |
20150104004 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Holman; Pablos ; et
al. |
April 16, 2015 |
METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DELIVERING IMAGE DATA FROM
CAPTURED IMAGES TO DEVICES
Abstract
Computationally implemented methods and systems include
acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is an image that has
previously been encrypted through use of a particular device code
associated with an image capture device configured to capture the
image, wherein the image includes a representation of a feature of
an entity, decrypting the device-based encrypted image in response
to an indication that the image has been approved for decryption,
and creating a client-based encrypted image through encryption of
the decrypted image through use of a particular client code that is
associated with a client that is linked to the image capture device
configured to capture the image. In addition to the foregoing,
other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
Inventors: |
Holman; Pablos; (Seattle,
WA) ; Hyde; Roderick A.; (Redmond, WA) ;
Levien; Royce A.; (Lexington, MA) ; Lord; Richard
T.; (Tacoma, WA) ; Lord; Robert W.; (Seattle,
WA) ; Malamud; Mark A.; (Seattle, WA) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
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Type |
Elwha LLC |
Bellevue |
WA |
US |
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Family ID: |
52809684 |
Appl. No.: |
14/108077 |
Filed: |
December 16, 2013 |
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14055471 |
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Current U.S.
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380/28 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H04W 12/00503 20190101;
G06F 21/6209 20130101; H04W 12/00504 20190101; H04N 1/4486
20130101; H04W 12/02 20130101; G06Q 50/184 20130101; G06F 21/6245
20130101; H04N 2013/40 20180501; G06K 2009/00328 20130101; H04W
12/005 20190101; H04W 12/00505 20190101 |
Class at
Publication: |
380/28 |
International
Class: |
H04N 1/44 20060101
H04N001/44 |
Claims
1-75. (canceled)
76. A computationally-implemented system, comprising circuitry for
acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is an image that has
previously been encrypted through use of a particular device code
associated with an image capture device configured to capture the
image, wherein the image includes a representation of a feature of
an entity; circuitry for decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to an indication that the image has been approved
for decryption; circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted
image through encryption of the decrypted image through use of a
particular client code that is associated with a client that is
linked to the image capture device configured to capture the image;
and circuitry for delivering the client-based encrypted image to a
particular location.
77. (canceled)
78. (canceled)
79. (canceled)
80. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is
an image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity comprises: circuitry for
acquiring the device-based encrypted image that is an image that
has previously been encrypted through use of a particular device
code generated by the image capture device configured to capture
the image, wherein the image includes the representation of the
feature of the entity.
81. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is
an image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity comprises: circuitry for
acquiring the device-based encrypted image that is the image that
has previously been encrypted through use of a particular device
code associated with a user of the image capture device configured
to capture the image, wherein the image includes the representation
of the feature of the entity.
82. (canceled)
83. The computationally-implemented system of claim 81, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring the device-based encrypted image that
is the image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code associated with a user of the image capture
device configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes
the representation of the feature of the entity comprises:
circuitry for acquiring the device-based encrypted image that is
the image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code associated with a login identifier used by
the user to login to the capture device, wherein the image includes
the representation of the feature of the entity.
84. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is
an image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity comprises: circuitry for
acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is an image that has
previously been encrypted through use of an encryption key that was
generated at least partly based on a unique string assigned to the
image capture device configured to capture the image, wherein the
image includes the representation of the feature of the entity.
85. (canceled)
86. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is
an image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity comprises: circuitry for
acquiring the device-based encrypted image that is an image that
has previously been encrypted through use of a particular device
code associated with an image capture device configured to capture
the image, from a server that received the device-based encrypted
image from the image capture device.
87. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is
an image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity comprises: circuitry for
acquiring the device-based encrypted image that is the image that
has previously been encrypted through use of the particular device
code associated with the image capture device configured to capture
the image, from a server that determined that the device-based
encrypted image has been approved for decryption.
88. (canceled)
89. (canceled)
90. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that the image has been approved for
decryption comprises: circuitry for obtaining a decryption key
configured to decrypt the device-based encrypted image; and
circuitry for applying the obtained decryption key to the
device-based encrypted image in response to the indication that the
image has been approved for decryption.
91. (canceled)
92. The computationally-implemented system of claim 90, wherein
said circuitry for obtaining a decryption key configured to decrypt
the device-based encrypted image comprises: circuitry for obtaining
the decryption key configured to decrypt the device-based encrypted
image from a management server configured to store one or more
particular device codes associated with one or more unique image
capture devices.
93. (canceled)
94. The computationally-implemented system of claim 90, wherein
said circuitry for obtaining a decryption key configured to decrypt
the device-based encrypted image comprises: circuitry for obtaining
the particular device code; and circuitry for creating a copy of
the decryption key from the particular device code.
95. (canceled)
96. (canceled)
97. (canceled)
98. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that the image has been approved for
decryption comprises: circuitry for decrypting the device-based
encrypted image in response to an indication that a privacy beacon
was not detected with respect to the image.
99. The computationally-implemented system of claim 98, wherein
said circuitry for decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that a privacy beacon was not detected
with respect to the image comprises: circuitry for decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication that a
privacy beacon configured to facilitate acquisition of data that
regards one or more terms of service for use of the representation
of the at least one entity was not detected in the image.
100. (canceled)
101. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that the image has been approved for
decryption comprises: circuitry for decrypting the device-based
encrypted image in response to an indication that a privacy beacon
associated with the entity was detected in the image and that the
image has been cleared for decryption.
102. The computationally-implemented system of claim 101, wherein
said circuitry for decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that a privacy beacon associated with the
entity was detected in the image and that the image has been
cleared for decryption comprises: circuitry for decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication that the
privacy beacon that identifies the entity was detected in the image
and that the image has been cleared for decryption.
103. The computationally-implemented system of claim 101, wherein
said circuitry for decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that a privacy beacon associated with the
entity was detected in the image and that the image has been
cleared for decryption comprises: circuitry for decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication that the
privacy beacon associated with the entity was detected in the
image, and that the image has been cleared for decryption, said
privacy beacon configured to facilitate a notice that regards the
entity.
104. (canceled)
105. (canceled)
106. (canceled)
107. The computationally-implemented system of claim 101, wherein
said circuitry for decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that a privacy beacon associated with the
entity was detected in the image and that the image has been
cleared for decryption comprises: circuitry for decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication that the
privacy beacon associated with the entity was detected in the image
and that a decision was made to decrypt the image.
108. (canceled)
109. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that the image has been approved for
decryption comprises: circuitry for receiving a determination that
a privacy beacon associated with the entity was detected in the
image; circuitry for acquiring the indication that the image has
been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on data
associated with the privacy beacon; and circuitry for decrypting
the device-based encrypted image in response to the acquired
indication.
110. (canceled)
111. (canceled)
112. The computationally-implemented system of claim 109, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring the indication that the image has been
approved for decryption that is at least partly based on data
associated with the privacy beacon comprises: circuitry for
acquiring the indication that the image has been approved for
decryption that is at least partly based on an identity of the
entity associated with the privacy beacon.
113. (canceled)
114. The computationally-implemented system of claim 109, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring the indication that the image has been
approved for decryption that is at least partly based on data
associated with the privacy beacon comprises: circuitry for
acquiring the indication that the image has been approved for
decryption that is at least partly based on an estimated damage
recovery likelihood factor of the entity associated with the
privacy beacon.
115. The computationally-implemented system of claim 109, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring the indication that the image has been
approved for decryption that is at least partly based on data
associated with the privacy beacon comprises: circuitry for
acquiring the indication that the image has been approved for
decryption that is at least partly based on data retrieved through
use of identification data associated with the privacy beacon.
116. The computationally-implemented system of claim 115, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring the indication that the image has been
approved for decryption that is at least partly based on data
retrieved through use of identification data associated with the
privacy beacon comprises: circuitry for acquiring the indication
that the image has been approved for decryption that is at least
partly based on term data associated with one or more terms of
service associated with the entity, wherein said term data is
configured to be retrieved through use of identification data
associated with the privacy beacon.
117. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that the image has been approved for
decryption comprises: circuitry for acquiring the indication that
the image has been approved for decryption that is at least partly
based on a valuation of the image; and circuitry for decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to the acquired
indication.
118. (canceled)
119. The computationally-implemented system of claim 117, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring the indication that the image has been
approved for decryption that is at least partly based on a
valuation of the image comprises: circuitry for acquiring the
indication that the image has been approved for decryption that is
at least partly based on a comparison between an estimated value of
the image and an estimated amount of damages that may be incurred
through distribution of the image.
120. The computationally-implemented system of claim 119, wherein
said circuitry for acquiring the indication that the image has been
approved for decryption that is at least partly based on a
comparison between an estimated value of the image and an estimated
amount of damages that may be incurred through distribution of the
image comprises: circuitry for acquiring the indication that the
image has been approved for decryption that is at least partly
based on a comparison between an estimated value of the image and
an estimated amount of damages that may be incurred through
distribution of the image, said estimated amount of damages
configured to be estimated at least partly based on term data that
includes one or more terms of service that govern distribution of
one or more images that contain the representation of the feature
of the entity.
121. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular
client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the
image capture device configured to capture the image comprises:
circuitry for creating the client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the image that uses a particular client code assigned
to the client that is linked to the image capture device configured
to capture the image.
122. The computationally-implemented system of claim 121, wherein
said circuitry for creating the client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the image that uses a particular client code
assigned to the client that is linked to the image capture device
configured to capture the image comprises: circuitry for creating
the client-based encrypted image through encryption of the image
that uses a unique entity identification assigned to the client
that possesses the image capture device configured to capture the
image.
123. (canceled)
124. (canceled)
125. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular
client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the
image capture device configured to capture the image comprises:
circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular
client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the
image capture device, wherein the particular client code is unique
to a particular set of clients, of which the client that is linked
to the image capture device is a member.
126. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular
client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the
image capture device configured to capture the image comprises:
circuitry for encrypting the decrypted image through use of the
particular client code that is associated with the client that is
linked to the image capture device configured to capture the
image.
127. (canceled)
128. (canceled)
129. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular
client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the
image capture device configured to capture the image comprises:
circuitry for generating a generated encryption key through
application of a key derivation function to the particular client
code; and circuitry for encrypting the decrypted image through use
of the generated encryption key.
130. (canceled)
131. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular
client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the
image capture device configured to capture the image comprises:
circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image with the particular client code
as a seed value for a symmetric key cipher, said particular client
code associated with the client that is linked to the image capture
device configured to capture the image.
132. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular
client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the
image capture device configured to capture the image comprises:
circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of the particular
client code that is associated with a user of the image capture
device configured to capture the image.
133. The computationally-implemented system of claim 132, wherein
said circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of the particular
client code that is associated with a user of the image capture
device configured to capture the image comprises: circuitry for
creating the client-based encrypted image through encryption of the
decrypted image through use of the particular client code that is
associated with the user of the image capture device that captured
the image.
134. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular
client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the
image capture device configured to capture the image comprises:
circuitry for creating the client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of the particular
client code that is assigned to the client that is linked to the
image capture device configured to capture the image.
135. The computationally-implemented system of claim 134, wherein
said circuitry for creating the client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image through use of the
particular client code that is assigned to the client that is
linked to the image capture device configured to capture the image
comprises: circuitry for creating the client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image through use of the
particular client code that is assigned to the client by a
developer of one or more components of the image capture
device.
136. (canceled)
137. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for delivering the client-based encrypted image to a
particular location comprises: circuitry for transmitting the
client-based encrypted image to a particular location.
138. The computationally-implemented method of claim 137, wherein
said circuitry for transmitting the client-based encrypted image to
a particular location comprises: circuitry for transmitting the
client-based encrypted image to the image capture device.
139. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for delivering the client-based encrypted image to a
particular location comprises: circuitry for delivering the
client-based encrypted image to a device that has access to a
decryption key configured to decrypt the client-based encrypted
image.
140. (canceled)
141. (canceled)
142. The computationally-implemented system of claim 76, wherein
said circuitry for delivering the client-based encrypted image to a
particular location comprises: circuitry for locating a device that
is associated with the client that is linked to the image capture
device; and circuitry for transmitting the client-based encrypted
image to the located device.
143. (canceled)
144. (canceled)
145. (canceled)
146. (canceled)
147. (canceled)
148. (canceled)
149. (canceled)
150. (canceled)
151. A device defined by a computational language comprising: one
or more interchained physical machines ordered for acquiring a
device-based encrypted image that is an image that has previously
been encrypted through use of a particular device code associated
with an image capture device configured to capture the image,
wherein the image includes a representation of a feature of an
entity; one or more interchained physical machines ordered for
decrypting the device-based encrypted image in response to an
indication that the image has been approved for decryption; one or
more interchained physical machines ordered for creating a
client-based encrypted image through encryption of the decrypted
image through use of a particular client code that is associated
with a client that is linked to the image capture device configured
to capture the image; and one or more interchained physical
machines ordered for delivering the client-based encrypted image to
a particular location.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] If an Application Data Sheet (ADS) has been filed on the
filing date of this application, it is incorporated by reference
herein. Any applications claimed on the ADS for priority under 35
U.S.C. .sctn..sctn.119, 120, 121, or 365(c), and any and all
parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, etc. applications of such
applications, are also incorporated by reference, including any
priority claims made in those applications and any material
incorporated by reference, to the extent such subject matter is not
inconsistent herewith.
[0002] The present application is related to and/or claims the
benefit of the earliest available effective filing date(s) from the
following listed application(s) (the "Priority Applications"), if
any, listed below (e.g., claims earliest available priority dates
for other than provisional patent applications or claims benefits
under 35 USC .sctn.119(e) for provisional patent applications, for
any and all parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, etc.
applications of the Priority Application(s)). In addition, the
present application is related to the "Related Applications," if
any, listed below.
PRIORITY APPLICATIONS
[0003] For purposes of the USPTO extra-statutory requirements, the
present application constitutes a continuation-in-part of U.S.
patent application Ser. No. 14/051,213, entitled METHODS, SYSTEMS,
AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING VIABLE DISTRIBUTION OF DATA COLLECTED
BY WEARABLE COMPUTATION, naming Pablos Holman, Roderick A. Hyde,
Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, and Mark A.
Malamud as inventors, filed 10 Oct. 2013 with attorney docket no.
0213-003-060-000000, which is currently co-pending or is an
application of which a currently co-pending application is entitled
to the benefit of the filing date.
[0004] For purposes of the USPTO extra-statutory requirements, the
present application constitutes a continuation-in-part of U.S.
patent application Ser. No. 14/055,471, entitled METHODS, SYSTEMS,
AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING IMAGE DATA FROM CAPTURED IMAGES, naming
Pablos Holman, Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord,
Robert W. Lord, and Mark A. Malamud as inventors, filed 16 Oct.
2013 with attorney docket no. 0213-003-061-000000, which is
currently co-pending or is an application of which a currently
co-pending application is entitled to the benefit of the filing
date.
[0005] For purposes of the USPTO extra-statutory requirements, the
present application constitutes a continuation-in-part of U.S.
patent application Ser. No. 14/055,543, entitled METHODS, SYSTEMS,
AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING IMAGE DATA FROM CAPTURED IMAGES, naming
Pablos Holman, Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord,
Robert W. Lord, and Mark A. Malamud as inventors, filed 16 Oct.
2013 with attorney docket no. 0213-003-072-000000, which is
currently co-pending or is an application of which a currently
co-pending application is entitled to the benefit of the filing
date.
[0006] For purposes of the USPTO extra-statutory requirements, the
present application constitutes a continuation-in-part of U.S.
patent application Ser. No. 14/084,254, entitled DEVICES, METHODS,
AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING CAPTURED IMAGE DATA AND PRIVACY DATA,
naming Pablos Holman, Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Richard T.
Lord, Robert W. Lord, and Mark A. Malamud as inventors, filed 19
Nov. 2013 with attorney docket no. 0213-003-062-000000, which is
currently co-pending or is an application of which a currently
co-pending application is entitled to the benefit of the filing
date.
[0007] For purposes of the USPTO extra-statutory requirements, the
present application constitutes a continuation-in-part of U.S.
patent application Ser. No. 14/084,579 entitled DEVICES, METHODS,
AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING CAPTURED IMAGE DATA AND PRIVACY DATA,
naming Pablos Holman, Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Richard T.
Lord, Robert W. Lord, and Mark A. Malamud as inventors, filed 19
Nov. 2013 with attorney docket no. 0213-003-073-000000, which is
currently co-pending or is an application of which a currently
co-pending application is entitled to the benefit of the filing
date.
[0008] For purposes of the USPTO extra-statutory requirements, the
present application constitutes a continuation-in-part of U.S.
patent application Ser. No. 14/084,581, entitled METHODS, SYSTEMS,
AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING IMAGE DATA FROM CAPTURED IMAGES, naming
Pablos Holman, Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord,
Robert W. Lord, and Mark A. Malamud as inventors, filed 19 Nov.
2013 with attorney docket no. 0213-003-063-000000, which is
currently co-pending or is an application of which a currently
co-pending application is entitled to the benefit of the filing
date.
[0009] For purposes of the USPTO extra-statutory requirements, the
present application constitutes a continuation-in-part of U.S.
patent application Ser. No. 14/084,591, entitled METHODS, SYSTEMS,
AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING IMAGE DATA FROM CAPTURED IMAGES, naming
Pablos Holman, Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord,
Robert W. Lord, and Mark A. Malamud as inventors, filed 19 Nov.
2013 with attorney docket no. 0213-003-074-000000, which is
currently co-pending or is an application of which a currently
co-pending application is entitled to the benefit of the filing
date.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0010] U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, entitled METHODS,
SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING INSERTED IMAGE DATA INTO CAPTURED
IMAGES, naming Pablos Holman, Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien,
Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, and Mark A. Malamud as inventors,
filed 16 Dec. 2013 with attorney docket no. 0213-003-066-000000, is
related to the present application.
[0011] U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, entitled METHODS,
SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING INSERTED IMAGE DATA INTO CAPTURED
IMAGES, naming Pablos Holman, Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien,
Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, and Mark A. Malamud as inventors,
filed 16 Dec. 2013 with attorney docket no. 0213-003-077-000000, is
related to the present application.
[0012] The United States Patent Office (USPTO) has published a
notice to the effect that the USPTO's computer programs require
that patent applicants reference both a serial number and indicate
whether an application is a continuation, continuation-in-part, or
divisional of a parent application. Stephen G. Kunin, Benefit of
Prior-Filed Application, USPTO Official Gazette Mar. 18, 2003. The
USPTO further has provided forms for the Application Data Sheet
which allow automatic loading of bibliographic data but which
require identification of each application as a continuation,
continuation-in-part, or divisional of a parent application. The
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priority is being claimed as recited by statute. Applicant
understands that the statute is unambiguous in its specific
reference language and does not require either a serial number or
any characterization, such as "continuation" or
"continuation-in-part," for claiming priority to U.S. patent
applications. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Applicant understands
that the USPTO's computer programs have certain data entry
requirements, and hence Applicant has provided designation(s) of a
relationship between the present application and its parent
application(s) as set forth above and in any ADS filed in this
application, but expressly points out that such designation(s) are
not to be construed in any way as any type of commentary and/or
admission as to whether or not the present application contains any
new matter in addition to the matter of its parent
application(s).
[0013] If the listings of applications provided above are
inconsistent with the listings provided via an ADS, it is the
intent of the Applicant to claim priority to each application that
appears in the Priority Applications section of the ADS and to each
application that appears in the Priority Applications section of
this application.
[0014] All subject matter of the Priority Applications and the
Related Applications and of any and all parent, grandparent,
great-grandparent, etc. applications of the Priority Applications
and the Related Applications, including any priority claims, is
incorporated herein by reference to the extent such subject matter
is not inconsistent herewith.
BACKGROUND
[0015] This application is related to the capture of images that
may include personality rights.
SUMMARY
[0016] Recently, there has been an increased popularity in wearable
computers, e.g., computers that are placed in articles of clothing
or clothing accessories, e.g., watches, eyeglasses, shoes, jewelry,
accessories, shirts, pants, headbands, and the like. As technology
allows electronic devices to become smaller and smaller, more and
more items may be "smart" items, e.g., may contain a computer.
[0017] In addition, image capturing technology has also improved,
allowing for high quality digital cameras that can capture
pictures, audio, video, or a combination thereof. These digital
cameras may be small enough to fit onto wearable computers, e.g.,
inside of eyeglasses. In some instances, the digital camera may
blend into the eyeglasses mold, and may not be immediately
recognizable as a camera. Such eyeglasses may be indistinguishable
or somewhat distinguishable from standard eyeglasses that do not
contain a camera and/or a computer.
[0018] Further, the cost of data storage has decreased
dramatically, and it is not uncommon for an average person in a
developed nation to have access to enough digital storage to store
months' and/or years' worth of video and pictures. As the cost of
data storage has decreased dramatically, so too has the cost of
processors to process that data, meaning that automation may be
able to take an entire day's worth of surreptitious recording, and
isolate those portions of the recording that captured persons,
either specific persons or persons in general.
[0019] Accordingly, with technology, it is possible for a person to
"wear" a computer, in the form of eyeglasses, watches, shirts,
hats, or through a pocket-sized device carried by a person, e.g., a
cellular telephone device. This wearable computer may be used to
record people, e.g., to capture pictures, audio, video, or a
combination thereof a person, without their knowledge. Thus,
conversations that a person may assume to be private, may be
recorded and widely distributed. Moreover, a person may be
surreptitiously recorded while they are in a locker room, in a
bathroom, or in a telephone booth. It may be difficult or
impossible to tell when a person is being recorded. Further, once
proliferation of these wearable computers with digital cameras
becomes widespread, people must assume that they are under
surveillance 100% of the time that they are not in their house.
[0020] Therefore, a need has arisen to provide systems that attempt
to limit the capture and distribution of a person's personality
rights. The present invention is directed to devices, methods, and
systems that attempt to limit the capture and distribution of
captured images of persons. Specifically, the present invention is
directed to devices, methods, and systems that attempt to limit the
capture and distribution of captured images of persons, implemented
at a device that carries out the capturing of the image. In some
embodiments, this device may be a wearable computer, but in other
embodiments, any image capturing device or any device that has an
image capturing device incorporated into its functionality may
implement the devices, methods, and systems described herein.
[0021] The instant application is directed to devices, methods, and
systems that have a capability to capture images, and in which the
capture of those images may include capturing images of a person,
persons, or portion(s) of a person for which a privacy beacon may
be associated. The privacy beacon may be optical, digital, or other
form (e.g., radio, electromagnetic, biomechanic, quantum-state, and
the like), and may be detected through digital or optical
operations, as discussed herein. The instant application describes
devices, methods and systems that may interface with other parts of
a larger system, which may be described in detail in this or other
applications.
[0022] In one or more various aspects, a method includes, but is
not limited to, acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is an
image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity, decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication that the
image has been approved for decryption, creating a client-based
encrypted image through encryption of the decrypted image through
use of a particular client code that is associated with a client
that is linked to the image capture device configured to capture
the image, and delivering the client-based encrypted image to a
particular location. In addition to the foregoing, other method
aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a
part of the disclosure set forth herein.
[0023] In one or more various aspects, one or more related systems
may be implemented in machines, compositions of matter, or
manufactures of systems, limited to patentable subject matter under
35 U.S.C. 101. The one or more related systems may include, but are
not limited to, circuitry and/or programming for carrying out the
herein-referenced method aspects. The circuitry and/or programming
may be virtually any combination of hardware, software, and/or
firmware configured to effect the herein-referenced method aspects
depending upon the design choices of the system designer, and
limited to patentable subject matter under 35 USC 101.
[0024] In one or more various aspects, a system includes, but is
not limited to, means for acquiring a device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity, means for decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication that the
image has been approved for decryption, means for creating a
client-based encrypted image through encryption of the decrypted
image through use of a particular client code that is associated
with a client that is linked to the image capture device configured
to capture the image, and means for delivering the client-based
encrypted image to a particular location. In addition to the
foregoing, other system aspects are described in the claims,
drawings, and text forming a part of the disclosure set forth
herein.
[0025] In one or more various aspects, a system includes, but is
not limited to, circuitry for acquiring a device-based encrypted
image that is an image that has previously been encrypted through
use of a particular device code associated with an image capture
device configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes
a representation of a feature of an entity, circuitry for
decrypting the device-based encrypted image in response to an
indication that the image has been approved for decryption,
circuitry for creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular
client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the
image capture device configured to capture the image, and
delivering the client-based encrypted image to a particular
location. In addition to the foregoing, other system aspects are
described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the
disclosure set forth herein.
[0026] In one or more various aspects, a computer program product,
comprising a signal bearing medium, bearing one or more
instructions including, but not limited to, one or more
instructions for acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is
an image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity, one or more instructions
for decrypting the device-based encrypted image in response to an
indication that the image has been approved for decryption, one or
more instructions for creating a client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image through use of a
particular client code that is associated with a client that is
linked to the image capture device configured to capture the image,
and one or more instructions for delivering the client-based
encrypted image to a particular location. In addition to the
foregoing, other computer program product aspects are described in
the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the disclosure set
forth herein.
[0027] In one or more various aspects, a device is defined by a
computational language, such that the device comprises one or more
interchained physical machines ordered for acquiring a device-based
encrypted image that is an image that has previously been encrypted
through use of a particular device code associated with an image
capture device configured to capture the image, wherein the image
includes a representation of a feature of an entity, one or more
interchained physical machines ordered for decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication that the
image has been approved for decryption, one or more interchained
physical machines ordered for creating a client-based encrypted
image through encryption of the decrypted image through use of a
particular client code that is associated with a client that is
linked to the image capture device configured to capture the image,
and one or more interchained physical machines ordered for
delivering the client-based encrypted image to a particular
location.
[0028] In addition to the foregoing, various other method and/or
system and/or program product aspects are set forth and described
in the teachings such as text (e.g., claims and/or detailed
description) and/or drawings of the present disclosure.
[0029] The foregoing is a summary and thus may contain
simplifications, generalizations, inclusions, and/or omissions of
detail; consequently, those skilled in the art will appreciate that
the summary is illustrative only and is NOT intended to be in any
way limiting. Other aspects, features, and advantages of the
devices and/or processes and/or other subject matter described
herein will become apparent by reference to the detailed
description, the corresponding drawings, and/or in the teachings
set forth herein.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
[0030] For a more complete understanding of embodiments, reference
now is made to the following descriptions taken in connection with
the accompanying drawings. The use of the same symbols in different
drawings typically indicates similar or identical items, unless
context dictates otherwise. The illustrative embodiments described
in the detailed description, drawings, and claims are not meant to
be limiting. Other embodiments may be utilized, and other changes
may be made, without departing from the spirit or scope of the
subject matter presented here.
[0031] FIG. 1, including FIGS. 1-A through 1-T, shows a high-level
system diagram of one or more exemplary environments in which
transactions and potential transactions may be carried out,
according to one or more embodiments. FIG. 1 forms a partially
schematic diagram of an environment(s) and/or an implementation(s)
of technologies described herein when FIGS. 1-A through 1-T are
stitched together in the manner shown in FIG. 1-P, which is
reproduced below in table format.
[0032] In accordance with 37 C.F.R. .sctn.1.84(h)(2), FIG. 1 shows
"a view of a large machine or device in its entirety . . . broken
into partial views . . . extended over several sheets" labeled FIG.
1-A through FIG. 1-T (Sheets 1-20). The "views on two or more
sheets form, in effect, a single complete view, [and] the views on
the several sheets . . . [are] so arranged that the complete figure
can be assembled" from "partial views drawn on separate sheets . .
. linked edge to edge. Thus, in FIG. 1, the partial view FIGS. 1-A
through 1-T are ordered alphabetically, by increasing in columns
from left to right, and increasing in rows top to bottom, as shown
in the following table:
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Table showing alignment of enclosed drawings
to form partial schematic of one or more environments. (1, 1) - (1,
2) - (1, 3) - (1, 4) - (1, 5) - FIG. 1-A FIG. 1-B FIG. 1-C FIG. 1-D
FIG. 1-E (2, 1) - (2, 2) - (2, 3) - (2, 4) - (2, 5) - FIG. 1-F FIG.
1-G FIG. 1-H FIG. 1-I FIG. 1-J (3, 1) - (3, 2) - (3, 3) - (3, 4) -
(3, 5) - FIG. 1-K FIG. 1-L FIG. 1-M FIG. 1-N FIG. 1-O (4, 1) - (4,
2) - (4, 3) - (4, 4) - (4, 5) - FIG. 1-P FIG. 1-Q FIG. 1-R FIG. 1-S
FIG. 1-T
[0033] In accordance with 37 C.F.R. .sctn.1.84(h)(2), FIG. 1 is " .
. . a view of a large machine or device in its entirety . . .
broken into partial views . . . extended over several sheets . . .
[with] no loss in facility of understanding the view." The partial
views drawn on the several sheets indicated in the above table are
capable of being linked edge to edge, so that no partial view
contains parts of another partial view. As here, "where views on
two or more sheets form, in effect, a single complete view, the
views on the several sheets are so arranged that the complete
figure can be assembled without concealing any part of any of the
views appearing on the various sheets." 37 C.F.R.
.sctn.1.84(h)(2).
[0034] It is noted that one or more of the partial views of the
drawings may be blank, or may not contain substantive elements
(e.g., may show only lines, connectors, and the like). These
drawings are included in order to assist readers of the application
in assembling the single complete view from the partial sheet
format required for submission by the USPTO, and, while their
inclusion is not required and may be omitted in this or other
applications, their inclusion is proper, and should be considered
intentional.
[0035] FIG. 1-A, when placed at position (1,1), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0036] FIG. 1-B, when placed at position (1,2), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0037] FIG. 1-C, when placed at position (1,3), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0038] FIG. 1-D, when placed at position (1,4), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0039] FIG. 1-E, when placed at position (1,5), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0040] FIG. 1-F, when placed at position (2,1), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0041] FIG. 1-G, when placed at position (2,2), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0042] FIG. 1-H, when placed at position (2,3), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0043] FIG. 1-I, when placed at position (2,4), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0044] FIG. 1-J, when placed at position (2,5), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0045] FIG. 1-K, when placed at position (3,1), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0046] FIG. 1-L, when placed at position (3,2), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0047] FIG. 1-M, when placed at position (3,3), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0048] FIG. 1-N, when placed at position (3,4), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0049] FIG. 1-O, when placed at position (3,5), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0050] FIG. 1-P, when placed at position (4,1), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0051] FIG. 1-Q, when placed at position (4,2), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0052] FIG. 1-R, when placed at position (4,3), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0053] FIG. 1-S, when placed at position (4,4), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0054] FIG. 1-T, when placed at position (4,5), forms at least a
portion of a partially schematic diagram of an environment(s)
and/or an implementation(s) of technologies described herein.
[0055] FIG. 2A shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
environment 200, according to one or more embodiments.
[0056] FIG. 2B shows a high-level block diagram of a computing
device, e.g., a device 235 operating in an exemplary environment
200, according to one or more embodiments.
[0057] FIG. 3A shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
image capturing device 302, according to one or more
embodiments.
[0058] FIG. 3B shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
image capturing device 304, according to one or more
embodiments.
[0059] FIG. 3C shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
image capturing device 306, according to one or more
embodiments.
[0060] FIG. 3D shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
image capturing device 308, according to one or more
embodiments.
[0061] FIG. 3E shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
image capturing device 309, according to one or more
embodiments.
[0062] FIG. 4A shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
environment 400A including a computing device 420A and a server
device 430A.
[0063] FIG. 4B shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
environment 400B including a computing device 420B and a server
device 420B.
[0064] FIG. 4C shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
environment 400C including a computing device 420C and a server
device 420C.
[0065] FIG. 4D shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
environment 400D including a computing device 420D and a server
device 420D.
[0066] FIG. 4E shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
environment 400B including a computing device 420B and a server
device 420B.
[0067] FIG. 5A shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
environment 500A including a computing device 520A and a server
device 530A.
[0068] FIG. 5B shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
environment 500B including a computing device 520B and a server
device 530B.
[0069] FIG. 5C shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
environment 500C including a computing device 520C and a server
device 530C.
[0070] FIG. 5D shows a high-level block diagram of an exemplary
environment 500D including a computing device 520D and a server
device 530D.
[0071] FIG. 6, including FIGS. 6A-6C, shows a particular
perspective of an device-based encrypted image that is an image
that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular
device code assigned to an image capture device configured to
capture the image, wherein the image includes a representation of a
feature of an entity acquiring module 252 of processing module 250
of device 240 of FIG. 2B, according to an embodiment.
[0072] FIG. 7, including FIGS. 7A-7F, shows a particular
perspective of a decrypted image through decryption of the
device-based encrypted image in response to a decryption approval
generating module 254 of processing module 250 of device 240 of
FIG. 2B, according to an embodiment.
[0073] FIG. 8, including FIGS. 8A-8C, shows a particular
perspective of a client-based encrypted image through encryption of
the generated decrypted image that uses a particular client code
that is assigned to a client that is associated with the image
capture device configured to capture the image creating module 256
of processing module 250 of device 240 of FIG. 2B, according to an
embodiment.
[0074] FIG. 9, including FIGS. 9A-9B, shows a particular
perspective of a created client-based encrypted image distributing
to a particular destination module 258 of processing module 250 of
device 240 of FIG. 2B, according to an embodiment.
[0075] FIG. 10 is a high-level logic flowchart of a process, e.g.,
operational flow 1000, according to an embodiment.
[0076] FIG. 11A is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of an acquiring a device-based
encrypted image operation 1002, according to one or more
embodiments.
[0077] FIG. 11B is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of an acquiring a device-based
encrypted image operation 1002, according to one or more
embodiments.
[0078] FIG. 11C is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of an acquiring a device-based
encrypted image operation 1002, according to one or more
embodiments.
[0079] FIG. 12A is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of a decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication operation
1004, according to one or more embodiments.
[0080] FIG. 12B is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of a decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication operation
1004, according to one or more embodiments.
[0081] FIG. 12C is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of a decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication operation
1004, according to one or more embodiments.
[0082] FIG. 12D is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of a decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication operation
1004, according to one or more embodiments.
[0083] FIG. 12E is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of a decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication operation
1004, according to one or more embodiments.
[0084] FIG. 12F is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of a decrypting the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication operation
1004, according to one or more embodiments.
[0085] FIG. 13A is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of a creating a client-based
encrypted image operation 1006, according to one or more
embodiments.
[0086] FIG. 13B is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of a creating a client-based
encrypted image operation 1006, according to one or more
embodiments.
[0087] FIG. 13C is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of a creating a client-based
encrypted image operation 1006, according to one or more
embodiments.
[0088] FIG. 14A is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of a delivering the
client-based encrypted image operation 1008, according to one or
more embodiments.
[0089] FIG. 14B is a high-level logic flow chart of a process
depicting alternate implementations of a delivering the
client-based encrypted image operation 1008, according to one or
more embodiments.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0090] In the following detailed description, reference is made to
the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof. In the
drawings, similar symbols typically identify similar or identical
components or items, unless context dictates otherwise. The
illustrative embodiments described in the detailed description,
drawings, and claims are not meant to be limiting. Other
embodiments may be utilized, and other changes may be made, without
departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matter presented
here.
[0091] Thus, in accordance with various embodiments,
computationally implemented methods, systems, circuitry, articles
of manufacture, ordered chains of matter, and computer program
products are designed to, among other things, provide an interface
for acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is an image that
has previously been encrypted through use of a particular device
code associated with an image capture device configured to capture
the image, wherein the image includes a representation of a feature
of an entity, decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that the image has been approved for
decryption, creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular
client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the
image capture device configured to capture the image, and
delivering the client-based encrypted image to a particular
location.
[0092] The claims, description, and drawings of this application
may describe one or more of the instant technologies in
operational/functional language, for example as a set of operations
to be performed by a computer. Such operational/functional
description in most instances would be understood by one skilled
the art as specifically-configured hardware (e.g., because a
general purpose computer in effect becomes a special purpose
computer once it is programmed to perform particular functions
pursuant to instructions from program software (e.g., a high-level
computer program serving as a hardware specification)).
[0093] Importantly, although the operational/functional
descriptions described herein are understandable by the human mind,
they are not abstract ideas of the operations/functions divorced
from computational implementation of those operations/functions.
Rather, the operations/functions represent a specification for
massively complex computational machines or other means. As
discussed in detail below, the operational/functional language must
be read in its proper technological context, i.e., as concrete
specifications for physical implementations.
[0094] The logical operations/functions described herein are a
distillation of machine specifications or other physical mechanisms
specified by the operations/functions such that the otherwise
inscrutable machine specifications may be comprehensible to a human
reader. The distillation also allows one of skill in the art to
adapt the operational/functional description of the technology
across many different specific vendors' hardware configurations or
platforms, without being limited to specific vendors' hardware
configurations or platforms.
[0095] Some of the present technical description (e.g., detailed
description, drawings, claims, etc.) may be set forth in terms of
logical operations/functions. As described in more detail herein,
these logical operations/functions are not representations of
abstract ideas, but rather are representative of static or
sequenced specifications of various hardware elements. Differently
stated, unless context dictates otherwise, the logical
operations/functions will be understood by those of skill in the
art to be representative of static or sequenced specifications of
various hardware elements. This is true because tools available to
one of skill in the art to implement technical disclosures set
forth in operational/functional formats--tools in the form of a
high-level programming language (e.g., C, java, visual basic),
etc.), or tools in the form of Very high speed Hardware Description
Language ("VHDL," which is a language that uses text to describe
logic circuits)--are generators of static or sequenced
specifications of various hardware configurations. This fact is
sometimes obscured by the broad term "software," but, as shown by
the following explanation, those skilled in the art understand that
what is termed "software" is a shorthand for a massively complex
interchaining/specification of ordered-matter elements. The term
"ordered-matter elements" may refer to physical components of
computation, such as assemblies of electronic logic gates,
molecular computing logic constituents, quantum computing
mechanisms, etc.
[0096] For example, a high-level programming language is a
programming language with strong abstraction, e.g., multiple levels
of abstraction, from the details of the sequential organizations,
states, inputs, outputs, etc., of the machines that a high-level
programming language actually specifies. See, e.g., Wikipedia,
High-level programming language,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_programming_language (as of
Jun. 5, 2012, 21:00 GMT). In order to facilitate human
comprehension, in many instances, high-level programming languages
resemble or even share symbols with natural languages. See, e.g.,
Wikipedia, Natural language,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language (as of Jun. 5, 2012,
21:00 GMT).
[0097] It has been argued that because high-level programming
languages use strong abstraction (e.g., that they may resemble or
share symbols with natural languages), they are therefore a "purely
mental construct" (e.g., that "software"--a computer program or
computer programming--is somehow an ineffable mental construct,
because at a high level of abstraction, it can be conceived and
understood by a human reader). This argument has been used to
characterize technical description in the form of
functions/operations as somehow "abstract ideas." In fact, in
technological arts (e.g., the information and communication
technologies) this is not true.
[0098] The fact that high-level programming languages use strong
abstraction to facilitate human understanding should not be taken
as an indication that what is expressed is an abstract idea. In
fact, those skilled in the art understand that just the opposite is
true. If a high-level programming language is the tool used to
implement a technical disclosure in the form of
functions/operations, those skilled in the art will recognize that,
far from being abstract, imprecise, "fuzzy," or "mental" in any
significant semantic sense, such a tool is instead a near
incomprehensibly precise sequential specification of specific
computational machines--the parts of which are built up by
activating/selecting such parts from typically more general
computational machines over time (e.g., clocked time). This fact is
sometimes obscured by the superficial similarities between
high-level programming languages and natural languages. These
superficial similarities also may cause a glossing over of the fact
that high-level programming language implementations ultimately
perform valuable work by creating/controlling many different
computational machines.
[0099] The many different computational machines that a high-level
programming language specifies are almost unimaginably complex. At
base, the hardware used in the computational machines typically
consists of some type of ordered matter (e.g., traditional
electronic devices (e.g., transistors), deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA), quantum devices, mechanical switches, optics, fluidics,
pneumatics, optical devices (e.g., optical interference devices),
molecules, etc.) that are arranged to form logic gates. Logic gates
are typically physical devices that may be electrically,
mechanically, chemically, or otherwise driven to change physical
state in order to create a physical reality of logic, such as
Boolean logic.
[0100] Logic gates may be arranged to form logic circuits, which
are typically physical devices that may be electrically,
mechanically, chemically, or otherwise driven to create a physical
reality of certain logical functions. Types of logic circuits
include such devices as multiplexers, registers, arithmetic logic
units (ALUs), computer memory, etc., each type of which may be
combined to form yet other types of physical devices, such as a
central processing unit (CPU)--the best known of which is the
microprocessor. A modern microprocessor will often contain more
than one hundred million logic gates in its many logic circuits
(and often more than a billion transistors). See, e.g., Wikipedia,
Logic gates, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_gates (as of Jun.
5, 2012, 21:03 GMT).
[0101] The logic circuits forming the microprocessor are arranged
to provide a microarchitecture that will carry out the instructions
defined by that microprocessor's defined Instruction Set
Architecture. The Instruction Set Architecture is the part of the
microprocessor architecture related to programming, including the
native data types, instructions, registers, addressing modes,
memory architecture, interrupt and exception handling, and external
Input/Output. See, e.g., Wikipedia, Computer architecture,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_architecture (as of Jun. 5,
2012, 21:03 GMT).
[0102] The Instruction Set Architecture includes a specification of
the machine language that can be used by programmers to use/control
the microprocessor. Since the machine language instructions are
such that they may be executed directly by the microprocessor,
typically they consist of strings of binary digits, or bits. For
example, a typical machine language instruction might be many bits
long (e.g., 32, 64, or 128 bit strings are currently common). A
typical machine language instruction might take the form
"11110000101011110000111100111111" (a 32 bit instruction).
[0103] It is significant here that, although the machine language
instructions are written as sequences of binary digits, in
actuality those binary digits specify physical reality. For
example, if certain semiconductors are used to make the operations
of Boolean logic a physical reality, the apparently mathematical
bits "1" and "0" in a machine language instruction actually
constitute a shorthand that specifies the application of specific
voltages to specific wires. For example, in some semiconductor
technologies, the binary number "1" (e.g., logical "1") in a
machine language instruction specifies around +5 volts applied to a
specific "wire" (e.g., metallic traces on a printed circuit board)
and the binary number "0" (e.g., logical "0") in a machine language
instruction specifies around -5 volts applied to a specific "wire."
In addition to specifying voltages of the machines' configurations,
such machine language instructions also select out and activate
specific groupings of logic gates from the millions of logic gates
of the more general machine. Thus, far from abstract mathematical
expressions, machine language instruction programs, even though
written as a string of zeros and ones, specify many, many
constructed physical machines or physical machine states.
[0104] Machine language is typically incomprehensible by most
humans (e.g., the above example was just ONE instruction, and some
personal computers execute more than two billion instructions every
second). See, e.g., Wikipedia, Instructions per second,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_per_second (as of Jun. 5,
2012, 21:04 GMT). Thus, programs written in machine language--which
may be tens of millions of machine language instructions long--are
incomprehensible to most humans. In view of this, early assembly
languages were developed that used mnemonic codes to refer to
machine language instructions, rather than using the machine
language instructions' numeric values directly (e.g., for
performing a multiplication operation, programmers coded the
abbreviation "mult," which represents the binary number "011000" in
MIPS machine code). While assembly languages were initially a great
aid to humans controlling the microprocessors to perform work, in
time the complexity of the work that needed to be done by the
humans outstripped the ability of humans to control the
microprocessors using merely assembly languages.
[0105] At this point, it was noted that the same tasks needed to be
done over and over, and the machine language necessary to do those
repetitive tasks was the same. In view of this, compilers were
created. A compiler is a device that takes a statement that is more
comprehensible to a human than either machine or assembly language,
such as "add 2+2 and output the result," and translates that human
understandable statement into a complicated, tedious, and immense
machine language code (e.g., millions of 32, 64, or 128 bit length
strings). Compilers thus translate high-level programming language
into machine language.
[0106] This compiled machine language, as described above, is then
used as the technical specification which sequentially constructs
and causes the interoperation of many different computational
machines such that useful, tangible, and concrete work is done. For
example, as indicated above, such machine language--the compiled
version of the higher-level language--functions as a technical
specification which selects out hardware logic gates, specifies
voltage levels, voltage transition timings, etc., such that the
useful work is accomplished by the hardware.
[0107] Thus, a functional/operational technical description, when
viewed by one of skill in the art, is far from an abstract idea.
Rather, such a functional/operational technical description, when
understood through the tools available in the art such as those
just described, is instead understood to be a humanly
understandable representation of a hardware specification, the
complexity and specificity of which far exceeds the comprehension
of most any one human. With this in mind, those skilled in the art
will understand that any such operational/functional technical
descriptions--in view of the disclosures herein and the knowledge
of those skilled in the art--may be understood as operations made
into physical reality by (a) one or more interchained physical
machines, (b) interchained logic gates configured to create one or
more physical machine(s) representative of sequential/combinatorial
logic(s), (c) interchained ordered matter making up logic gates
(e.g., interchained electronic devices (e.g., transistors), DNA,
quantum devices, mechanical switches, optics, fluidics, pneumatics,
molecules, etc.) that create physical reality of logic(s), or (d)
virtually any combination of the foregoing. Indeed, any physical
object which has a stable, measurable, and changeable state may be
used to construct a machine based on the above technical
description. Charles Babbage, for example, constructed the first
mechanized computational apparatus out of wood, with the apparatus
powered by cranking a handle.
[0108] Thus, far from being understood as an abstract idea, those
skilled in the art will recognize a functional/operational
technical description as a humanly-understandable representation of
one or more almost unimaginably complex and time sequenced hardware
instantiations. The fact that functional/operational technical
descriptions might lend themselves readily to high-level computing
languages (or high-level block diagrams for that matter) that share
some words, structures, phrases, etc. with natural language should
not be taken as an indication that such functional/operational
technical descriptions are abstract ideas, or mere expressions of
abstract ideas. In fact, as outlined herein, in the technological
arts this is simply not true. When viewed through the tools
available to those of skill in the art, such functional/operational
technical descriptions are seen as specifying hardware
configurations of almost unimaginable complexity.
[0109] As outlined above, the reason for the use of
functional/operational technical descriptions is at least twofold.
First, the use of functional/operational technical descriptions
allows near-infinitely complex machines and machine operations
arising from interchained hardware elements to be described in a
manner that the human mind can process (e.g., by mimicking natural
language and logical narrative flow). Second, the use of
functional/operational technical descriptions assists the person of
skill in the art in understanding the described subject matter by
providing a description that is more or less independent of any
specific vendor's piece(s) of hardware.
[0110] The use of functional/operational technical descriptions
assists the person of skill in the art in understanding the
described subject matter since, as is evident from the above
discussion, one could easily, although not quickly, transcribe the
technical descriptions set forth in this document as trillions of
ones and zeroes, billions of single lines of assembly-level machine
code, millions of logic gates, thousands of gate arrays, or any
number of intermediate levels of abstractions. However, if any such
low-level technical descriptions were to replace the present
technical description, a person of skill in the art could encounter
undue difficulty in implementing the disclosure, because such a
low-level technical description would likely add complexity without
a corresponding benefit (e.g., by describing the subject matter
utilizing the conventions of one or more vendor-specific pieces of
hardware). Thus, the use of functional/operational technical
descriptions assists those of skill in the art by separating the
technical descriptions from the conventions of any vendor-specific
piece of hardware.
[0111] In view of the foregoing, the logical operations/functions
set forth in the present technical description are representative
of static or sequenced specifications of various ordered-matter
elements, in order that such specifications may be comprehensible
to the human mind and adaptable to create many various hardware
configurations. The logical operations/functions disclosed herein
should be treated as such, and should not be disparagingly
characterized as abstract ideas merely because the specifications
they represent are presented in a manner that one of skill in the
art can readily understand and apply in a manner independent of a
specific vendor's hardware implementation.
[0112] Those having skill in the art will recognize that the state
of the art has progressed to the point where there is little
distinction left between hardware, software (e.g., a high-level
computer program serving as a hardware specification), and/or
firmware implementations of aspects of systems; the use of
hardware, software, and/or firmware is generally (but not always,
in that in certain contexts the choice between hardware and
software can become significant) a design choice representing cost
vs. efficiency tradeoffs. Those having skill in the art will
appreciate that there are various vehicles by which processes
and/or systems and/or other technologies described herein can be
effected (e.g., hardware, software (e.g., a high-level computer
program serving as a hardware specification), and/or firmware), and
that the preferred vehicle will vary with the context in which the
processes and/or systems and/or other technologies are deployed.
For example, if an implementer determines that speed and accuracy
are paramount, the implementer may opt for a mainly hardware and/or
firmware vehicle; alternatively, if flexibility is paramount, the
implementer may opt for a mainly software (e.g., a high-level
computer program serving as a hardware specification)
implementation; or, yet again alternatively, the implementer may
opt for some combination of hardware, software (e.g., a high-level
computer program serving as a hardware specification), and/or
firmware in one or more machines, compositions of matter, and
articles of manufacture, limited to patentable subject matter under
35 USC 101. Hence, there are several possible vehicles by which the
processes and/or devices and/or other technologies described herein
may be effected, none of which is inherently superior to the other
in that any vehicle to be utilized is a choice dependent upon the
context in which the vehicle will be deployed and the specific
concerns (e.g., speed, flexibility, or predictability) of the
implementer, any of which may vary. Those skilled in the art will
recognize that optical aspects of implementations will typically
employ optically-oriented hardware, software (e.g., a high-level
computer program serving as a hardware specification), and or
firmware.
[0113] In some implementations described herein, logic and similar
implementations may include computer programs or other control
structures. Electronic circuitry, for example, may have one or more
paths of electrical current constructed and arranged to implement
various functions as described herein. In some implementations, one
or more media may be configured to bear a device-detectable
implementation when such media hold or transmit device detectable
instructions operable to perform as described herein. In some
variants, for example, implementations may include an update or
modification of existing software (e.g., a high-level computer
program serving as a hardware specification) or firmware, or of
gate arrays or programmable hardware, such as by performing a
reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in
relation to one or more operations described herein. Alternatively
or additionally, in some variants, an implementation may include
special-purpose hardware, software (e.g., a high-level computer
program serving as a hardware specification), firmware components,
and/or general-purpose components executing or otherwise invoking
special-purpose components. Specifications or other implementations
may be transmitted by one or more instances of tangible
transmission media as described herein, optionally by packet
transmission or otherwise by passing through distributed media at
various times.
[0114] Alternatively or additionally, implementations may include
executing a special-purpose instruction sequence or invoking
circuitry for enabling, triggering, coordinating, requesting, or
otherwise causing one or more occurrences of virtually any
functional operation described herein. In some variants,
operational or other logical descriptions herein may be expressed
as source code and compiled or otherwise invoked as an executable
instruction sequence. In some contexts, for example,
implementations may be provided, in whole or in part, by source
code, such as C++, or other code sequences. In other
implementations, source or other code implementation, using
commercially available and/or techniques in the art, may be
compiled//implemented/translated/converted into a high-level
descriptor language (e.g., initially implementing described
technologies in C or C++ programming language and thereafter
converting the programming language implementation into a
logic-synthesizable language implementation, a hardware description
language implementation, a hardware design simulation
implementation, and/or other such similar mode(s) of expression).
For example, some or all of a logical expression (e.g., computer
programming language implementation) may be manifested as a
Verilog-type hardware description (e.g., via Hardware Description
Language (HDL) and/or Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware
Descriptor Language (VHDL)) or other circuitry model which may then
be used to create a physical implementation having hardware (e.g.,
an Application Specific Integrated Circuit). Those skilled in the
art will recognize how to obtain, configure, and optimize suitable
transmission or computational elements, material supplies,
actuators, or other structures in light of these teachings.
[0115] The term module, as used in the foregoing/following
disclosure, may refer to a collection of one or more components
that are arranged in a particular manner, or a collection of one or
more general-purpose components that may be configured to operate
in a particular manner at one or more particular points in time,
and/or also configured to operate in one or more further manners at
one or more further times. For example, the same hardware, or same
portions of hardware, may be configured/reconfigured in
sequential/parallel time(s) as a first type of module (e.g., at a
first time), as a second type of module (e.g., at a second time,
which may in some instances coincide with, overlap, or follow a
first time), and/or as a third type of module (e.g., at a third
time which may, in some instances, coincide with, overlap, or
follow a first time and/or a second time), etc. Reconfigurable
and/or controllable components (e.g., general purpose processors,
digital signal processors, field programmable gate arrays, etc.)
are capable of being configured as a first module that has a first
purpose, then a second module that has a second purpose and then, a
third module that has a third purpose, and so on. The transition of
a reconfigurable and/or controllable component may occur in as
little as a few nanoseconds, or may occur over a period of minutes,
hours, or days.
[0116] In some such examples, at the time the component is
configured to carry out the second purpose, the component may no
longer be capable of carrying out that first purpose until it is
reconfigured. A component may switch between configurations as
different modules in as little as a few nanoseconds. A component
may reconfigure on-the-fly, e.g., the reconfiguration of a
component from a first module into a second module may occur just
as the second module is needed. A component may reconfigure in
stages, e.g., portions of a first module that are no longer needed
may reconfigure into the second module even before the first module
has finished its operation. Such reconfigurations may occur
automatically, or may occur through prompting by an external
source, whether that source is another component, an instruction, a
signal, a condition, an external stimulus, or similar.
[0117] For example, a central processing unit of a personal
computer may, at various times, operate as a module for displaying
graphics on a screen, a module for writing data to a storage
medium, a module for receiving user input, and a module for
multiplying two large prime numbers, by configuring its logical
gates in accordance with its instructions. Such reconfiguration may
be invisible to the naked eye, and in some embodiments may include
activation, deactivation, and/or re-routing of various portions of
the component, e.g., switches, logic gates, inputs, and/or outputs.
Thus, in the examples found in the foregoing/following disclosure,
if an example includes or recites multiple modules, the example
includes the possibility that the same hardware may implement more
than one of the recited modules, either contemporaneously or at
discrete times or timings. The implementation of multiple modules,
whether using more components, fewer components, or the same number
of components as the number of modules, is merely an implementation
choice and does not generally affect the operation of the modules
themselves. Accordingly, it should be understood that any
recitation of multiple discrete modules in this disclosure includes
implementations of those modules as any number of underlying
components, including, but not limited to, a single component that
reconfigures itself over time to carry out the functions of
multiple modules, and/or multiple components that similarly
reconfigure, and/or special purpose reconfigurable components.
[0118] Those skilled in the art will recognize that it is common
within the art to implement devices and/or processes and/or
systems, and thereafter use engineering and/or other practices to
integrate such implemented devices and/or processes and/or systems
into more comprehensive devices and/or processes and/or systems.
That is, at least a portion of the devices and/or processes and/or
systems described herein can be integrated into other devices
and/or processes and/or systems via a reasonable amount of
experimentation. Those having skill in the art will recognize that
examples of such other devices and/or processes and/or systems
might include--as appropriate to context and application--all or
part of devices and/or processes and/or systems of (a) an air
conveyance (e.g., an airplane, rocket, helicopter, etc.), (b) a
ground conveyance (e.g., a car, truck, locomotive, tank, armored
personnel carrier, etc.), (c) a building (e.g., a home, warehouse,
office, etc.), (d) an appliance (e.g., a refrigerator, a washing
machine, a dryer, etc.), (e) a communications system (e.g., a
networked system, a telephone system, a Voice over IP system,
etc.), (f) a business entity (e.g., an Internet Service Provider
(ISP) entity such as Comcast Cable, Qwest, Southwestern Bell,
etc.), or (g) a wired/wireless services entity (e.g., Sprint,
Cingular, Nextel, etc.), etc.
[0119] In certain cases, use of a system or method may occur in a
territory even if components are located outside the territory. For
example, in a distributed computing context, use of a distributed
computing system may occur in a territory even though parts of the
system may be located outside of the territory (e.g., relay,
server, processor, signal-bearing medium, transmitting computer,
receiving computer, etc. located outside the territory).
[0120] A sale of a system or method may likewise occur in a
territory even if components of the system or method are located
and/or used outside the territory. Further, implementation of at
least part of a system for performing a method in one territory
does not preclude use of the system in another territory
[0121] In a general sense, those skilled in the art will recognize
that the various embodiments described herein can be implemented,
individually and/or collectively, by various types of
electro-mechanical systems having a wide range of electrical
components such as hardware, software, firmware, and/or virtually
any combination thereof, limited to patentable subject matter under
35 U.S.C. 101; and a wide range of components that may impart
mechanical force or motion such as rigid bodies, spring or
torsional bodies, hydraulics, electro-magnetically actuated
devices, and/or virtually any combination thereof. Consequently, as
used herein "electro-mechanical system" includes, but is not
limited to, electrical circuitry operably coupled with a transducer
(e.g., an actuator, a motor, a piezoelectric crystal, a Micro
Electro Mechanical System (MEMS), etc.), electrical circuitry
having at least one discrete electrical circuit, electrical
circuitry having at least one integrated circuit, electrical
circuitry having at least one application specific integrated
circuit, electrical circuitry forming a general purpose computing
device configured by a computer program (e.g., a general purpose
computer configured by a computer program which at least partially
carries out processes and/or devices described herein, or a
microprocessor configured by a computer program which at least
partially carries out processes and/or devices described herein),
electrical circuitry forming a memory device (e.g., forms of memory
(e.g., random access, flash, read only, etc.)), electrical
circuitry forming a communications device (e.g., a modem,
communications switch, optical-electrical equipment, etc.), and/or
any non-electrical analog thereto, such as optical or other analogs
(e.g., graphene based circuitry). Those skilled in the art will
also appreciate that examples of electro-mechanical systems include
but are not limited to a variety of consumer electronics systems,
medical devices, as well as other systems such as motorized
transport systems, factory automation systems, security systems,
and/or communication/computing systems. Those skilled in the art
will recognize that electro-mechanical as used herein is not
necessarily limited to a system that has both electrical and
mechanical actuation except as context may dictate otherwise.
[0122] In a general sense, those skilled in the art will recognize
that the various aspects described herein which can be implemented,
individually and/or collectively, by a wide range of hardware,
software, firmware, and/or any combination thereof can be viewed as
being composed of various types of "electrical circuitry."
Consequently, as used herein "electrical circuitry" includes, but
is not limited to, electrical circuitry having at least one
discrete electrical circuit, electrical circuitry having at least
one integrated circuit, electrical circuitry having at least one
application specific integrated circuit, electrical circuitry
forming a general purpose computing device configured by a computer
program (e.g., a general purpose computer configured by a computer
program which at least partially carries out processes and/or
devices described herein, or a microprocessor configured by a
computer program which at least partially carries out processes
and/or devices described herein), electrical circuitry forming a
memory device (e.g., forms of memory (e.g., random access, flash,
read only, etc.)), and/or electrical circuitry forming a
communications device (e.g., a modem, communications switch,
optical-electrical equipment, etc.). Those having skill in the art
will recognize that the subject matter described herein may be
implemented in an analog or digital fashion or some combination
thereof.
[0123] Those skilled in the art will recognize that at least a
portion of the devices and/or processes described herein can be
integrated into an image processing system. Those having skill in
the art will recognize that a typical image processing system
generally includes one or more of a system unit housing, a video
display device, memory such as volatile or non-volatile memory,
processors such as microprocessors or digital signal processors,
computational entities such as operating systems, drivers,
applications programs, one or more interaction devices (e.g., a
touch pad, a touch screen, an antenna, etc.), control systems
including feedback loops and control motors (e.g., feedback for
sensing lens position and/or velocity; control motors for
moving/distorting lenses to give desired focuses). An image
processing system may be implemented utilizing suitable
commercially available components, such as those typically found in
digital still systems and/or digital motion systems.
[0124] Those skilled in the art will recognize that at least a
portion of the devices and/or processes described herein can be
integrated into a data processing system. Those having skill in the
art will recognize that a data processing system generally includes
one or more of a system unit housing, a video display device,
memory such as volatile or non-volatile memory, processors such as
microprocessors or digital signal processors, computational
entities such as operating systems, drivers, graphical user
interfaces, and applications programs, one or more interaction
devices (e.g., a touch pad, a touch screen, an antenna, etc.),
and/or control systems including feedback loops and control motors
(e.g., feedback for sensing position and/or velocity; control
motors for moving and/or adjusting components and/or quantities). A
data processing system may be implemented utilizing suitable
commercially available components, such as those typically found in
data computing/communication and/or network computing/communication
systems.
[0125] Those skilled in the art will recognize that at least a
portion of the devices and/or processes described herein can be
integrated into a mote system. Those having skill in the art will
recognize that a typical mote system generally includes one or more
memories such as volatile or non-volatile memories, processors such
as microprocessors or digital signal processors, computational
entities such as operating systems, user interfaces, drivers,
sensors, actuators, applications programs, one or more interaction
devices (e.g., an antenna USB ports, acoustic ports, etc.), control
systems including feedback loops and control motors (e.g., feedback
for sensing or estimating position and/or velocity; control motors
for moving and/or adjusting components and/or quantities). A mote
system may be implemented utilizing suitable components, such as
those found in mote computing/communication systems. Specific
examples of such components entail such as Intel Corporation's
and/or Crossbow Corporation's mote components and supporting
hardware, software, and/or firmware.
[0126] For the purposes of this application, "cloud" computing may
be understood as described in the cloud computing literature. For
example, cloud computing may be methods and/or systems for the
delivery of computational capacity and/or storage capacity as a
service. The "cloud" may refer to one or more hardware and/or
software components that deliver or assist in the delivery of
computational and/or storage capacity, including, but not limited
to, one or more of a client, an application, a platform, an
infrastructure, and/or a server The cloud may refer to any of the
hardware and/or software associated with a client, an application,
a platform, an infrastructure, and/or a server. For example, cloud
and cloud computing may refer to one or more of a computer, a
processor, a storage medium, a router, a switch, a modem, a virtual
machine (e.g., a virtual server), a data center, an operating
system, a middleware, a firmware, a hardware back-end, a software
back-end, and/or a software application. A cloud may refer to a
private cloud, a public cloud, a hybrid cloud, and/or a community
cloud. A cloud may be a shared pool of configurable computing
resources, which may be public, private, semi-private,
distributable, scaleable, flexible, temporary, virtual, and/or
physical. A cloud or cloud service may be delivered over one or
more types of network, e.g., a mobile communication network, and
the Internet.
[0127] As used in this application, a cloud or a cloud service may
include one or more of infrastructure-as-a-service ("IaaS"),
platform-as-a-service ("PaaS"), software-as-a-service ("SaaS"),
and/or desktop-as-a-service ("DaaS"). As a non-exclusive example,
IaaS may include, e.g., one or more virtual server instantiations
that may start, stop, access, and/or configure virtual servers
and/or storage centers (e.g., providing one or more processors,
storage space, and/or network resources on-demand, e.g., EMC and
Rackspace). PaaS may include, e.g., one or more software and/or
development tools hosted on an infrastructure (e.g., a computing
platform and/or a solution stack from which the client can create
software interfaces and applications, e.g., Microsoft Azure). SaaS
may include, e.g., software hosted by a service provider and
accessible over a network (e.g., the software for the application
and/or the data associated with that software application may be
kept on the network, e.g., Google Apps, SalesForce). DaaS may
include, e.g., providing desktop, applications, data, and/or
services for the user over a network (e.g., providing a
multi-application framework, the applications in the framework, the
data associated with the applications, and/or services related to
the applications and/or the data over the network, e.g., Citrix).
The foregoing is intended to be exemplary of the types of systems
and/or methods referred to in this application as "cloud" or "cloud
computing" and should not be considered complete or exhaustive.
[0128] One skilled in the art will recognize that the herein
described components (e.g., operations), devices, objects, and the
discussion accompanying them are used as examples for the sake of
conceptual clarity and that various configuration modifications are
contemplated. Consequently, as used herein, the specific exemplars
set forth and the accompanying discussion are intended to be
representative of their more general classes. In general, use of
any specific exemplar is intended to be representative of its
class, and the non-inclusion of specific components (e.g.,
operations), devices, and objects should not be taken limiting.
[0129] The herein described subject matter sometimes illustrates
different components contained within, or connected with, different
other components. It is to be understood that such depicted
architectures are merely exemplary, and that in fact many other
architectures may be implemented which achieve the same
functionality. In a conceptual sense, any arrangement of components
to achieve the same functionality is effectively "associated" such
that the desired functionality is achieved. Hence, any two
components herein combined to achieve a particular functionality
can be seen as "associated with" each other such that the desired
functionality is achieved, irrespective of architectures or
intermedial components. Likewise, any two components so associated
can also be viewed as being "operably connected", or "operably
coupled," to each other to achieve the desired functionality, and
any two components capable of being so associated can also be
viewed as being "operably couplable," to each other to achieve the
desired functionality. Specific examples of operably couplable
include but are not limited to physically mateable and/or
physically interacting components, and/or wirelessly interactable,
and/or wirelessly interacting components, and/or logically
interacting, and/or logically interactable components.
[0130] To the extent that formal outline headings are present in
this application, it is to be understood that the outline headings
are for presentation purposes, and that different types of subject
matter may be discussed throughout the application (e.g.,
device(s)/structure(s) may be described under
process(es)/operations heading(s) and/or process(es)/operations may
be discussed under structure(s)/process(es) headings; and/or
descriptions of single topics may span two or more topic headings).
Hence, any use of formal outline headings in this application is
for presentation purposes, and is not intended to be in any way
limiting.
[0131] Throughout this application, examples and lists are given,
with parentheses, the abbreviation "e.g.," or both. Unless
explicitly otherwise stated, these examples and lists are merely
exemplary and are non-exhaustive. In most cases, it would be
prohibitive to list every example and every combination. Thus,
smaller, illustrative lists and examples are used, with focus on
imparting understanding of the claim terms rather than limiting the
scope of such terms.
[0132] With respect to the use of substantially any plural and/or
singular terms herein, those having skill in the art can translate
from the plural to the singular and/or from the singular to the
plural as is appropriate to the context and/or application. The
various singular/plural permutations are not expressly set forth
herein for sake of clarity.
[0133] One skilled in the art will recognize that the herein
described components (e.g., operations), devices, objects, and the
discussion accompanying them are used as examples for the sake of
conceptual clarity and that various configuration modifications are
contemplated. Consequently, as used herein, the specific exemplars
set forth and the accompanying discussion are intended to be
representative of their more general classes. In general, use of
any specific exemplar is intended to be representative of its
class, and the non-inclusion of specific components (e.g.,
operations), devices, and objects should not be taken limiting.
[0134] Although one or more users maybe shown and/or described
herein, e.g., in FIG. 1, and other places, as a single illustrated
figure, those skilled in the art will appreciate that one or more
users may be representative of one or more human users, robotic
users (e.g., computational entity), and/or substantially any
combination thereof (e.g., a user may be assisted by one or more
robotic agents) unless context dictates otherwise. Those skilled in
the art will appreciate that, in general, the same may be said of
"sender" and/or other entity-oriented terms as such terms are used
herein unless context dictates otherwise.
[0135] In some instances, one or more components may be referred to
herein as "configured to," "configured by," "configurable to,"
"operable/operative to," "adapted/adaptable," "able to,"
"conformable/conformed to," etc. Those skilled in the art will
recognize that such terms (e.g. "configured to") generally
encompass active-state components and/or inactive-state components
and/or standby-state components, unless context requires
otherwise.
[0136] It is noted that "wearable computer" is used throughout this
specification, and in the examples given, it is generally a
wearable computer that captures images. However, this is merely for
exemplary purposes. The same systems may apply to conventional
digital cameras, and any other camera, including security cameras,
surveillance cameras, motor vehicle mounted cameras, road/traffic
cameras, cameras at automated teller machines, and the like.
[0137] Referring now to FIG. 1, in an embodiment, an entity, e.g.,
a user of a privacy beacon, e.g., user 2105, e.g., a person, e.g.,
"Jules Caesar," may be associated with a "Don't Capture Me"
(hereinafter "DCM") privacy beacon, e.g., DCM Beacon 2110. In an
embodiment, a DCM beacon may be active, e.g., may contain circuitry
and be an active unit, e.g., something wearable, e.g., on a piece
of clothing, or on a ring, or on a drone associated with the user.
In an embodiment, the DCM beacon may be passive, e.g., it may be
something that can be detected in the electromagnetic spectrum, or
can be otherwise detected but does not contain any circuitry or
advanced logic gates of its own. In an embodiment, the DCM beacon
may be a combination of the two.
[0138] In an embodiment, a DCM beacon may be detectable by a
machine or a human being (e.g., a stop sign painted on a user's
forehead may be a DCM beacon). In an embodiment, a DCM beacon may
be detectable by a particular type of machine, structure, or
filter, and may be otherwise undetectable or difficult to detect
through human senses. For example, in an embodiment, a DCM beacon
may be seen using ultraviolet or infrared light, or a DCM beacon
may emit light outside the visible spectrum. In an embodiment, a
DCM beacon may be visible or detectable after a filter is applied,
e.g., a DCM beacon may be visible after a red filter is applied, or
after a transformation is applied to a captured image, e.g., a
Fourier transformation.
[0139] In an embodiment, a DCM beacon may be detected optically. In
another embodiment, a DCM beacon may be detected by sensing a
different kind of wave emitted by a DCM beacon, e.g., a wave in the
nonvisible electromagnetic spectrum, a sound wave, an
electromagnetic wave, and the like. In an embodiment, a DCM beacon
may use quantum entanglement (e.g., through use of an
entanglement-based protocol, among others).
[0140] In an embodiment, a DCM beacon may transmit data, e.g., a
terms of service for the user (e.g., user 2105) for which the DCM
beacon (e.g., DCM beacon 2110) is associated or linked. In an
embodiment, a DCM beacon may be encoded with a location of data,
e.g., a web address of a server where terms of service for the user
(e.g., user 2105) for which the DCM beacon (e.g., DCM beacon 2110)
is associated.
[0141] In an embodiment, a DCM beacon may be provided by a drone,
of any size, e.g., nanometers to full-sized aircraft, that is
associated with the user.
[0142] In an embodiment, a DCM beacon may be provided by a piece of
electronics that a user carries, e.g., a cellular telephone,
tablet, watch, wearable computer, or otherwise.
[0143] In an embodiment, a DCM beacon may be embedded in the user,
ingested by the user, implanted in the user, taped to the skin of
the user, or may be engineered to grow organically in the user's
body.
[0144] In an embodiment, a DCM beacon may be controlled by a
magnetic field or other field emitted by a user, either through a
user's regular electromagnetic field or through a field generated
by a device, local or remote, associated with the user.
[0145] Referring again to FIG. 1, in an embodiment, a different
user, e.g., a wearable computer user 3105, may have a wearable
computer 3100. A wearable computer may be a pair of eyeglasses, a
watch, jewelry, clothing, shoes, a piece of tape placed on the
user's skin, it may be ingested by the user or otherwise embedded
into the user's body. Wearable computer 3100 may be a piece of
electronics carried by a user 3105. Wearable computer 3100 may not
be a "wearable" computer in a traditional sense, but may be a
laptop computer, tablet device, or smartphone carried by a user. In
an embodiment, wearable computer 3100 may not be associated with a
user at all, but may simply be a part of a surveillance system,
e.g., a security camera, or a camera at an Automated Teller Machine
("ATM").
[0146] Wearable Computer that Captures the Image (FIGS. 1-I; 1-J,
1-N, 1-O).
[0147] Referring now to FIG. 1, e.g., FIG. 1-J, wearable computer
3100 may include a wearable computer image capturing device 3110,
e.g., a lens. Wearable computer image capturing device 3110 may
include functionality to capture images, e.g., an image sensor,
e.g., a charge-coupled device ("CCM") or a complementary
metal-oxide semiconductor ("CMOS"), an analog-to digital converter,
and/or any other equipment used to convert light into electrons.
Wearable computer image capturing device 3110 may capture the
optical data, which may remain as light data, or may be converted
into electrons through an image sensor, as raw data. This raw data,
e.g., raw data 2200 may be captured by the optical image data
acquiring module 3120 of wearable computer 3100. Optical image data
acquiring module 3120 may be configured to acquire an image, e.g.,
an image of user 2105. As described above, a DCM beacon 2110 may be
associated with user 2105. In an embodiment, at this point in the
operation of wearable computer 3100, no processing has been
performed on the raw image data 2200.
[0148] Although not pictured here, wearable computer image
capturing device 3110 may also include circuitry to detect audio
(e.g., a microphone) and/or video (e.g., the ability to capture
frames above a certain rate of frames per second). This circuitry
and its related explanation have been omitted to maintain
simplicity of the drawing, however, through this application, "raw
image data 2200" should be considered to also possibly include
still pictures, video, and audio, in some embodiments.
[0149] Referring now to FIG. 1-I, in an embodiment, wearable
computer 3100 then may transfer the raw/optical image data 2200 to
an image path splitting module 3130. This splitting path may be
optical, e.g., a set of mirrors/lenses, for the case in which raw
image data 2200 is still in optical form, or digital, e.g., through
use of known electrical signal splitters. Image path splitting
module 3130 may be implemented as hardware, software, or a
combination thereof.
[0150] Referring again to FIG. 1, e.g., FIG. 1-I, in an embodiment,
the north (upper) branch, as illustrated in FIG. 1, transmits the
raw image data 2200 to an image prior-to-processing encryption
module 3150. Image prior-to-processing encryption module 3150 may
receive the raw image data 2200. From there, image
prior-to-processing encryption module 3150 may acquire an
encryption key that is device-specific, e.g., wearable computer
device specific encryption key 3182. In an embodiment, wearable
computer device-specific encryption key 3182 may be stored in
wearable computer device memory 3180, which also may include
encrypted image storage 3184, and a wearable computer user-specific
encryption key 3186. In another embodiment, device-specific
encryption key 3182 may be retrieved from elsewhere, e.g., cloud
storage. In another embodiment, device-specific encryption key 3182
may be generated in real time by the device. In another embodiment,
device-specific encryption key 3182 may be generated in real time
by the device based on random user input (e.g., the last five words
spoken by the device and recorded).
[0151] In an embodiment, image prior-to-processing encryption
module 3150 may generate encrypted image data 2210. Encrypted image
data 2210 may be stored in encrypted image storage 3184 of wearable
computer device memory 3180. In an embodiment, encrypted image data
2210 also may be transmitted to central server encrypted data and
beacon metadata transmission module 3170.
[0152] Referring again to FIG. 1-I and FIG. 1-N, in an embodiment,
the south (lower) branch, as illustrated in FIG. 1, may transmit
the raw image data 2200 to a DCM beacon detecting module 3140. In
an embodiment, DCM beacon detecting module 3140 may include one or
more of optics-based DCM beacon detecting module 3142, which may be
configured to detect the DCM beacon in an optical signal (e.g.,
light). In an embodiment, DCM beacon detecting module 3140 may
include digital image processing-based DCM beacon detecting module
3144, which may be configured to detect the DCM beacon in a
converted electron signal (e.g., data signal). In an embodiment,
DCM beacon detecting module 3140 is configured to detect a presence
or an absence of a DCM beacon, e.g., DCM beacon 2110, associated
with the entity (e.g., user 2105, e.g., "Jules Caesar"), without
performing any additional processing on the image, or releasing the
image for other portions of wearable computer 3100 to use. In an
embodiment, for example, raw image data 2200 is not stored in
device memory of wearable computer 3100 in a form that is
accessible to other applications and/or programs available to
wearable computer 3100 or other computing devices that may
communicate with wearable computer 3100. For example, a user 3105
of wearable computer 3100 may not, at this stage in processing,
capture the raw data 2200 and upload it to a social networking
site, e.g., Facebook. In an embodiment, DCM beacon detecting module
3140 may be implemented in hardware, which may prevent users or
third parties from bypassing the DCM beacon detecting module 3140,
without disassembling the device and physically altering the
circuit/logic.
[0153] Referring now to FIG. 1-N, in an embodiment, the DCM beacon
detecting module 3140 may detect the DCM beacon 2110. For example,
in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, DCM beacon detecting
module 3140 may detect the DCM beacon 2110 that is associated with
user 2105, e.g., Jules Caesar. Thus, DCM beacon detecting module
3140 now knows to lock the image data and prevent unencrypted image
data from being accessed on the device. Although not shown in this
example, if the DCM beacon had not been found, then in an
embodiment, the image data 2200 would have been released for use by
the device, e.g., for uploading to social network or cloud storage,
for example.
[0154] In an embodiment, the detected DCM beacon 2110 associated
with Jules Caesar may be transmitted to DCM beacon metadata
generating module 3160. DCM beacon metadata generating module 3160
may generate metadata based on the detection of the beacon. The
metadata may be as simple as "the image data contains a privacy
beacon," e.g., Boolean data. In an embodiment, the metadata may be
more complex, and may identify the user associated with the privacy
beacon, e.g., the metadata may describe "A privacy beacon
associated with Jules Caesar has been found in the image data." In
another embodiment, the metadata may include the terms of service
associated with the personality rights of Jules Caesar, an example
of which terms of service will be provided in more detail
herein.
[0155] In an embodiment, the detected DCM beacon 2110 may be very
simple (e.g., optically detectable), and to obtain/generate
metadata associated with the detected DCM beacon 2110, DCM beacon
metadata generating module 3160 may include a DCM server contacting
module 3162, which may contact one or more entities to obtain more
information regarding the DCM beacon 2110. The DCM beacon metadata
generating module 3160 may, in some embodiments, transmit the DCM
beacon, or the image in which the DCM beacon was captured, to the
external entity, in order to obtain more accurate data. For
example, the DCM server contacting module 3162 may contact service
term management server 5000, which may have DCM beacon registry
5010, which will be discussed in more detail further herein.
[0156] In an embodiment, DCM beacon metadata generating module 3160
may generate the DCM beacon metadata 2230, and transfer DCM beacon
metadata 2230 to central server encrypted data and beacon metadata
transmission module 3170.
[0157] Referring again to FIG. 1, e.g., FIG. 1-I, central server
encrypted data and beacon metadata transmission module 3170 may
receive the encrypted image data 2210 and the DCM beacon metadata
2230 (e.g., see FIG. 1-N). In an embodiment, central server
encrypted data and beacon metadata transmission module 3170 may
facilitate the transmission of encrypted image data 2210 and DCM
beacon metadata 2230 to a server, e.g., wearable computer encrypted
data receipt and determination server 4000, which will be discussed
in more detail herein. In an embodiment, central server encrypted
data and beacon metadata transmission module 3170 may include one
or more of DCM beacon metadata transmission module 3172, which may
be configured to transmit the DCM beacon metadata 2230, and
encrypted data transmission module 3174, which may be configured to
transmit the encrypted image data 2210.
[0158] Wearable Computer Server (FIGS. 1-H, 1-G)
[0159] Referring again to FIG. 1, e.g., FIG. 1-H, in an embodiment,
a system may include a wearable computer server, e.g., wearable
computer encrypted data receipt and determination server 4000. In
an embodiment, a wearable computer server may be provided by a
manufacturer of the wearable device 3100. In an embodiment, a
wearable computer server may be provided by a developer of one or
more software applications for the wearable device 3100. In an
embodiment, wearable computer server 4000 may not have a direct
relationship with wearable device 3100 prior to receiving the
encrypted image data and the DCM beacon metadata 2230, as will be
discussed in more detail herein. In an embodiment, a wearable
computer server 4000 may be implemented at a home computer of a
user, for example, and may communicate only with wearable devices
that are associated with that user. In another embodiment, a
wearable computer server 4000 may communicate with many wearable
devices 3100, which may or may not have some relationship. In an
embodiment, wearable computer server 4000 may communicate with one
or more wearable devices 3100 through use of a communication
network, which may use any known form of device communication. In
an embodiment, wearable computer server 4000 may be chosen by
wearable device 3100, either due to proximity or due to one or more
properties or characteristics of wearable computer server 4000. In
an embodiment, wearable computer server 4000 may be free to agree
or disagree to process DCM beacon and image data received from
various wearable devices 3100. In an embodiment, wearable computer
server 4000 may be distributed across many computers and/or
servers.
[0160] In an embodiment, wearable computer encrypted data receipt
and determination server 4000 may include an encrypted data and
beacon metadata reception module 4100. Encrypted data and beacon
metadata reception module 4100 may receive encrypted image data
2210 and DCM beacon metadata 2230 from wearable computer 3100,
e.g., central server encrypted data and beacon metadata
transmission module 3170. In an embodiment, encrypted data and
beacon metadata reception module 4100 may include a DCM beacon
metadata reception module 4104. DCM beacon metadata reception
module 4104 may be configured to acquire a privacy metadata, e.g.,
DCM beacon metadata 2230, corresponding to a detection of a DCM
beacon, e.g., DCM beacon 2110, in the one or more images captured
by the image capture device, e.g., wearable computer 3100. In an
embodiment, encrypted data and beacon metadata reception module
4100 may include encrypted data reception module 4102. In an
embodiment, encrypted data reception module 4102 may be configured
to acquire one or more of a block of encrypted data corresponding
to one or more images that previously have been encrypted, e.g.,
encrypted image data 2210. In an embodiment, encrypted data module
4102 may transmit, or facilitate the transmission of, encrypted
image data 2210 to an entity that will perform a secondary
detection of the privacy beacon, e.g., DCM beacon detection test
duplicating server 4800, which will be discussed in more detail
further herein.
[0161] Referring again to FIG. 1-H, in an embodiment, encrypted
data and beacon metadata reception module 4100 may transmit the
received DCM beacon metadata to DCM beacon metadata reading module
4120. If the DCM beacon metadata 2230 indicates that a DCM beacon
was not found, then, in an embodiment, processing may transfer to
module 4220, which will be discussed in more detail further herein.
In the example shown in FIG. 1, the DCM beacon 2110 associated with
Jules Caesar was found, and the DCM beacon metadata 2230 indicates
this state to DCM beacon metadata reading module 4120.
[0162] Referring now to FIG. 1-G, in an embodiment, when the
presence of the DCM beacon 2110 is determined through the DCM
beacon metadata, e.g., DCM beacon metadata 2230, then a DCM beacon
TOS retrieval module 4122 may retrieve term data from a location,
which may be a remote location, e.g., a DCM beacon management
server 5100, which will be discussed in more detail further herein.
In an embodiment, DCM beacon TOS retrieval module 4122 may retrieve
term data that includes a terms of service that specifies one or
more conditions in which the image containing the DCM beacon 2110
may be used. In an embodiment, the TOS may also specify one or more
penalties for using the personality rights that may be associated
with the image, without acquiring permission or paying a licensing
fee prior to releasing or utilizing the image. In an embodiment,
the TOS also may include language forcing the entity that viewed
the privacy beacon to accept the TOS upon viewing of the beacon.
The TOS will be described in more detail with respect to modules
5000 and 5100.
[0163] Referring again to FIG. 1-G, in an embodiment, wearable
computer encrypted data receipt and determination server 4000 also
may include an encrypted data value calculation module 4130.
Encrypted data value calculation module 4130 may use one or more
algorithms or other methods of inducing or deducing an estimate
regarding how much advertising or other revenue may be garnered by
using the images containing the entity associated with the privacy
beacon. For example, in an embodiment, encrypted data value
calculation module 4130 may include a facial recognition program to
recognize the person or persons associated with the beacon. In
another embodiment, however, this may not be necessary, because the
DCM beacon metadata and/or the ToS may identify the person. In an
embodiment, encrypted data value calculation module 4130 may use
various heuristics to calculate ad revenue, e.g., based on models
used by popular advertising methods, or based on prior releases of
images of the person associated with the DCM beacon 2110. In an
embodiment, module 4130 may use social networking to acquire a
focus group and test the image on the focus group, in order to
assist in revenue determination. For example, in the example shown
in FIG. 1, the image in question is of Jules Caesar, who is the
reclusive leader of the Roman Empire, and so the ad revenue
generated from having an actual picture of Jules Caesar, or a video
of Jules Caesar drinking a mead-and-tonic, may have high net
value.
[0164] Referring again to FIG. 1-G, in an embodiment, the ToS
acquired from DCM beacon TOS retrieval module 4122, and the
encrypted data valuation calculated from encrypted data value
calculation module 4130 may be sent to release of encrypted data
determination module 4140. Release of encrypted data determination
module 4140 may make a determination, at least partly based on the
acquired metadata, and at least partly based on a value calculation
based on the representation of the feature of the person associated
with the DCM beacon 2110 (e.g., Jules Caesar drinking a
mead-and-tonic). That determination may be regarding whether to
allow an action, e.g., processing, decryption, distribution,
editing, releasing, sharing, saving, posting to a social network,
and the like, of the image. In an embodiment, the decision may be
based on whether the potential advertising revenue outweighs the
potential damages retrieved from the terms of service. In an
embodiment, this calculation may be a strict number comparison
(e.g., is "revenue" greater than "damages"). In an embodiment, the
calculation may include more complex factors, e.g., likelihood of
success on a damages claim, likelihood that revenues will increase,
secondary revenue factors from increased traffic and/or brand
awareness, and the like. In addition, in an embodiment, the
comparison may not be strictly less than/greater than, e.g., in a
risk adverse algorithm, if the numbers are close, then the
determination may be to not release the encrypted data, even if the
potential ad revenue is calculated as larger than the potential
damages by a small amount.
[0165] Referring again to FIG. 1-G, if the determination made by
release of encrypted data determination module 4140 is "NO," e.g.,
the potential revenue is less than the potential damages, then the
encrypted data 2210 is moved to an encrypted data holding and/or
quarantine module 4150. In an embodiment, the data from encrypted
data holding and/or quarantine module 4150 is deleted after a
predetermined time period, e.g., seven days. In an embodiment, the
data is simply stored, encrypted and locked away. In an embodiment,
the encrypted image data 2210 may be transmitted to an ad
replacement value determination server 4400, shown in FIG. 1-F,
which will be discussed in more detail herein.
[0166] Referring again to FIG. 1-G, if the determination made by
release of encrypted data determination module 4140 is "YES," e.g.,
the potential revenue is more than the potential damages, then the
encrypted data 2210 is transferred to encrypted data decryption
enabling module 4152, shown in FIG. 1-H. In an embodiment,
encrypted data decryption enabling module 4152 may be configured to
determine whether to perform decryption of at least a portion of
the encrypted data 2210 based on the result from module 4140 by
transmitting the encrypted image data 2210 to wearable computer
acquired encrypted data decryption and re-encryption server 4200,
which will be discussed in more detail.
[0167] Wearable Computer Acquired Encrypted Data Decryption and
Re-Encryption Server 4200 (FIGS. 1-L and 1-M)
[0168] Referring now to FIG. 1-M, in an embodiment, the system may
include wearable computer acquired encrypted data decryption and
re-encryption server 4200. In an embodiment, wearable computer
acquired encrypted data decryption and re-encryption server 4200
may be a portion of wearable computer server 4000. In an
embodiment, however, wearable computer acquired encrypted data
decryption and re-encryption server 4200 may be a different server
than wearable computer server 4000, and may be controlled by a
different entity. For example, in an embodiment, the owner of the
wearable computer 3100 hardware may control wearable computer
server 4000. After the decision is made to decrypt the data at the
wearable computer server 4000, control may be handed off to a
different server in control of software on the wearable computer,
e.g., software that handles pictures taken by the wearable computer
3100. In another embodiment, wearable computer acquired encrypted
data decryption and re-encryption server 4200 may be controlled by
a social networking/media site, e.g., Facebook, who may have an
agreement to acquire the image data at the same time as the
device.
[0169] Referring again to FIG. 1-M, in an embodiment, wearable
computer acquired encrypted data decryption and re-encryption
server 4200 may include encrypted data acquiring module 4210, which
may acquire the encrypted image data 2210 from the wearable
computer server 4000. In an embodiment, wearable computer acquired
encrypted data decryption and re-encryption server 4200 may include
a privacy metadata acquiring module 4220, which may acquire privacy
metadata from module 4120, if the DCM beacon was never detected and
the image is free to be used. For example, in an embodiment, image
data with no DCM beacon may be treated similarly to image data with
a DCM beacon, but that has been determined to have an advertising
value greater than a potential damages value. For example, in an
embodiment, image data with no DCM beacon may be treated as image
data with potential damages value of zero.
[0170] Referring again to FIG. 1-M, in an embodiment, wearable
computer acquired encrypted data decryption and re-encryption
server 4200 may include data indicating profitability of image with
DCM beacon acquiring module 4230, which may receive data from
module 4150 of wearable computer server 4000 indicating that the
image should be decrypted regardless of the DCM beacon because of
its potential profitability.
[0171] Referring again to FIG. 1-M, in an embodiment, wearable
computer acquired encrypted data decryption and re-encryption
server 4200 may include image data decryption preparation module
4240, which may receive data from one or more of data indicating
profitability of image with DCM beacon acquiring module 4230,
encrypted data acquiring module 4210, and privacy metadata
acquiring module 4220. In an embodiment, module 4240 may prepare
the image or images for decryption, e.g., perform pre-processing,
check image integrity, reconfirm the privacy beacon calculations,
and the like.
[0172] Referring now to FIG. 1-L, wearable computer acquired
encrypted data decryption and re-encryption server 4200 may include
device-specific key retrieving module 4250 which may retrieve the
device-specific key used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted image
data 2210. In an embodiment, device-specific key retrieving module
4250 may include a device-specific key retrieving from device
module 4252, which may be configured to retrieve the
device-specific key directly from the device that encrypted the
image, e.g., wearable computing device 3100. In an embodiment,
device-specific key retrieving module 4250 may include a
device-specific key retrieving from server module 4254, which may
be configured to retrieve the device-specific key from a server,
e.g., from wearable computer encrypted data receipt and
determination server 400, or from DCM beacon detection test
duplicating server 4800, or from another server not depicted in
FIG. 1.
[0173] Referring again to FIG. 1-L, in an embodiment, image data
decryption with device-specific key module 4260 may take the
device-specific key retrieved from module 4250, and apply it to the
encrypted image data 2210 to generate decrypted image data 2280, as
shown by the icon with the unlocked lock in FIG. 1-L.
[0174] Referring again to FIG. 1-L, the image data has been
decrypted. However, to protect security, in some embodiments, the
data may be re-encrypted with a key that is not tied to a specific
device, but may be tied to a specific user of the device, e.g., the
key may be related to user 3105, rather than wearable device 3100.
This embodiment will be described in more detail herein. This
embodiment allows the re-encrypted data to be securely sent to a
different device belonging to the user, e.g., a smart TV, a home
computer, a video game system, or another portable electronic
device, e.g., a cellular smartphone. In an embodiment, the
re-encryption with a user specific key may be omitted.
[0175] In an embodiment, wearable computer acquired encrypted data
decryption and re-encryption server 4200 may include a
user-specific key retrieving module 4270, that may be configured to
obtain, through generation, acquisition, reception, or retrieval,
of a user-specific encryption key. The user-specific encryption key
may be delivered to image data encrypting with user-specific key
module 4280, which, in an embodiment, also may receive the
decrypted image data 2280.
[0176] Referring again to FIG. 1-L, in an embodiment, image data
encrypting with user-specific key module 4280 may be configured to
encrypt the block of decrypted data through use of a unique user
code that is related to the user 3105 of the wearable device 3100.
The again-encrypted image data then may be transferred to encrypted
image data transmitting module 4290. In an embodiment, encrypted
image data transmitting module 4290 may transmit the image data
that has been encrypted with a user-specific key to one or more
other devices, which will be discussed in more detail herein.
[0177] Computing Device that Receives the Image Data (FIGS. 1-S and
1-T).
[0178] Referring now to FIG. 1-S, in an embodiment, the system may
include a computing device 3200, which may be a wearable computer
or other device. In an embodiment, computing device 3200 may be the
same as wearable computer 3100, but it does not necessarily have to
be the same. In an embodiment, computing device 3200 receives the
image data. In an embodiment, as described above, the received
image data has been encrypted with a user-specific code. Thus, in
such an embodiment, computing device 3200 may be associated with
user 3105 of the wearable computing device 3100. For example, a
user 3105 may have a wearable computing device 3100 that captures
images of people. After processing those images at the server 4000,
for example, the images, which, in some embodiments, now may be
encrypted with a user-specific code, may be transmitted to
computing device 3200, which may be the user 3105's home media
center back at her house. In another embodiment, computing device
3200 may be user 3105's laptop device, or user 3105's smartphone or
tablet device. And, as previously mentioned, in another embodiment,
computing device 3200 may simply be the user 3105's wearable
computing device 3100 that captured the images originally.
[0179] In an embodiment, the computing device 3200 and the wearable
computing device 3100 pictured in FIG. 1 are the same device. In an
embodiment, the encryption, transmission to a server, decryption,
and transmission back, may occur invisibly to the user 3105, e.g.,
to the user 3105 of the wearable computing device 3100, the images
are available to her after they are recorded and saved, with a
delay that is not specified. In some embodiments, the user 3105 may
not be informed of the path taken by the captured image data.
[0180] In an embodiment, wearable computing device 3100 may include
an encrypted image data receiving module 3210 configured to acquire
the data encrypted by the user-specific key code from encrypted
image data transmitting module 4290 of wearable computer 4200. In
an embodiment, computing device 3200 may include image data release
verification acquiring module 3220, which may be configured to
determine that the images received from the encrypted image data
transmitting module 4290 of wearable computer 4200 have been
approved for release and/or use. In an embodiment, the
determination may be made based on the ground that the images are
encrypted with a user-specific key rather than a device specific
key, if it is possible to tell from the encrypted information
(e.g., in some embodiments, different types of encryption that may
leave a different "signature" may be used). In an embodiment, the
determination may be made by again analyzing the image data. In an
embodiment, image data release verification acquiring module 3220
may include encrypted image data analysis module 3222 which may
perform analysis on the encrypted image data, including, but not
limited to, reading metadata attached to the encrypted image data,
to verify that the received encrypted image data is approved for
release and/or processing. In an embodiment, image data release
verification acquiring module 3220 may include release verification
data retrieving module 3224, which may be configured to obtain
release verification data from the device that performed the
verification, e.g., server 4000, or from a different device.
[0181] Referring now to FIG. 1-T, in an embodiment, computing
device 3200 may include device memory 3280. Device memory 3280 may
store the wearable computer user-specific encryption/decryption key
3286, which may be used to decrypt the received encrypted image
data. In an embodiment, device memory 3280 also may include
encrypted image storage 3284, which may include one or more image
data, which may be encrypted.
[0182] Referring again to FIG. 1-S, in an embodiment, computing
device 3200 may include user-specific decryption key obtaining
module 3230, which may obtain the user-specific
encryption/decryption key. In an embodiment, user-specific
decryption key obtaining module 3230 may include
encryption/decryption key external source obtaining module 3232,
which may be configured to obtain the encryption/decryption key
from an external source, e.g., server 4000. In an embodiment,
user-specific decryption key obtaining module may include
encryption/decryption key memory retrieving module 3234, which may
be configured to retrieve the encryption/decryption key from device
memory 3280 of computing device 3200.
[0183] Referring again to FIG. 1-S, in an embodiment, computing
device 3200 may include image decryption module 3240, which may use
the user-specific encryption/decryption key to decrypt the image
data. In an embodiment, the decrypted image data then may be sent
to decrypted image release module 3250, where the clear image data
may be accessed by the device, and transmitted to other locations,
posted to social networking or cloud storage, be shared,
manipulated, saved, edited, and otherwise have open access to the
decrypted image data.
[0184] Ad Replacement Value Determination Server (FIG. 1-F).
[0185] Referring back to FIG. 1-G, as discussed briefly above,
release of encrypted data determination module 4140 may determine
not to release the encrypted data, which may be stored in an
encrypted data holding and/or quarantine module 4150. In an
embodiment, the encrypted data and the DCM beacon may be
transmitted to an ad replacement value determination server, as
shown in FIG. 1-F.
[0186] Referring now to FIG. 1-F, in an embodiment, the system may
include an ad replacement value determination server 4400. Ad
replacement value determination server 4400 may take the encrypted
image data and determine if there is a way to monetize the images
such that the monetization may outweigh the potential damages. For
example, ad replacement value determination server 4400 may
calculate potential earnings and limited damages liability, if, for
example, an entity with the DCM beacon, e.g., Jules Caesar, is
instead shown with an advertisement where his head would normally
be. In an embodiment, ad replacement value server may be controlled
by a different entity than server 4000, and there may be an
agreement in place for the ad replacement value determination
server 4400 to receive encrypted data for which the server 4000
decides it does not want to allow distribution. For example, ad
replacement value server 4400 may be run by a smaller social
networking site that cares less about potential damages because
they have fewer assets, or are less risk-averse. In another
embodiment, ad replacement value determination server 4400 may be
part of server 4000, and it may be a practice of server 4000 to
send an encrypted image for further analysis after the server 4000
determines that the image is not likely to be profitable without
modification.
[0187] Referring again to FIG. 1-F, in an embodiment, ad
replacement value determination server 4400 may include a DCM
beacon metadata reception module 4410 configured to receive the DCM
beacon metadata from the wearable computer encrypted data receipt
and determination server 4000. In an embodiment, ad replacement
value determination server 4400 may include an encrypted data
reception module 4420 that may be configured to receive the
encrypted data from the wearable computer encrypted data receipt
and determination server 4000, e.g., from the encrypted data
holding module 4150.
[0188] Referring again to FIG. 1-F, in an embodiment, ad
replacement value determination server 4400 may include a DCM
beacon term acquiring module 4430, which may acquire one or more
terms of service from service term management server 5000 and/or
DCM beacon management server 5100, similarly to DCM beacon
terms-of-service retrieval module 4122 of wearable computer
encrypted data receipt and determination server 4000. In an
embodiment, DCM beacon term acquiring module may include DCM beacon
remote retrieval module 4432. In an embodiment, DCM beacon term
acquiring module may be configured to retrieve term data from a
remote location, e.g., service term management server 5000, which
term data may correspond to a term of service associated with a
release of image data that includes the person with which the DCM
beacon is associated, e.g., Jules Caesar.
[0189] Referring again to FIG. 1-F, in an embodiment, ad
replacement value determination server 4400 may include an
encrypted data value calculation with standard ad placement module
4440. In an embodiment, standard ad placement module 4440 may
perform a similar calculation as encrypted data value calculation
module 4130 of wearable computer encrypted data receipt and
determination server 4000. In an embodiment, for example, encrypted
data value calculation with standard ad placement module 4440 may
calculate whether an estimated advertising revenue from one or more
advertisement images placed in the encrypted image data will be
greater than an estimated potential liability for distribution of
the images. In an embodiment, the estimated potential liability is
based at least in part on the terms of service which may be
retrieved by the DCM beacon term acquiring module 4430.
[0190] Referring again to FIG. 1-F, in an embodiment, ad
replacement value determination server 4400 may include encrypted
image data modification with intentionally obscuring ad placement
module 4450. In an embodiment, encrypted image data modification
with intentionally obscuring ad placement module 4450 may be
configured to modify the encrypted image data (e.g., which, in some
embodiments, may require limited decryption and then re-encryption)
by replacing one or more areas associated with the entity related
to the DCM beacon, e.g., Jules Caesar's face (e.g., or in another
embodiment, Jules Caesar's genitalia, if, e.g., it was a naked
picture of Jules Caesar), with one or more advertisement
images.
[0191] Referring again to FIG. 1-F, in an embodiment, ad
replacement value determination server 4400 may include modified
encrypted data value calculation with intentionally obscuring ad
placement module 4460. In an embodiment, modified encrypted data
value calculation with intentionally obscuring ad placement module
4460 may be configured to calculate an estimated advertising
revenue from the modified image data. In an embodiment, the
modified image data then may be distributed through modified
encrypted data distributing module 4470.
[0192] Tracking Server (FIG. 1-E).
[0193] Referring now to FIG. 1-E, in an embodiment, a system may
include tracking server 9000. Tracking server 9000 may be
configured to log use of a "Don't Capture Me" (hereinafter "DCM")
beacon by one or multiple users. In an embodiment, tracking server
9000 may track active DCM beacons, e.g., beacon 2110, through
communication with said one or more beacons. In an embodiment,
tracking server may track DCM beacons through other means, e.g.,
social networking and the like. The DCM beacon does not need to be
an active DCM beacon in order to be tracked by tracking server
9000.
[0194] In an embodiment, tracking server 9000 may include
deployment of one or more active and/or passive DCM beacons
monitoring module 9010. Deployment of one or more active and/or
passive DCM beacons monitoring module 9010 may include one or more
of active DCM beacon monitoring module 9012 and passive DCM beacon
monitoring/data gathering module 9020. In an embodiment, passive
DCM beacon monitoring/data gathering module 9020 may gather data
about the passive DCM beacon by observing it, e.g., through
satellite video capture, through other image capturing devices,
e.g., phone cameras, security cameras, laptop webcams, and the
like, or through other means. In an embodiment, passive DCM beacon
monitoring/data gathering module 9020 may include user input module
9022, which may receive an indication from a user, e.g., a switch
flipped on a user's cell phone, indicating that the user is using
the DCM beacon. In an embodiment, passive DCM beacon
monitoring/data gathering module 9020 may include a device status
module which tracks a device with which the passive DCM beacon is
associated, e.g., a wearable computer that is a shirt, or a
cellular phone device in the pocket. In an embodiment, passive DCM
beacon monitoring/data gathering module 9020 may include a social
media monitoring module that monitors posts on social networking
sites to determine if the DCM beacon is being used, and a location
of the user.
[0195] Referring again to FIG. 1-E, in an embodiment, tracking
server 9000 may include a record of the deployment of the one or
more active and/or passive DCM beacons storing module 9030, which
may be configured to store a record of usage and/or detection logs
of the DCM beacons that are monitored. In an embodiment, record of
the deployment of the one or more active and/or passive DCM beacons
storing module 9030 may store a record of the deployment in
deployment record storage 9032. In an embodiment, record of the
deployment of the one or more active and/or passive DCM beacons
storing module 9030 may transmit all or portions of the recorded
record through record of the deployment of one or more active
and/or passive DCM beacons transmitting module 9040.
[0196] Service Term Management Server 5000 (FIG. 1-A)
[0197] Referring now to FIG. 1-A, in an embodiment, the system may
include service term management server 5000, which may manage terms
of service that are associated with a DCM beacon and/or a person.
In an embodiment, service term management server 5000 may include a
DCM beacon registry 5010. In an embodiment, the DCM beacon registry
5010 may include one or more of a user's name, e.g., Jules Caesar,
a terms of service associated with Jules Caesar, which may be
custom to Jules Caesar, or may be a generic terms of service that
is used for many persons, and various representations of portions
of Jules Caesar, e.g., likeness, handprint, footprint, voiceprint,
pictures of private areas, and the like.
[0198] Referring again to FIG. 1-A, in an embodiment, the system
may include a terms of service generating module 5020. Terms of
service generating module 5020 may create a terms of service for
the user Jules Caesar. A sample Terms of Service is shown in FIG.
1-A and is reproduced here. It is noted that this is a condensed
Terms of Service meant to illustrate an exemplary operation of the
system in the environment, and accordingly, several necessary legal
portions may be omitted. Accordingly, the example Terms of Service
should not be considered as a binding, legal document, but rather a
representation of what the binding, legal document would look like,
that would enable one skilled in the art to create a full Terms of
Service.
[0199] Exemplary Terms of Service for User 2105 (Jules Caesar)
[0200] 1. By capturing an image of any part of the user Jules
Caesar (hereinafter "Image"), or providing any automation, design,
resource, assistance, or other facilitation in the capturing of the
Image, you agree that you have captured these Terms of Service and
that you acknowledge and agree to them. If you cannot agree to
these Terms of Service, you should immediately delete the captured
Image. Failure to do so will constitute acceptance of these Terms
of Service.
[0201] 2. The User Jules Caesar owns all of the rights associated
with the Image and any representation of any part of Jules Caesar
thereof;
[0202] 3. By capturing the Image, you agree to provide the User
Jules Caesar just compensation for any commercialization of the
User's personality rights that may be captured in the Image.
[0203] 4. By capturing the Image, you agree to take all reasonable
actions to track the Image and to provide an accounting of all
commercialization attempts related to the Image, whether successful
or not.
[0204] 5. By capturing the Image, you accept a Liquidated Damages
agreement in which unauthorized use of the Image will result in
mandatory damages of at least, but not limited to, $1,000,000.
[0205] In an embodiment, terms of service generating module may
include one or more of a default terms of service storage module
5022, a potential damage calculator 5024, and an entity
interviewing for terms of service generation module. In an
embodiment, default terms of service storage module 5022 may store
the default terms of service that are used as a template for a new
user, e.g., when Jules Caesar signs up for the service, this is the
terms of service that is available to him. In an embodiment,
potential damage calculator 5024 may determine an estimate of how
much in damages that Jules Caesar could collect for a breach of his
personality rights. In an embodiment, for example, potential damage
calculator may search the internet to determine how much Jules
Caesar appears on social media, blogs, and microblog (e.g.,
Twitter) accounts. In an embodiment, entity interviewing for terms
of service generation module 5026 may create an online
questionnaire/interview for Jules Caesar to fill out, which will be
used to calculate potential damages to Jules Caesar, e.g., through
determining Jules Caesar's net worth, for example.
[0206] In an embodiment, service term management server 5000 may
include terms of service maintenance module 5030, which may
maintain the terms of service and modify them if, for example, the
user becomes more popular, or gains a larger online or other
presence. In an embodiment, terms of service maintenance module
5030 may include one or more of a social media monitoring module
5042, that may search social networking sites, and an entity net
worth tracking module 5034 that may have access to the entity's
online bank accounts, brokerage accounts, property indexes, etc.,
and monitor the entity's wealth.
[0207] In an embodiment, serviced term management server 5000 may
include a use of representations of an entity detecting module
5040. In an embodiment, use of representations of an entity
detecting module 5040 may include one or more of a social media
monitoring module 5042, a public photo repository monitoring module
5044, and a public blog monitoring module 5046. In an embodiment,
use of representations of an entity detecting module 5040 may track
uses of representations, e.g., images, of the user Jules Caesar, to
try to detect violations of the terms of service, in various
forums.
[0208] DCM Beacon Management Server 5100 (FIG. 1-C)
[0209] Referring now to FIG. 1-C, in an embodiment, the system may
include a DCM beacon management server 5100, which may be
configured to manage the DCM beacon associated with a user, e.g.,
DCM beacon 2110 for user 2105, e.g., Jules Caesar. In an
embodiment, DCM beacon management server 5100 and service term
management server 5000 may be the same server. In another
embodiment, DCM beacon management server 5100 and service term
management server 5000 may be hosted by different entities. For
example, a specialized entity may handle the terms of service
generation, e.g., a valuation company that may be able to determine
a net "social network" worth of a user, e.g., Jules Caesar, and use
that to fashion the terms of service.
[0210] Referring again to FIG. 1-C, in an embodiment, DCM beacon
management server 5100 may include DCM beacon communication with
entity wanting to avoid having their image captured module 5110.
DCM beacon communication with entity wanting to avoid having their
image captured module 5110 may be configured to communicate with a
user, e.g., user 2105, e.g., Jules Caesar, and may handle the
creation, generation, maintenance, and providing of the DCM beacon
2110 to Jules Caesar, whether through electronic delivery or
through conventional delivery systems (e.g., mail, pickup at a
store, etc.). In an embodiment, DCM beacon communication with
entity wanting to avoid having their image captured module 5110 may
include one or more of DCM beacon transmission module 5112, DCM
beacon receiving module 5114, and DCM beacon generating module
5116.
[0211] In an embodiment, DCM beacon management server 5100 may
include entity representation acquiring module 5120. Entity
representation acquiring module 5100 may be configured to receive
data regarding one or more features of the user that will be
associated with the DCM beacon. For example, the user might upload
pictures of his body, face, private parts, footprint, handprint,
voice recording, hairstyle, silhouette, or any other representation
that may be captured and/or may be deemed relevant.
[0212] In an embodiment, DCM beacon management server 5100 may
include DCM beacon association with one or more terms of service
and one or more entity representations module 5130. In an
embodiment, DCM beacon association with one or more terms of
service and one or more entity representations module 5130 may be
configured to, after generation of a DCM beacon, obtain a terms of
service to be associated with that DCM beacon. In an embodiment,
the terms of service may be received from service term management
server 5000.
[0213] In an embodiment, DCM beacon management server 5100 may
include a DCM beacon capture detecting module 5140. DCM beacon
capture detection module 5140 may detect when a DCM beacon is
captured, e.g., if it is an active beacon, or it may receive a
notification from various servers (e.g., server 4000) and/or
wearable devices (e.g., wearable device 3100) that a beacon has
been detected, if it is a passive DCM beacon.
[0214] In an embodiment, when a DCM beacon is detected, DCM beacon
management server 5100 may include terms of service associated with
DCM beacon distributing module, which may be configured to provide
the terms of service associated with the DCM beacon to an entity
that captured the image including the DCM beacon, e.g., to module
4122 of wearable computer encrypted data receipt and determination
server 4000, or DCM beacon remote retrieval module 4430 of ad
replacement value determination server 4400, for example.
[0215] Wearable Computer with Optional Paired Personal Device 3300
(FIGS. 1-Q and 1-R)
[0216] Referring now to FIG. 1-R, in an embodiment, the system may
include a wearable computer 3300. Wearable computer 3300 may have
additional functionality beyond capturing images, e.g., it may also
store a user's contact list for emails, phone calls, and the like.
In another embodiment, wearable computer 3300 may be paired with
another device carried by a user, e.g., the user's smartphone
device, which stores the user's contact list. As will be described
in more detail herein, wearable computer 3300 operates similarly to
wearable computer 3100, except that entities with DCM beacons are
obscured, unless they have a preexisting relationship with the
user. It is noted that DCM beacon detection and encryption may
operate similarly in wearable computer 3300 as in wearable computer
3100, and so substantially duplicated parts have been omitted.
[0217] Referring again to FIG. 1-R, in an embodiment, wearable
computer 3300 may include an image capturing module 3310, which may
capture an image of Jules Caesar, who has DCM beacon "A", Beth
Caesar, who has DCM beacon "B", and Auggie Caesar, who has no DCM
beacon. In an embodiment, wearable computer 3300 may include an
image acquiring module 3320, which may be part of image capturing
module 3310, to acquire one or more images captured by an image
capture device, e.g., the image of Jules Caesar, Beth Caesar, and
Auggie Caesar.
[0218] In an embodiment, wearable computer 3300 may include an
entity identification module 3330, which may perform one or more
recognition algorithms on the image in order to identify persons in
the image. Entity identification module may use known facial
recognition algorithms, for example, or may ask the user for input,
or may search the internet for similar images that have been
identified, for example.
[0219] Referring again to FIG. 1-R, in an embodiment, wearable
computer 3300 may include preexisting relationship data retrieval
module 3340, which may retrieve names of known persons, e.g., from
a device contact list, e.g., device contact list 3350. In the
example shown in FIG. 1, Jules Caesar is in the contact list of the
device 3300. It is noted that the device contact list 3350 may be
stored on a different device, e.g., the user's cellular
telephone.
[0220] Referring now to FIG. 1-Q, in an embodiment, wearable
computer 3300 may include data indicating an identified entity from
the image data has a preexisting relationship obtaining module
3360, which, in an embodiment, may obtain data indicating that one
of the entities recorded in the image data (e.g., Jules Caesar) is
in the user's contact list.
[0221] Referring again to FIG. 1-Q, in an embodiment, wearable
computer 3300 may include entities with preexisting relationship
marking to prevent obfuscation module 3370. In an embodiment,
entities with preexisting relationship marking to prevent
obfuscation module 3370 may attach a marker to the image, e.g., a
real marker on the image or a metadata attachment to the image, or
another type of marker, that prevents obfuscation of that person,
regardless of DCM beacon status, because they are in the user's
contact list.
[0222] Referring again to FIG. 1-Q, in an embodiment, wearable
computer 3300 may include unknown entities with DCM beacon
obscuring module 3380, which may obfuscate any of the entities in
the image data that have a DCM beacon and are not in the contact
list. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 1, Beth Caesar's
image is obscured, e.g., blurred, blacked out, covered with
advertisements, or the like, because she has a DCM beacon
associated with her image, and because she is not in the user's
contact list. Jules Caesar, on the other hand, is not obscured
because a known entity marker was attached to his image at module
3370, because Jules Caesar is in the contact list of an associated
device of the user. Auggie Caesar is not obscured regardless of
contact list status, because there is no DCM beacon associated with
Auggie Caesar.
[0223] Referring again to FIG. 1-Q, after the image is obscured,
obscured image 3390 of wearable computer 3300 may release the image
to the rest of the device for processing, or to another device, the
Internet, or cloud storage, for further operations on the image
data.
[0224] Active DCM Beacon 6000 (FIGS. 1-P and 1-K).
[0225] Referring now to FIG. 1-P, in an embodiment, a user 2107 may
be associated with an active DCM beacon 2610, which will be
discussed in more detail herein. The word "Active" in this context
merely means that the DCM beacon has some form of circuitry or
emitter.
[0226] Referring now to FIG. 1-K, in an embodiment, the system may
include an active DCM beacon 6000, which may show an active DCM
beacon, e.g., active DCM beacon 2610, in more detail. In an
embodiment, beacon 6000 may include DCM beacon broadcasting module
6010. In an embodiment, DCM beacon broadcasting module 6010 may
broadcast a privacy beacon associated with at least one user, e.g.,
user 2107, from at or near the location of user 2107. The beacon
may be detected by an image capturing device when the user is
captured in an image.
[0227] Referring again to FIG. 1-K, in an embodiment, the beacon
6000 may include an indication of DCM beacon detection module 6020,
which may detect, be informed of, or otherwise acquire an
indication that the active DCM beacon has been captured by an image
capturing device. In an embodiment, indication of DCM beacon
detection module 6020 may include one or more of DCM beacon
scanning module 6022, which may scan nearby devices to see if they
have detected the beacon, and DCM beacon communications handshake
module 6024, which may establish communication with one or more
nearby devices to determine if they have captured the beacon.
[0228] Referring again to FIG. 1-K, in an embodiment, beacon 6000
may include term data broadcasting module 6030, which may
broadcast, or which may order to be broadcasted, term data, which
may include the terms of service. In an embodiment, term data
broadcasting module 6030 may include one or more of a substantive
term data broadcasting module 6032, which may broadcast the actual
terms of service, and pointer to term data broadcasting module
6034, which may broadcast a pointer to the terms of service data
that a capturing device may use to retrieve the terms of service
from a particular location.
[0229] DCM Beacon Test Duplicating Sever 4800 (FIGS. 1-C and
1-D)
[0230] Referring now to FIG. 1-C, in an embodiment, the system may
include a DCM beacon test duplicating server 4800. In an
embodiment, the DCM beacon test duplicating server 4800 may take
the image data, and perform the test for capturing the beacon
again, as a redundancy, as a verification, or as a protection for
wearable computer server 4000. In an embodiment, DCM beacon test
duplicating server 4800 may be a part of wearable computer server
4000. In another embodiment, DCM beacon test duplicating server
4800 may be separate from wearable computer server 4000, and may be
controlled by a different entity, e.g., a watchdog entity, or an
independent auditing agency.
[0231] Referring again to FIG. 1-C, in an embodiment, DCM beacon
test duplicating server 4800 may include encrypted data reception
for secondary DCM beacon detection module 4810, which may acquire
the encrypted image data containing the user, e.g., user 2105,
e.g., Jules Caesar, and the associated DCM beacon, e.g., DCM beacon
2110.
[0232] Referring again to FIG. 1-C, in an embodiment, DCM beacon
test duplicating server 4800 may include a device-specific key
retrieving module 4820, which may retrieve the device-specific key,
e.g., from wearable computer device 3100, or from wearable computer
server 4000. In an embodiment, DCM beacon test duplicating server
4800 may include image data decryption with device-specific key
module 4830, which may apply the device-specific key obtained by
device-specific key retrieving module 4820, and apply it to the
encrypted image data, to generate decrypted image data.
[0233] Referring again to FIG. 1-C, in an embodiment, the
unencrypted image data may be sent to DCM beacon detecting module
4840 of DCM beacon test duplicating server 4800. If the raw image
data was optical in its original form, then it may be reconverted
to optical (e.g., light) data. In an embodiment, DCM beacon
detecting module 4840 may perform a detection for the DCM beacon,
as previously described. In an embodiment, DCM beacon detecting
module 4840 may include one or more of an optics-based DCM beacon
detecting module 4842 and a digital image processing-based DCM
beacon detecting module 4844.
[0234] Referring now to FIG. 1-D, after the test for detecting the
DCM beacon 2220 (which may be the same as the DCM beacon 2210, but
is detected at a different place, so a different number has been
assigned), DCM beacon detection at duplicating sever result
obtaining module 4850 may obtain the result of the detection
performed at DCM beacon test duplicating server 4800. Similarly,
DCM beacon detection at device result obtaining module 4860 may
obtain the result from the DCM beacon detection performed at
wearable computer device 3100. The results from module 4850 and
4860 may be stored at DCM beacon test result storage and logging
module 4870 of DCM beacon test duplicating server 4800.
[0235] Referring again to FIG. 1-D, the test results from DCM
beacon test duplicating server 4800 and from wearable computer 3100
may be stored at DCM beacon test result storage and logging module
4870, and such results may be kept for a predetermined length of
time. In an embodiment, the results may be transmitted to a
requesting party using DCM beacon test result transmitting module
4880.
[0236] Referring again to the system, in an embodiment, a
computationally-implemented method may include acquiring an image,
said image including at least one representation of a feature of at
least one entity, detecting a presence of a privacy beacon
associated with the at least one entity from the acquired image,
without performance of a further process on the acquired image,
encrypting the image using a unique device code prior to
performance of one or more image processes other than privacy
beacon detection, said unique device code unique to an image
capture device and not transmitted from the image capture device,
and facilitating transmission of the encrypted image and privacy
beacon data associated with the privacy beacon to a location
configured to perform processing on one or more of the encrypted
image and the privacy beacon data.
[0237] Referring again to the system, in an embodiment, a
computationally-implemented method may include acquiring a block of
encrypted data corresponding to one or more images that have
previously been encrypted through use of a unique device code
associated with an image capture device configured to capture the
one or more images, wherein at least one of the one or more images
includes at least one representation of a feature of at least one
entity, acquiring a privacy metadata, said privacy metadata
corresponding to a detection of a privacy beacon in the one or more
images captured by the image capture device, said privacy beacon
associated with the at least one entity, and determining, at least
partly based on the acquired privacy metadata, and partly based on
a value calculation based on the representation of the feature of
the at least one entity for which the privacy beacon is associated,
whether to allow processing, which may include distribution,
decryption, etc., of the encrypted data block.
[0238] Referring again to the system, in an embodiment, a
computationally-implemented method may include acquiring a block of
encrypted data corresponding to one or more images that have
previously been encrypted through use of a unique device code
associated with an image capture device configured to capture the
one or more images, wherein at least one of the one or more images
includes at least one representation of a feature of at least one
entity, acquiring a privacy metadata indicating detection of a
privacy beacon in the one or more images captured by the image
capture device, said privacy beacon associated with the at least
one entity, retrieving term data from a remote location, said term
data corresponding to a term of service associated with a potential
release of the block of encrypted data corresponding to the one or
more images that have previously been encrypted through use of the
unique device code associated with the image capture device
configured to capture the one or more images, calculating an
expected valuation corresponding to potential revenue associated
with the release of at least a portion of the block of encrypted
data corresponding to the one or more images that have previously
been encrypted through use of the unique device code associated
with the image capture device configured to capture the one or more
images, and determining whether to perform decryption of at least a
portion of the block of encrypted data at least partially based on
the calculation of the expected valuation corresponding to the
potential revenue associated with the release of the at least the
portion of the block of encrypted data, and at least partially
based on the retrieved term data corresponding to the term of
service.
[0239] Referring again to the system, in an embodiment, a
computationally-implemented method may include acquiring a block of
encrypted data corresponding to one or more images that have
previously been encrypted through use of a unique device code
associated with an image capture device configured to capture the
one or more images, wherein at least one of the one or more images
includes at least one representation of a feature of at least one
entity, acquiring a privacy metadata indicating a lack of detection
of a privacy beacon in the one or more images captured by the image
capture device, decrypting the block of encrypted data
corresponding to the one or more images that have previously been
encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with the
image capture device, and encrypting the block of decrypted data
through use of a unique entity code that is related to an entity
associated with the image capture device configured to capture the
one or more images. Referring again to the system, in an
embodiment, a computationally-implemented method may include
acquiring a block of encrypted data from a remote location, said
block of encrypted data corresponding to one or more images
captured by an image capture device, said block of encrypted data
previously encrypted through use of a unique entity code that is
related to an entity associated with the image capture device,
receiving an indication that the one or more images captured by the
image capture device were approved for decryption through a
verification related to privacy metadata associated with the one or
more images, obtaining the unique entity code related to the entity
associated with the image capture device, and releasing the one or
more images through decryption of the block of encrypted data
acquired from the remote location using the obtained unique entity
code related to the entity associated with the image capture
device.
[0240] Referring again to the system, in an embodiment, a
computationally-implemented method may include acquiring a block of
encrypted data corresponding to one or more images that have
previously been encrypted through use of a unique device code
associated with an image capture device configured to capture the
one or more images, wherein at least one of the one or more images
includes at least one representation of a feature of at least one
entity, retrieving term data from a remote location, said term data
corresponding to a term of service associated with a potential
release of the one or more images that have previously been
encrypted through use of the unique device code associated with the
image capture device configured to capture the one or more images,
calculating whether an estimated advertising revenue from one or
more advertisement images placed in the one or more images of the
block of encrypted data will be greater than an estimated potential
liability for distribution of the one or more images of the block
of encrypted data, said estimated potential liability at least
partly based on the retrieved term data, modifying the one or more
images of the block of encrypted data by replacing one or more
areas associated with one or more entities at least partially
depicted in the one or more images with the one or more
advertisement images, and calculating a modified estimated
advertising revenue from the modified one or more images of the
block of encrypted data.
[0241] Referring again to the system, in an embodiment, a
computationally-implemented method may include monitoring a
deployment of a privacy beacon associated with a user, said privacy
beacon configured to alert a wearable computer of one or more terms
of service associated with said user in response to recordation of
image data that includes said privacy beacon by said wearable
computer, and said privacy beacon configured to instruct said
wearable computer to execute one or more processes to impede
transmission of the one or more images that include the user
associated with said privacy beacon, and storing a record of the
deployment of the privacy beacon associated with the user, said
record configured to be retrieved upon request to confirm whether
the privacy beacon associated with the user was active at a
particular time.
[0242] Referring again to the system, in an embodiment, a
computationally-implemented method may include receiving data
regarding one or more features of one or more entities that are
designated for protection by one or more terms of service,
associating the one or more terms of service with a privacy beacon
configured to be captured in an image when the one or more features
of the one or more entities are captured in the image, and
providing the terms of service to one or more media service
providers associated with a device that captured an image that
includes the privacy beacon, in response to receipt of an
indication that an image that includes the privacy beacon has been
captured.
[0243] Referring again to the system, in an embodiment, a
computationally-implemented method may include acquiring one or
more images that have previously been captured by an image capture
device, wherein at least one of the one or more images includes at
least one representation of a feature of one or more entities,
identifying a first entity for which at least one representation of
a first entity feature is present in the one or more images, and a
second entity for which at least one representation of a second
entity feature is present in the one or more images, obtaining data
indicating that the first entity has a preexisting relationship
with an entity associated with the image capture device, e.g., in a
contact list, preventing an obfuscation of the representation of
the first entity for which the preexisting relationship with the
entity associated with the image capture device has been indicated,
and obfuscating the representation of the second entity for which
at least one representation of the second entity feature is present
in the one or more images.
[0244] Referring again to the system, in an embodiment, a
computationally-implemented method may include broadcasting a
privacy beacon associated with at least one entity from a location
of the at least one entity, said privacy beacon configured to be
detected by an image capturing device upon capture of an image of
the at least one entity, acquiring an indication that the privacy
beacon associated with the at least one entity has been captured by
the image capturing device, and broadcasting term data including
one or more conditions and/or consequences of distribution of one
or more images that depict at least a portion of the at least one
entity.
[0245] Referring again to the system, in an embodiment, a
computationally-implemented method may include acquiring a block of
encrypted data corresponding to one or more images that have
previously been encrypted through use of a unique device code
associated with an image capture device configured to capture the
one or more images, wherein at least one of the one or more images
includes at least one representation of a feature of at least one
entity, decrypting the block of encrypted data corresponding to the
one or more images that have previously been encrypted through use
of the unique device code associated with the image capture device
configured to capture the one or more images, performing an
operation to detect a presence of a privacy beacon associated with
the at least one entity from the one or more images, wherein the
privacy beacon previously had been detected by the image capture
device, and storing outcome data corresponding an outcome of the
operation to detect the presence of the privacy beacon associated
with the at least one entity of the one or more images, wherein
said outcome data includes an indication of whether a result of the
performed operation to detect the presence of the privacy beacon
associated with the at least one entity from the one or more images
matches the previous detection of the privacy beacon by the image
capture device.
[0246] Referring now to FIG. 2, FIG. 2A illustrates an example
environment 200 in which the methods, systems, circuitry, articles
of manufacture, and computer program products and architecture, in
accordance with various embodiments, may be implemented by one or
more server devices 235. As shown in FIG. 2A, one or more computing
devices 220 may capture images. For example, computing device 220
may capture an image of an entity 105 associated with a privacy
beacon, e.g., a DCM ("Don't Capture Me") beacon 110. In this and
some other examples, the captured entity is named "Jules Caesar."
In an embodiment in which computing device 220 is a wearable
computer, computing device 220 may be worn by computing device user
115. In another embodiment, computing device user 115 is not
present (e.g., computing device 220 is a security camera, or an
automated teller machine with a camera).
[0247] Referring again to FIG. 2A, computing device 220 may capture
the image data as image data 22, which may be optical data, e.g.,
light data, digital data, e.g., a digital signal, or data in
another form. In a process that will be discussed in more detail
herein according to various embodiments, image data 22 may be
encrypted using a device-specific code, shown here as encrypted
image data 24. Encrypted image data 24 may be transmitted to a
server device 230, which may be an example of wearable computer
server 3000 shown in FIG. 1. In an embodiment, computing device 220
may generate beacon metadata 150 from the detected DCM beacon 110.
In an embodiment, beacon metadata 150 may be binary beacon metadata
that indicates whether a beacon has been detected, e.g., yes or no.
In an embodiment, beacon metadata 150 may include a data string
that identifies the beacon, the entity, the type of beacon, data
about the beacon, or a combination of the foregoing. In an
embodiment, such a beacon metadata 150 may be used by server device
230 to obtain additional information about the entity, e.g., terms
of service data, which will be described in more detail herein. In
an embodiment, beacon metadata 150 may include terms of service
data associated with the entity, e.g., Jules Caesar. The types of
beacon metadata 150 are not limited to those listed in this
paragraph, and the foregoing types of beacon metadata 150 will be
described in more detail further herein with respect to FIGS.
4A-4E, and with respect to the specific examples listed herein.
[0248] Referring again to FIG. 2A, in an embodiment, server device
230 may include a decryption determination module 232, which may
determine whether to decrypt the device-based encrypted image 24,
in a process described in more detail in this application and the
related applications. In an embodiment, decryption determination
module 232 may include valuation assessment module 236. Valuation
assessment module 236 may make one or more calculations and/or
estimations to determine one or more of an estimated value of the
captured image, and an estimated liability that may be incurred for
the distribution of the image.
[0249] In an embodiment, if the decryption determination module 232
determines to decrypt the image, then the image may be decrypted
into decrypted image 26. In an embodiment, decrypted image 26 may
be transmitted to server device 235 for further operation. In an
embodiment, server device 235 may be part of server device 230. In
another embodiment, server device 235 may be separate from server
device 230, or may be under the control of a related or separate
entity. In an embodiment, server device 235 may apply a
client-based encryption key to decrypted image 26 to generate
client-based encrypted image 28. Upon encryption, client-based
encrypted image 28 may be transmitted to another location, server,
or social networking site, by client-based encrypted image
distribution module 239. In an embodiment, client-based encrypted
image 28 may be transmitted to computing device 220 by client-based
encrypted image distribution module 239.
[0250] In an embodiment, computing device 220 may receive the
client-based encrypted image at client-based encrypted image
receiving module 221. Client-based encrypted image receiving module
221 may then facilitate decryption of the client-based encrypted
image through use of the client-based encryption key, which may be
stored on the device, inputted by the user, or retrieved from a
remote database or server. Client-based encrypted image 28 thus may
be decrypted into decrypted image 26A.
[0251] Referring again to FIG. 2A, computing device 220 may include
other operation modules, e.g., a decrypted image operation module
249. Decrypted image operation module 249 may include one or more
of a social network distributing module 249A, image manipulation
module 249B, image copying module 249C, and image mailing module
249D. In an embodiment, the portions of the computing device 220
that deal with the device-based encrypted image 24, e.g., the image
capturing components and the image encryption components, may be
separated, either physically or virtually, from components that
operate on the decrypted image, e.g., the client-based encrypted
image receiving module 221 and the decrypted image operation module
229. In this way, the computing device 220 may be prevented from
transmitting or operating on the unencrypted image as it is
captured, or the encrypted image after it is encrypted by the
device.
[0252] Referring again to FIG. 2A, in some embodiments, one or more
of the encrypted image data and the DCM beacon metadata are
transmitted over one or more communication network(s) 240. In
various embodiments, the communication network 240 may include one
or more of a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a
metropolitan area network (MAN), a wireless local area network
(WLAN), a personal area network (PAN), a Worldwide Interoperability
for Microwave Access (WiMAX), public switched telephone network
(PTSN), a general packet radio service (GPRS) network, a cellular
network, and so forth. The communication networks 240 may be wired,
wireless, or a combination of wired and wireless networks. It is
noted that "communication network" as it is used in this
application refers to one or more communication networks, which may
or may not interact with each other.
[0253] Computing device 220 may be any electronic device, portable
or not, that may be operated by or associated with one or more
users. Computing device 220 is shown as interacting with a user
115. As set forth above, user 115 may be a person, or a group of
people, or another entity that mimics the operations of a user. In
an embodiment, user 115 may be a computer or a computer-controlled
device. Computing device 220 may be, but is not limited to, a
wearable computer. Computing device 220 may be any device that is
equipped with an image capturing component, including, but not
limited to, a cellular phone, a network phone, a smartphone, a
tablet, a music player, a walkie-talkie, a radio, an augmented
reality device (e.g., augmented reality glasses and/or headphones),
wearable electronics, e.g., watches, belts, earphones, or "smart"
clothing, earphones, headphones, audio/visual equipment, media
player, television, projection screen, flat screen, monitor, clock,
appliance (e.g., microwave, convection oven, stove, refrigerator,
freezer), a navigation system (e.g., a Global Positioning System
("GPS") system), a medical alert device, a remote control, a
peripheral, an electronic safe, an electronic lock, an electronic
security system, a video camera, a personal video recorder, a
personal audio recorder, and the like.
[0254] Referring now to FIG. 2B, FIG. 2B shows a detailed
description of a server device 235 operating in environment 200, in
an embodiment. It is noted that the components shown in FIG. 2B
represent merely one embodiment of server device 235, and any or
all components other than processor 222 may be omitted,
substituted, or modified, in various embodiments.
[0255] Referring again to FIG. 2B, server device 235 may include a
server device memory 245. In an embodiment, device memory 245 may
include memory, random access memory ("RAM"), read only memory
("ROM"), flash memory, hard drives, disk-based media, disc-based
media, magnetic storage, optical storage, volatile memory,
nonvolatile memory, and any combination thereof. In an embodiment,
device memory 245 may be separated from the device, e.g., available
on a different device on a network, or over the air. For example,
in a networked system, there may be many server devices 235 whose
device memory 245 is located at a central server that may be a few
feet away or located across an ocean. In an embodiment, server
device 235 may include a device memory 245. In an embodiment,
memory 245 may comprise of one or more of one or more mass storage
devices, read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory
(PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), cache
memory such as random access memory (RAM), flash memory,
synchronous random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access
memory (DRAM), and/or other types of memory devices. In an
embodiment, memory 245 may be located at a single network site. In
an embodiment, memory 245 may be located at multiple network sites,
including sites that are distant from each other.
[0256] Referring again to FIG. 2B, in an embodiment, server device
235 may include a client-based encrypted image distribution
destination module 239. In an embodiment, module 239 may be
configured to handle a destination for the client-based encrypted
image, e.g., which may be the image capture device that captured
the image, a different device, e.g., a cell phone or a tablet
device or a home computer, for example, a server, a social
networking site, a cloud storage, a photo repository, and the
like.
[0257] Referring again to FIG. 2B, in an embodiment, server device
235 may include a valuation receiving module 236, for embodiments
in which a valuation of the captured image is received. In an
embodiment, server device 235 may include a privacy beacon
detection data receiving module 237, which may receive data
regarding whether the privacy beacon was detected. In an
embodiment, module 237 may receive data regarding the privacy
beacon, e.g., an identifier that can be used to retrieve term data,
or a term data, or another identifier.
[0258] Referring again to FIG. 2B, FIG. 2B shows a more detailed
description of server device 235. In an embodiment, server device
235 may include a processor 222. Processor 222 may include one or
more microprocessors, Central Processing Units ("CPU"), a Graphics
Processing Units ("GPU"), Physics Processing Units, Digital Signal
Processors, Network Processors, Floating Point Processors, and the
like. In an embodiment, processor 222 may be a server. In an
embodiment, processor 222 may be a distributed-core processor.
Although processor 222 is as a single processor that is part of a
single server device 235, processor 222 may be multiple processors
distributed over one or many server devices 235, which may or may
not be configured to operate together.
[0259] Processor 222 is illustrated as being configured to execute
computer readable instructions in order to execute one or more
operations described above, and as illustrated in FIGS. 10,
11A-11C, 12A-12FG, 13A-13C, and 14A-14B. In an embodiment,
processor 222 is designed to be configured to operate as processing
module 250, which may include one or more of device-based encrypted
image that is an image that has previously been encrypted through
use of a particular device code assigned to an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity acquiring module 252,
decrypted image through decryption of the device-based encrypted
image in response to a decryption approval generating module 254,
client-based encrypted image through encryption of the generated
decrypted image that uses a particular client code that is assigned
to a client that is associated with the image capture device
configured to capture the image creating module 256, and created
client-based encrypted image distributing to a particular
destination module 258.
[0260] FIGS. 3A-3E refer to an "image capture device," which is
defined as any device that is equipped with the ability to capture
images, and not necessarily a wearable computer or a device
designed specifically to capture images.
[0261] Referring now to FIG. 3A, FIG. 3A shows an exemplary
embodiment of a computing device 220 as image capture device 302.
In an embodiment, image capture device 302 may include an image
capture component, e.g., a lens 306A. Image capture component 306A
may capture an image including the user 105 and the DCM beacon 110,
and capture that image as raw (optical or digital) data 120. In an
embodiment, image capture device 302 may include beacon detection
module 310A that is configured to detect DCM beacon 110, either
optically, digitally, or other, depending on the embodiment. After
detection of the beacon, the image data may be sent to an image
data encryption module 320A to encrypt the image. In an embodiment,
if the beacon is not detected, the image data 120 is released past
barrier 340A and the other image capture device modules 350A may
operate on the image data 120. In an embodiment, the encrypted
data, and data associated with the DCM beacon 110 (although not
necessarily the beacon itself) may be transmitted to encrypted data
and beacon transmitting module 330A, which may transmit the
encrypted data and beacon data to an external source, e.g., server
3000 as described in FIG. 1. It is noted that beacon detection
module 310A, image data encryption module 320A, and encrypted data
and beacon transmitting module 330A may be separated from other
image capture device modules 350A by barrier 340A.
[0262] In an embodiment, barrier 340A may be a physical barrier,
e.g., beacon detection module 310A, lens 306A, image data
encryption module 320A, and encrypted data and beacon transmitting
module 330A may be hard-wired to each other and electrically
excluded from other image capture device modules 350A. In another
embodiment, barrier 340A may be implemented as a programmed
barrier, e.g., the image data 120 is not transmitted to modules
other than beacon detection module 310A, lens 306A, image data
encryption module 320A, and encrypted data and beacon transmitting
module 330A. In another embodiment, barrier 340A may be implemented
as a data access barrier, e.g., the captured image data 120 may be
protected, e.g., with an access or clearance level, so that only
beacon detection module 310A, lens 306A, image data encryption
module 320A, and encrypted data and beacon transmitting module 330A
may read or operate on the image data 120. In another embodiment,
barrier 340A may not be a complete barrier, e.g., barrier 340A may
allow "read" access to the image data, but not "copy" or "write"
access. In another embodiment, barrier 340A may be a barrier to
transmission, e.g., the image may be viewed locally at the device,
but may be barred from being saved to a removable memory, or
uploaded to a cloud storage or social networking site/social media
site.
[0263] Referring now to FIG. 3B, FIG. 3B shows an embodiment of a
computing device 220 as image capture device 304. In an embodiment,
image capture device 304 may include an image capture component,
e.g., a lens and sensor 306B. Image capture component 306B may
capture an image including the user 105 and the DCM beacon 110, and
capture that image as raw (optical or digital) data 120. In an
embodiment, image capture device 304 may include image path
splitting module 305B that may receive the raw data 120 as a
signal, e.g., optical or digital, and split the signal into two
branches. As shown in FIG. 3B, one branch, e.g., the north branch,
sends the raw signal to image data encryption module 320B, which
may encrypt the image. In an embodiment, the other branch, e.g.,
the south branch, may send the signal to a beacon detection module
310B, which may detect the DCM beacon 110. In an embodiment, if the
DCM beacon 110 is detected, then the unencrypted image data that
arrived at beacon detection module 310B is destroyed. In an
embodiment, if the DCM beacon 110 is not detected, then the
encrypted image data from image data encryption module 320B is
destroyed, and the unencrypted image data at beacon detection
module 310B is allowed to pass to other image capture device
modules 350B. In an embodiment, the beacon detection result and the
encrypted image data are transmitted to the encrypted data and
beacon transmitting module 330B. In an embodiment, barrier 340B may
separate image path splitting module 305B, beacon detection module
310B, image data encryption module 320B, and encrypted data and
beacon transmitting module 330B from other image capture device
modules 350B.
[0264] In an embodiment, barrier 340B may be a physical barrier,
e.g., beacon detection module 310B, lens 306B, image data
encryption module 320B, and encrypted data and beacon transmitting
module 330B may be hard-wired to each other and electrically
excluded from other image capture device modules 350B. In another
embodiment, barrier 340B may be implemented as a programmed
barrier, e.g., the image data 120 is not transmitted to modules
other than image path splitting module 305B, beacon detection 310B,
lens 306B, image data encryption module 320B, and encrypted data
and beacon transmitting module 330B. In another embodiment, barrier
340B may be implemented as a data access barrier, e.g., the
captured image data may be protected, e.g., with an access or
clearance level, so that only beacon detection module 310B, lens
306B, image data encryption module 320B, and encrypted data and
beacon transmitting module 330B may read or operate on the image
data 120. In another embodiment, barrier 340B may not be a complete
barrier, e.g., barrier 340B may allow "read" access to the image
data, but not "copy" or "write" access. In another embodiment,
barrier 340B may be a barrier to transmission, e.g., the image may
be viewed locally at the device, but may be barred from being saved
to a removable memory, or uploaded to a cloud storage or social
networking site/social media site.
[0265] Referring now to FIG. 3C, FIG. 3C shows an embodiment of a
computing device 220 implemented as image capture device 306. In an
embodiment, image capture device 306 may include an image capture
component 306C that captures optical data 120A. In an embodiment,
optical data 120A may be sent to optical splitting module 305C,
which may split the optical signal, e.g., the light, into two
paths. Referring to FIG. 3C, the "south" path may transmit the
light to an optical filter 312, which may filter the light for a
specific characteristic, e.g., a wavelength or an object, according
to known optical filtration techniques. In an embodiment, the
filtered optical signal may then be transmitted to a filtered
optical signal beacon detection module 310C, which may detect the
beacon 110 in the optical data 120A.
[0266] Referring again to FIG. 3C, the "north" path from optical
splitting module 305C may transmit the optical image data to an
optical-to-digital converter 314, e.g., a CMOS or CCD sensor. In an
embodiment, the digital signal then may be transmitted to image
data encryption module 320C, and the encrypted data transmitted to
encrypted data and beacon transmitting module 330C, along with the
beacon detection result, for transmission to an external source,
e.g., server 3000 as shown in FIG. 1. In an embodiment, barrier
340C may prevent access to the unencrypted image data by other
image capture device modules 350C. In an embodiment, barrier 340C
may function similarly to barriers 340A and 340B, and the
descriptions of those barriers and their possible implementations
also may apply to barrier 340C. In an embodiment, image data
encryption module 320C, encrypted data beacon and transmitting
module 330C, and optical-to-digital converter 314 may be controlled
by beacon detection control module 325, which may be part of the
processor of image capture device 306, or may be a separate
processor. In an embodiment, beacon detection control module 325
may form part or all of processor 222 of computing device 220 of
FIG. 2B.
[0267] Referring now to FIG. 3D, FIG. 3D shows an exemplary
implementation of a computing device 220 implemented as image
capture device 308, according to an embodiment. Image capture
device 308 may include an optical image collector 306D that may
capture an image including the user 105 and the DCM beacon 110, and
capture that image as optical data 120A. Optical data 120A may then
be sent to optical splitting module 305D, which may split the
optical signal, e.g., the light, into two paths. Referring to FIG.
3D, the "south" path may transmit the light to an optical
transformation module 332, which may apply a transformation, e.g.,
a Fourier transformation, to the optical image data. The
transformed optical data from module 332, as well as a reference
image from optical beacon reference signal providing module 334 may
be transmitted to optical beacon detection module 310D. Optical
beacon detection module 310D may optically detect the beacon using
Fourier transformation and an optical correlator. The basic
operation of performing optical image object detection is described
in the publically-available (at the University of Michigan Online
Library) paper "Report of Project MICHIGAN, SIGNAL DETECTION BY
COMPLEX SPATIAL FILTERING," by A. B. Vander Lugt, printed in July
1963 at the Radar Laboratory at the Institute of Science and
Technology, the University of Michigan, which is hereby
incorporated by reference in its entirety. Applicant's
representative is including a copy of this paper with the filing of
this application, for the convenience of the Examiner.
[0268] Referring again to FIG. 3D, the "north" path from optical
splitting module 305D may transmit the optical image data to an
optical-to-digital converter 324, e.g., a CMOS or CCD sensor. In an
embodiment, the digital signal then may be transmitted to image
data encryption module 320D, and the encrypted data transmitted to
encrypted data and beacon transmitting module 330D, along with the
beacon detection result, for transmission to an external source,
e.g., server 3000 as shown in FIG. 1. In an embodiment, barrier
340D may prevent access to the unencrypted image data by other
image capture device modules 350D. In an embodiment, barrier 340D
may function similarly to barriers 340A and 340B, and the
descriptions of those barriers and their possible implementations
also may apply to barrier 340D. In an embodiment, image data
encryption module 320D, encrypted data and beacon transmitting
module 330D, and optical-to-digital converter 324 may be controlled
by beacon detection control module 335, which may be part of the
processor of image capture device 308, or may be a separate
processor. In an embodiment, beacon detection control module 335
may form part or all of processor 222 of computing device 220 of
FIG. 2B.
[0269] Referring now to FIG. 3E, FIG. 3E shows an exemplary
embodiment of an implementation of computing device 220 as image
capture device 309. In an embodiment, image capture device 309 may
include an optical image collector 306E, e.g., a lens, which may
collect the optical data 120A. Optical data 120A may be emitted to
an optical beacon detection module 310E, which may detect the DCM
beacon 110 using one of the above-described optical detection
methods. After detection of the beacon using optical techniques,
the optical signal may be captured by an optical-to-digital
conversion module 344, and converted to digital image data, which
is transferred to image data encryption module 320E for encryption.
In an embodiment, modules 306E, 310E, 344, and 320E, are hard-wired
to each other, and separated from encrypted data and beacon
transmitting module 330E and other image capture device modules
350E by barrier 340E (which, in this embodiment, is shown for
exemplary purposes only, because the physical construction of
modules 306E, 310E, 344, and 320E removes the need for a barrier
340E, whether implemented as hardware, programming, security, or
access. In this embodiment, the image data is encrypted prior to
interaction with the "main" portions of image capture device 309,
and after the beacon data has been optically detected.
[0270] FIGS. 4A-4E show one or more embodiments of a server device
230, according to one or more embodiments. Unless otherwise stated
or contradictory to FIGS. 4A-4E, the server devices 430A, 430B,
430C, 430D, and 430E may include the elements of server device 230,
as previously described. Similarly, unless otherwise stated or
contradictory to FIGS. 4A-4E, the computing devices 420A, 420B,
420C, 420D, and 420E may include the elements of computing device
230, as previously described.
[0271] Referring now to FIG. 4A, FIG. 4A shows an exemplary
implementation of server device 230 as server device 430A operating
in exemplary environment 400A. In an embodiment, computing device
420A further includes a location and time log and transmission
module 422A. In an embodiment, location and time log and
transmission module 422A may record a location, e.g., through
global positioning sensors, triangulation using radio signals, or
other methods, of the computing device 420A, and a time that the
image is captured, at the time the image is captured. This data of
location and time of the image capture, e.g., location and time of
detection data 162, may be transmitted to server device 430A, as
shown in FIG. 4A.
[0272] Referring again to FIG. 4A, server device 430A may include a
beacon metadata acquisition module 433. Beacon metadata acquisition
module 433 may include location and time of beacon detection data
acquisition module 433A. Location and time of beacon detection data
acquisition module 433A may receive the location and time of
detection data 162. In an embodiment in which the beacon metadata
150 is binary beacon metadata 150A, additional data regarding the
image may be obtained. For example, server device 430A may transmit
the location and time of detection data 162 to a remote location,
e.g., to beacon support server 490. Beacon support server may
include, for example, a geotagged and timestamped list of detected
beacons 436, which may track a location and time when a beacon is
detected. Beacon support server 490 may be associated with DCM
beacon 110, and may be configured to log each time DCM beacon 110
is detected, e.g., in an embodiment in which DCM beacon 110 is an
active beacon that can determine when it is detected. In an
embodiment, beacon support server 490 may use the location and time
of detection data 162 to determine which DCM beacon 110 is
detected, and transmit the beacon identification information back
to server device 430A, e.g., to beacon identification data
acquisition module 433B. In an embodiment, this beacon
identification information may be used by server device 430A. In an
embodiment, the beacon identification information may be used to
identify the entity in the image, without decrypting the image, for
example.
[0273] Referring now to FIG. 4B, FIG. 4B shows an exemplary
implementation of server device 230 as server device 430B operating
in exemplary environment 400B. In an embodiment, the computing
device 420B may generate beacon metadata 150, which may be binary
beacon metadata 150A, and transmit the binary beacon metadata 150A
to server device 430B. In an embodiment, server device 430B
receives the binary beacon metadata 150A, e.g., through use of
beacon metadata acquisition module 443, which may describe whether
a beacon was detected in the encrypted image data block 160, but
which may, in an embodiment, not provide additional data regarding
the beacon. In an embodiment, server device 430B may include
encrypted image analysis and data extraction module 442, which may
perform analysis on the encrypted image 24, if possible. Such
analysis may include, for example, that the encrypted image data
block 160 may have metadata that is not encrypted or that may be
read through the encryption. In an embodiment, for example, the
image 22 may be encrypted in such a manner that certain
characteristics of the encrypted image 24 may be obtained without
decrypting the image. In an embodiment, server device 430B may use
encrypted image analysis and data extraction module 442 to
determine more information about the image, e.g., which may be used
to perform valuation of the image and/or to retrieve term data
regarding one or more terms of service associated with the DCM
beacon 110 and the entity Jules Caesar 105.
[0274] Referring now to FIG. 4C, FIG. 4C shows an exemplary
implementation of server device 230 as server device 430C operating
in exemplary environment 400C. In an embodiment, computing device
420C may transmit the beacon metadata 150, which may be binary
beacon metadata 150A, to server device 430C. Beacon metadata 150
may be obtained by beacon metadata acquisition module 456. In an
embodiment, beacon metadata acquisition module 456 may relay data
regarding the received metadata to a decision-making portion of
server device 430C, e.g., a central processor. In an embodiment,
server device 430C may determine that it wants more data regarding
the image 22, in order to retrieve term data, or perform a
valuation of the image data. Accordingly, in an embodiment, server
device 430C may include encrypted image analysis and data
extraction module 436, which may operate similarly to encrypted
image analysis and data extraction module 442, and also, in an
embodiment, encrypted image analysis and data extraction module 436
may transmit the encrypted image data block to a "sandbox," e.g.,
image decryption sandbox 492. Image decryption sandbox 492 may
place the image in a virtual or physical "sandbox" where other
processes may be unable to access the data. Image decryption
sandbox 492 may be part of server device 430C, or may be a separate
entity. In an embodiment, image decryption sandbox 492 may decrypt
the encrypted image. Encrypted image decryption and beacon
identification module 493 may perform analysis on the decrypted
image, including identifying the beacon, or identifying the entity,
or a combination thereof. The identification data then may be given
to beacon identification data reception module 438. In an
embodiment, the decrypted image data is then trapped in the sandbox
and/or destroyed.
[0275] Referring now to FIG. 4D, FIG. 4D shows an exemplary
implementation of server device 230 as server device 430D operating
in exemplary environment 400D. In an embodiment, computing device
420D may transmit beacon metadata 150, e.g., beacon identifier
metadata 150B, to server device 430D. In an embodiment, beacon
identifier metadata 150B may identify the beacon, e.g., the DCM
beacon 110. The identification may be a unique identification, e.g.
"this beacon is associated with user #13606116, Jules Caesar," or,
in an embodiment, the identification may be a class of beacon,
e.g., "this is a beacon with a $100,000 dollar liquidated damages
clause associated with using a likeness of the entity associated
with the beacon," or "this is a beacon of a television celebrity,"
or "this is a beacon provided by Image Protect Corporation."
[0276] Referring again to FIG. 4D, server device 430D receives the
beacon identifier metadata 150B, e.g., through use of beacon
metadata acquisition module 447. In an embodiment, server device
430D may transmit the identifier to an external location, e.g., a
terms of service transmission server 485. Terms of service
transmission server 485 may store terms of service associated with
various beacons in its terms of service repository 489. In an
embodiment, each unique beacon may be associated with its own
unique terms of service. In another embodiment, there may be common
terms of service for various users. In another embodiment, there
may be common terms of service for various classes of users. In an
embodiment, the terms of service may vary depending on how much the
entity, e.g., Jules Caesar, is paying to use the beacon
service.
[0277] In an embodiment, terms of service transmission server 485
may include beacon identifier lookup table 487. Beacon identifier
lookup table 487 may receive the beacon identifier metadata 150B,
and use the beacon identifier metadata 150B to obtain the terms of
service associated with that beacon, e.g., terms of service data
151. In an embodiment, terms of service data 151 then may be
transmitted to server device 430D.
[0278] Referring now to FIG. 4E, FIG. 4E shows an exemplary
implementation of server device 230 as server device 430E operating
in exemplary environment 400E. In an embodiment, computing device
420E may detect the DCM beacon 110, and may obtain the terms of
service from the detected beacon (e.g., the terms of service may be
read from the beacon, e.g., in compressed binary). In an
embodiment, the computing device 420E may use the detected beacon
data to obtain the terms of service data from another location,
e.g., a terms of service data server (not pictured).
[0279] Referring again to FIG. 4E, in an embodiment, computing
device 420E may transmit beacon metadata 150, e.g., beacon
identifier and terms of service metadata 150C, to server device
430E. Beacon metadata acquisition module 444 may receive the beacon
identifier and terms of service metadata 150C, and detect that the
terms of service are present in the beacon metadata 150. In an
embodiment, beacon metadata terms of service reading module 454 may
read the terms of service from the beacon metadata 150.
[0280] The foregoing examples are merely provided as examples of
how beacon data may operate, and how identifying data and/or term
of service data may be obtained by the various server devices, and
should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the invention,
which is defined solely by the claims. Any and all components of
FIGS. 4A-4E may be combined with each other, modified, or
eliminated.
[0281] FIGS. 5A-5D show one or more embodiments of a computing
device 230, among other components, operating in an environment 500
(e.g., 500A-500D), according to one or more embodiments. Unless
otherwise stated or contradictory to FIGS. 5A-5D, the server
devices 530A, 530B, 530C, and 530D may include the elements of
server device 230, as previously described. Similarly, unless
otherwise stated or contradictory to FIGS. 5A-5D, the computing
devices 520A, 520B, 520C, and 520D may include the elements of
computing device 220, as previously described.
[0282] Referring now to FIG. 5A, FIG. 5A shows an exemplary
implementation of server device 230 as server device 530A operating
in exemplary environment 500A. In an embodiment, as shown in FIG.
5A, computing device 520A may capture an image that includes an
entity 105 that may be associated with a privacy beacon, e.g., DCM
beacon 110. In an embodiment, the captured image, e.g., image 22,
may be encrypted into encrypted image 24 using a device-based
encryption key. In an embodiment, encrypted image 24 may be
combined with beacon metadata, e.g., beacon metadata 150, in an
encrypted image data block 160. In another embodiment, beacon
metadata 150 may be separate from encrypted image data block 160.
In an embodiment, the encrypted image 24 may be transmitted to a
server device 530A by encrypted image data transmitting module 180.
In an embodiment, a decryption determination module 532A may
determine to decrypt the image, e.g., in a process described in one
or more of this and/or previous applications incorporated by
reference. In an embodiment, server device 530A may include
decryption module 534A, which may apply a device-based decryption
key to the encrypted image 24 to generate decrypted image data. In
an embodiment, client-based encryption module 536A may apply a
client-based encryption key to the decrypted image data, to
generate a client-based encrypted image. In an embodiment, the
client-based encrypted image then may be transmitted back to the
computing device 520A, which may be a wearable computer, e.g., to
client-based encrypted data receiving module 190. In an embodiment,
upon receipt of the client-based encrypted image the client-based
encrypted image decryption module 195 may decrypt the client-based
encrypted image.
[0283] In an embodiment, one or more of the originally-captured
image 22, the decrypted image data in the decryption module 534A of
server device 530A, and the decrypted image data in the
client-based encryption module 536A may be identical. In another
embodiment, the substantive portion of the data (e.g., the color
data) may be identical, and other data, e.g., header data or
compression data, may be different. In another embodiment, the
decrypted image data in the decryption module 534A of server device
530A, and the decrypted image data in the client-based encryption
module 536A may be slightly different.
[0284] Referring now to FIG. 5B, FIG. 5B shows an exemplary
implementation of server device 230 as server device 530B operating
in exemplary environment 500B. In an embodiment, as shown in FIG.
5B, computing device 520B may capture an image that includes an
entity 105 that may be associated with a privacy beacon, e.g., DCM
beacon 110. In an embodiment, the captured image, e.g., image 22,
may be encrypted into encrypted image 24 using a device-based
encryption key. In an embodiment, encrypted image 24 may be
combined with beacon metadata, e.g., beacon metadata 150, in an
encrypted image data block 160. In another embodiment, beacon
metadata 150 may be separate from encrypted image data block 160.
In an embodiment, the encrypted image 24 may be transmitted to a
server device 530B by encrypted image data transmitting module 180.
In an embodiment, a decryption determination module 532B may
determine to decrypt the image, e.g., in a process described in one
or more of this and/or previous applications incorporated by
reference. In an embodiment, server device 530B may include
decryption module 534B, which may apply a device-based decryption
key to the encrypted image 24 to generate decrypted image data. In
an embodiment, client-based encryption module 536B may apply a
client-based encryption key to the decrypted image data, to
generate a client-based encrypted image.
[0285] Referring again to FIG. 5B, in an embodiment, the
client-based encrypted image then may be transmitted to a device
that is not the computing device 520B, e.g., rather to other
client-associated computer device 550. Other client-associated
computer device 550 may include client-based encrypted data
receiving module 191 and/or client-based encrypted image decryption
module 194 which may decrypt the client-based encrypted image,
similarly to modules 190 and 195 of FIG. 5A, but not part of
computing device 520B. In an embodiment, computer device 550 may
also be worn or carried by the client, e.g., a smartphone carried
by the client that was wearing the wearable computer 520B. In an
embodiment, computer device 550 may be remote from the client,
e.g., the client's home computer. In another embodiment, computer
device 550 may be a shared server, e.g., where the client stores
images on the cloud. In an embodiment similar to the one described
above, the computing device 520B may not possess the decrypted
image at any point during the process.
[0286] Referring again to FIG. 5B, similarly to FIG. 5A, in an
embodiment, one or more of the originally-captured image 22, the
decrypted image data in the decryption module 534B of server device
530B, and the decrypted image data in the client-based encryption
module 536B may be identical. In another embodiment, the
substantive portion of the data (e.g., the color data) may be
identical, and other data, e.g., header data or compression data,
may be different. In another embodiment, the decrypted image data
in the decryption module 534B of server device 530B, and the
decrypted image data in the client-based encryption module 536B may
be slightly different.
[0287] Referring now to FIG. 5C, FIG. 5C shows an exemplary
implementation of server device 230 as server device 530C operating
in exemplary environment 500C. In an embodiment, as shown in FIG.
5A, computing device 520C may capture an image that includes an
entity 105 that may be associated with a privacy beacon, e.g., DCM
beacon 110. In an embodiment, the captured image, e.g., image 22,
may be encrypted into encrypted image 24 using a device-based
encryption key. In an embodiment, encrypted image 24 may be
combined with beacon metadata, e.g., beacon metadata 150, in an
encrypted image data block 160. In another embodiment, beacon
metadata 150 may be separate from encrypted image data block 160.
In an embodiment, the encrypted image 24 may be transmitted to a
server device 530C by encrypted image data transmitting module 180.
In an embodiment, a decryption determination module 532C may
determine to decrypt the image, e.g., in a process described in one
or more of this and/or previous applications incorporated by
reference.
[0288] Referring again to FIG. 5C, in an embodiment, one or more of
the decision to decrypt the encrypted image 24, and the encrypted
image 24 may be transmitted to a client-based encryption handling
device 560. In an embodiment, client-based encryption handling
device 560 may include decryption module 562, which may apply a
device-based decryption key to the encrypted image 24 to generate
decrypted image data. In an embodiment, client-based encryption
module 564 may apply a client-based encryption key to the decrypted
image data, to generate a client-based encrypted image. In an
embodiment, the client-based encrypted image, then may be
transmitted back to the computing device 520A, which may be a
wearable computer, e.g., to client-based encrypted data receiving
module 190. In an embodiment, upon receipt of the client-based
encrypted image the client-based encrypted image decryption module
195 may decrypt the client-based encrypted image.
[0289] Referring again to FIG. 5C, similarly to FIG. 5A, in an
embodiment, one or more of the originally-captured image 22, the
decrypted image data in the decryption module 562 of client-based
encryption handling device 560, and the decrypted image data in the
client-based encryption module 564 may be identical. In another
embodiment, the substantive portion of the data (e.g., the color
data) may be identical, and other data, e.g., header data or
compression data, may be different. In another embodiment, the
decrypted image data in the decryption module 562 of client-based
encryption handling device 560, and the decrypted image data in the
client-based encryption module 564 may be slightly different.
[0290] Referring now to FIG. 5D, FIG. 5D shows an exemplary
implementation of server device 230 as server device 530D operating
in exemplary environment 500D. In an embodiment, as shown in FIG.
5D, computing device 520D may capture an image that includes an
entity 105 that may be associated with a privacy beacon, e.g., DCM
beacon 110. In an embodiment, the captured image, e.g., image 22,
may be encrypted into encrypted image 24 using a device-based
encryption key. In an embodiment, encrypted image 24 may be
combined with beacon metadata, e.g., beacon metadata 150, in an
encrypted image data block 160. In another embodiment, beacon
metadata 150 may be separate from encrypted image data block 160.
In an embodiment, the encrypted image 24 may be transmitted to a
server device 530D by encrypted image data transmitting module 180.
In an embodiment, a decryption determination module 532D may
determine to decrypt the image, e.g., in a process described in one
or more of this and/or previous applications incorporated by
reference. In an embodiment, server device 530D may include
decryption module 534D, which may apply a device-based decryption
key to the encrypted image 24 to generate decrypted image data. In
an embodiment, client-based encryption module 536D may apply a
client-based encryption key to the decrypted image data, to
generate a client-based encrypted image.
[0291] Referring again to FIG. 5D, in an embodiment, the
client-based encrypted image then may be transmitted to a device
that is not the computing device 520D, e.g., rather to a social
networking server 570 or file repository 570. In an embodiment,
social networking server 570 may include client-based encrypted
data receiving module 192, similarly to client-based encrypted data
receiving module 190 of FIG. 5A. In an embodiment, social
networking server 570 may include the client-based encrypted image
decryption module 197, which may be similar to the client-based
encrypted image decryption module 195 of FIG. 5A, and which may
decrypt the client-based encrypted image. In an embodiment, social
networking server may automatically decrypt the image, and/or take
one or more actions, e.g., posting the image to a user's account,
e.g., their "wall" on Facebook, or a similar structure. In another
embodiment, the social networking server 570 may wait to decrypt
the image, and/or to take one or more actions with the image, until
the client that captured the image logs into the social networking
service associated with the social networking server.
[0292] Referring again to FIG. 5D, similarly to FIG. 5A, in an
embodiment, one or more of the originally-captured image 22, the
decrypted image data in the decryption module 534D of server device
530D, and the decrypted image data in the client-based encryption
module 536D may be identical. In another embodiment, the
substantive portion of the data (e.g., the color data) may be
identical, and other data, e.g., header data or compression data,
may be different. In another embodiment, the decrypted image data
in the decryption module 534D of server device 530D, and the
decrypted image data in the client-based encryption module 536D may
be slightly different.
[0293] Referring now to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary
implementation of the device-based encrypted image that is an image
that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular
device code assigned to an image capture device configured to
capture the image, wherein the image includes a representation of a
feature of an entity acquiring module 252. As illustrated in FIG.
6, the device-based encrypted image that is an image that has
previously been encrypted through use of a particular device code
assigned to an image capture device configured to capture the
image, wherein the image includes a representation of a feature of
an entity acquiring module may include one or more sub-logic
modules in various alternative implementations and embodiments. For
example, as shown in FIG. 6, e.g., FIG. 6A, in an embodiment,
module 252 may include one or more of device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
an exclusive device code assigned to a singular image capture
device configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes
a representation of a feature of an entity receiving module 602 and
device-based encrypted image that is an image that has previously
been encrypted through use of a particular device code generated by
the image capture device configured to capture the image, wherein
the image includes a representation of a feature of an entity
acquiring module 608. In an embodiment, module 602 may include
device-based encrypted image that is an image that has previously
been encrypted through use of an exclusive device code assigned to
a singular image capture device that captured the image, wherein
the image includes a representation of a feature of an entity
receiving module 604. In an embodiment, module 604 may include
device-based encrypted image that is an image that has previously
been encrypted through use of a symmetric key encryption in which
the symmetric key is generated using the exclusive device code
assigned to a singular image capture device that captured the image
as a seed, wherein the image includes a representation of a feature
of a celebrity singer receiving module 606.
[0294] Referring again to FIG. 6, e.g., FIG. 6B, in an embodiment,
module 252 may include one or more of device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code assigned to an image capture device that
is configured to be operated by a particular user, configured to
capture the image, wherein the image includes a representation of a
feature of an entity acquiring module 610, device-based encrypted
image that is an image that has previously been encrypted through
use of a unique string of characters assigned to an image capture
device configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes
a representation of a feature of an entity acquiring module 616,
device-based encrypted image that is an image that has previously
been encrypted through use of a particular device code assigned to
an image capture device configured to capture the image, wherein
the image includes a representation of a feature of an entity
acquiring from a server that obtained the image from the image
capture device module 618, and device-based encrypted image that is
an image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code assigned to an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity acquiring from a server
that obtained the device-based encrypted image from the image
capture device module 620. In an embodiment, module 610 may include
one or more of device-based encrypted image that is an image that
has previously been encrypted through use of a particular device
code assigned to an image capture device that is selected by a
particular user of the image capture device, configured to capture
the image, wherein the image includes a representation of a feature
of an entity acquiring module 612 and device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code assigned to an image capture device that
is related to a login for a particular user of the image capture
device, configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes
a representation of a feature of an entity acquiring module
614.
[0295] Referring again to FIG. 6, e.g., FIG. 6C, in an embodiment,
module 252 may include device-based encrypted image that is an
image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code assigned to an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity acquiring from a server
that determined that the device-based encrypted image has been
cleared for decryption module 622.
[0296] Referring now to FIG. 7, FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary
implementation of decrypted image through decryption of the
device-based encrypted image in response to a decryption approval
generating module 254. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the decrypted
image through decryption of the device-based encrypted image in
response to a decryption approval generating module 254 may include
one or more sub-logic modules in various alternative
implementations and embodiments. For example, as shown in FIG. 10,
e.g., FIG. 10A, in an embodiment, module 254 may include one or
more of decrypted image through decryption that uses a decryption
key of the device-based encrypted image in response to a decryption
approval generating module 702, decryption key configured to
decrypt the device-based encrypted image acquiring module 706, and
acquired decryption key configured to decrypt the device-based
encrypted image application to the device-based encrypted image in
response to the generated decryption approval module 708. In an
embodiment, module 702 may include decrypted image through
decryption of the device-based encrypted image that uses a
decryption key obtained from the image capture device in response
to a decryption approval generating module 704. In an embodiment,
module 706 may include one or more of decryption key configured to
decrypt the device-based encrypted image acquiring from a
decryption key storage bank module 710, decryption key configured
to decrypt the device-based encrypted image acquiring from a
management server configured to store one or more particular device
codes associated with one or more image capture devices that have
at least one property in common module 712, decryption key
configured to decrypt the device-based encrypted image generating
at least partly based on the particular device code module 714,
particular device code acquiring module 716, and decryption key
generating from the acquired particular device code module 718.
[0297] Referring again to FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7B, in an embodiment,
module 254 may include one or more of decrypted image through
decryption of the device-based encrypted image in response to a
received decryption approval message generating module 720,
decrypted image through decryption of the device-based encrypted
image in response to a decryption approval message received from a
determination server generating module 722, decrypted image through
decryption of the device-based encrypted image in response to a
determination that the device-based encrypted image may be
decrypted generating module 724, and decrypted image through
decryption of the device-based encrypted image in response to an
indication that a privacy beacon was not detected with respect to
the entity in the image generating module 726. In an embodiment,
module 726 may include one or more of decrypted image through
decryption of the device-based encrypted image in response to an
indication that a privacy beacon that is configured to facilitate
retrieval of terms of service data related to a use of the
representation of the feature of the entity was absent from the
image generating module 728 and decrypted image through decryption
of the device-based encrypted image in response to an indication
that a privacy beacon was not optically detected in the image by
the image capture device generating module 730.
[0298] Referring again to FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7C, in an embodiment,
module 254 may include decrypted image through decryption of the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication of
detection of a privacy beacon and an approval of decryption
generating module 732. In an embodiment, module 732 may include one
or more of decrypted image through decryption of the device-based
encrypted image in response to an indication of detection of a
privacy beacon that identifies the entity and an approval of
decryption generating module 734, decrypted image through
decryption of the device-based encrypted image in response to an
indication of detection of a privacy beacon that is configured to
facilitate obtaining a notice that regards the entity and an
approval of decryption generating module 736, and decrypted image
through decryption of the device-based encrypted image in response
to an indication of detection of a privacy beacon and a decision
was made to approve decryption of the device-based encrypted image
generating module 744. In an embodiment, module 736 may include one
or more of decrypted image through decryption of the device-based
encrypted image in response to an indication of detection of a
privacy beacon that is configured to facilitate retrieval of a
notice that regards the entity and an approval of decryption
generating module 738 and decrypted image through decryption of the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication of
detection of a privacy beacon that is configured to facilitate
acquisition of one or more terms of service that regard use of the
image of the entity and an approval of decryption generating module
740. In an embodiment, module 740 may include decrypted image
through decryption of the device-based encrypted image in response
to an indication of detection of a privacy beacon that is
configured to facilitate acquisition of one or more terms of
service that regard distribution of the image of the entity and an
approval of decryption generating module 742.
[0299] Referring again to FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7D, in an embodiment,
module 254 may include module 732, as previously described. In an
embodiment, module 732 may include decrypted image through
decryption of the device-based encrypted image in response to an
indication of detection of a privacy beacon and an approval of
decryption that is at least partly based on an identity of the
entity in the image generating module 746.
[0300] Referring again to FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7E, in an embodiment,
module 254 may include one or more of determination that privacy
beacon associated with the entity was detected acquiring module
748, indication that the image has been approved for decryption
that is at least partly based on data associated with the privacy
beacon obtaining module 750, and decrypting the device-based
encrypted image in response to the obtained indication 752. In an
embodiment, module 748 may include one or more of determination
that was performed by the image capture device and that indicates
that privacy beacon associated with the entity was detected
acquiring module 754 and metadata that indicates that the privacy
beacon associated with the entity was detected receiving module
756. In an embodiment, module 750 may include one or more of
indication that the image has been approved for decryption that is
at least partly based on an identity of the entity associated with
the privacy beacon obtaining module 758, indication that the image
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on
an estimated damage recovery likelihood factor calculated based on
an identity of the entity associated with the privacy beacon
obtaining module 762, and indication that the image has been
approved for decryption that is at least partly based on data
retrieved at least partially through use of nonunique
identification data associated with the privacy beacon obtaining
module 764. In an embodiment, module 758 may include indication
that the image has been approved for decryption that is at least
partly based on a net worth of the entity associated with the
privacy beacon obtaining module 760. In an embodiment, module 764
may include indication that the image has been approved for
decryption that is at least partly based on term data including one
or more terms of service retrieved at least partially through use
of nonunique identification data associated with the privacy beacon
obtaining module 766.
[0301] Referring again to FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7F, in an embodiment,
module 254 may include one or more of indication that the
device-based encrypted image has been approved for decryption at
least partly based on a valuation of the image acquiring module 768
and device-based encrypted image decrypting in response to the
acquired indication module 770. In an embodiment, module 768 may
include one or more of indication that the device-based encrypted
image has been approved for decryption at least partly based on a
valuation of the image that is at least partly based on the
representation of the feature of the entity acquiring module 772
and indication that the device-based encrypted image has been
approved for decryption at least partly based on a valuation of the
image that is at least partly based on a comparison of the
valuation of the image and an estimated amount of damages that may
be incurred through distribution of the image that contains the
representation of the feature of the entity acquiring module 774.
In an embodiment, module 774 may include indication that the
device-based encrypted image has been approved for decryption at
least partly based on a valuation of the image that is at least
partly based on a comparison of the valuation of the image and an
estimated amount of damages that may be incurred through
distribution of the image that is calculated at least partly based
on term data that includes one or more terms of service that govern
use of the image that contains the representation of the feature of
the entity acquiring module 776.
[0302] Referring now to FIG. 8, FIG. 8 illustrates an exemplary
implementation of client-based encrypted image through encryption
of the generated decrypted image that uses a particular client code
that is assigned to a client that is associated with the image
capture device configured to capture the image creating module 256.
As illustrated in FIG. 8, the client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a particular
client code that is assigned to a client that is associated with
the image capture device configured to capture the image creating
module 256 may include one or more sub-logic modules in various
alternative implementations and embodiments. For example, as shown
in FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8A, in an embodiment, module 256 may include
one or more of client-based encrypted image through encryption of
the generated decrypted image that uses a particular client code
that is assigned to the client by a third party and that is
associated with the image capture device configured to capture the
image creating module 802, client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a unique
entity code that is assigned to a client that is an operator of
image capture device configured to capture the image creating
module 808, and client-based encrypted image through encryption of
the generated decrypted image that uses a particular client code
that is assigned to a client that is associated with the image
capture device configured to capture the image and that is unique
to a particular set of clients that includes the client associated
with the image capture device creating module 810. In an
embodiment, module 802 may include client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a
unique entity code that is assigned to the client by a third party
and that is associated with the image capture device configured to
capture the image creating module 804. In an embodiment, module 804
may include client-based encrypted image through encryption of the
generated decrypted image that uses a unique entity code that is
assigned to the client by a third party and that is associated with
the image capture device configured to capture the image and that
is configured to be used as a seed in a generation of an encryption
key creating module 806.
[0303] Referring again to FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8B, in an embodiment,
module 256 may include one or more of generated decrypted image
that uses a particular client code that is assigned to a client
that is associated with the image capture device configured to
capture the image encrypting through use of the particular client
code module 812, generated decrypted image transmission to an
encryption destination facilitating module 814, client-based
encrypted image that has been encrypted through use of the
particular client code that is assigned to the client that is
associated with the image capture device configured to capture the
image receiving from the encryption destination module 816,
client-based encrypted image through encryption of the generated
decrypted image that uses a key derivation function to which the
particular client code is applied to generate a derived key for
encryption of the generated decrypted image creating module 818,
client-based encryption key generating through application of a key
derivation function to the particular client code module 820,
generated decrypted image encrypting through use of the generated
client-based encryption key module 822, and client-based encrypted
image through encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses
a particular client code that is assigned to a client that is
associated with the image capture device configured to capture the
image as an encryption key creating module 824.
[0304] Referring again to FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8C, in an embodiment,
module 256 may include one or more of client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a
particular client code as a seed value for a symmetric key cipher
that is assigned to a client that is associated with the image
capture device configured to capture the image creating module 826,
client-based encrypted image through encryption of the generated
decrypted image that uses a particular client code that is assigned
to a client that is an operator of the image capture device
configured to capture the image creating module 828, client-based
encrypted image through encryption of the generated decrypted image
that uses a particular client code that is assigned to a client
that is associated with the image capture device configured to
capture the image by an entity external to the image capture device
creating module 832, and client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a particular
client code that is assigned, at a time that the image is captured,
to the client that is associated with the image capture device
configured to capture the image creating module 836. In an
embodiment, module 828 may include client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a
particular client code that is assigned to a client that is an
operator of the image capture device that captured the image
creating module 830. In an embodiment, module 832 may include
client-based encrypted image through encryption of the generated
decrypted image that uses a particular client code that is assigned
to the client that is an operator of the image capture device
configured to capture the image that is assigned to the client by a
developer of one or more applications present in a memory of the
image capture device creating module 834.
[0305] Referring now to FIG. 9, FIG. 9 illustrates an exemplary
implementation of created client-based encrypted image distributing
to a particular destination module 258. As illustrated in FIG. 9,
the created client-based encrypted image distributing to a
particular destination module 258 may include one or more sub-logic
modules in various alternative implementations and embodiments. For
example, as shown in FIG. 9, e.g., FIG. 9A, in an embodiment,
module 258 may include one or more of created client-based
encrypted image transmitting to a particular destination module
902, created client-based encrypted image distributing to a device
that has access to a decryption key configured to decrypt the
client-based encrypted image destination module 906, created
client-based encrypted image distributing to a device that has a
preexisting relationship with the client that is associated with
the image capture device module 908, device that has a relationship
with the client that is associated with the image capture device
locating module 912, and client-based encrypted image transmitting
to the located device that has the relationship with the client
module 914. In an embodiment, module 902 may include created
client-based encrypted image transmitting to the image capture
device module 904. In an embodiment, module 908 may include created
client-based encrypted image distributing to a home computer device
that is under control of the client that is associated with the
image capture device module 910. In an embodiment, module 912 may
include one or more of device to which the client that is
associated with the image capture device has previously logged in
locating module 916 and device that is within a particular
proximity to the client that is associated with the image capture
device locating module 918.
[0306] Referring again to FIG. 9, e.g., FIG. 9B, in an embodiment,
module 258 may include one or more of created client-based
encrypted image distributing to a shared network drive module 920,
created client-based encrypted image distributing to a
client-selected destination module 922, and created client-based
encrypted image distributing to a social networking site module
924. In an embodiment, module 924 may include one or more of
created client-based encrypted image distributing to a
client-associated social networking account of the social
networking site module 926 and created client-based encrypted image
distributing to a social networking site that has authorization
from the client to decrypt the client-based encrypted image module
928.
[0307] Referring now to FIG. 10, FIG. 10 shows operation 1000,
e.g., an example operation of server device 230 operating in an
environment 200. In an embodiment, operation 1000 may include
operation 1002 depicting acquiring a device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity. For example, FIG. 2,
e.g., FIG. 2B, shows device-based encrypted image that is an image
that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular
device code assigned to an image capture device configured to
capture the image, wherein the image includes a representation of a
feature of an entity acquiring module 252 acquiring (e.g.,
obtaining, receiving, calculating, selecting from a list or other
data structure, receiving, retrieving, or receiving information
regarding, performing calculations to find out, retrieving data
that indicates, receiving notification, receiving information that
leads to an inference, whether by human or automated process, or
being party to any action or transaction that results in informing,
inferring, or deducting, including but not limited to circumstances
without absolute certainty, including more-likely-than-not and/or
other thresholds) a device-based (e.g., the encryption is
associated with the device, e.g., either performed by the device,
or uses an encryption key associated with the device, or uses an
encryption key that was derived from a device attribute, including
but not limited to a device code) encrypted (e.g., one or more
operations have been performed with the intention of preventing,
delaying, or hindering unauthorized access) image (e.g., a
description of a graphic picture that is a visual representation of
something, regardless of whether that something is coherent,
nonsensical, abstract, or otherwise), that is an image (e.g., a
description of a graphic picture that is a visual representation of
something, regardless of whether that something is coherent,
nonsensical, abstract, or otherwise) that has previously been
encrypted (e.g., prior to the "acquiring" previously described)
through use of (e.g., was facilitated, at least in part, in the
derivation of or carrying out of) a particular device code (e.g.,
any set of data that is associated with the device) assigned to
(e.g., associated with) an image capture device (e.g., a device
that has the hardware and/or software to facilitate the capture of
images) configured to capture the image (e.g., a description of a
graphic picture that is a visual representation of something,
regardless of whether that something is coherent, nonsensical,
abstract, or otherwise), wherein the image (e.g., a description of
a graphic picture that is a visual representation of something,
regardless of whether that something is coherent, nonsensical,
abstract, or otherwise) includes a representation (e.g., a form of,
e.g., pixels, vector maps, instructions for recreating, a set of
brightness and color values, and the like) of a feature (e.g., a
body, a part of a body, a thing carried by a body, a thing worn by
a body, a thing possessed by a body, where the body is not
necessarily human, living, or animate) of an entity (e.g., a thing,
e.g., a person, a rock, a deer, anything that has separate and
distinct existence and objective or conceptual reality)
[0308] Referring again to FIG. 13, operation 1300 may include
operation 1304 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to an indication that the image has been approved
for decryption. For example, FIG. 2, e.g., FIG. 2B, shows decrypted
image through decryption of the device-based encrypted image in
response to a decryption approval generating module 254 decrypting
(e.g., removing the encryption from, reversing the encryption, or
generally modifying into an intelligible form) the device-based
(e.g., the encryption is associated with the device, e.g., either
performed by the device, or uses an encryption key associated with
the device, or uses an encryption key that was derived from a
device attribute, including but not limited to a device code)
encrypted (e.g., one or more operations have been performed with
the intention of preventing, delaying, or hindering unauthorized
access) image (e.g., a description of a graphic picture that is a
visual representation of something, regardless of whether that
something is coherent, nonsensical, abstract, or otherwise) in
response to (e.g., in some instances, with a causal link to, but
also including after-in-time situations, and indirect responses,
e.g., it need not be directly in response to, but could just be
further down a chain of processing, or the event is one in a line
of triggers and/or response generators) an indication (e.g., a
data, signal, message, flag, binary encoding, state change,
environment change, quantum state change) that the image (e.g., a
description of a graphic picture that is a visual representation of
something, regardless of whether that something is coherent,
nonsensical, abstract, or otherwise) has been approved (e.g.,
cleared, granted, authorized, selected, allowed, or otherwise
permission has been given or is implied or always present) for
decryption (e.g., removal of the encryption, reversal of the
encryption, or general modification into an intelligible form).
[0309] Referring again to FIG. 13, operation 1300 may include
operation 1306 depicting creating a client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image through use of a
particular client code that is associated with a client that is
linked to the image capture device configured to capture the image.
For example, FIG. 2, e.g., FIG. 2B, shows client-based encrypted
image through encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses
a particular client code that is assigned to a client that is
associated with the image capture device configured to capture the
image creating module 256 creating (e.g., generating, modifying,
adding, developing, assisting in the creation of, facilitating, and
the like) a client-based (e.g., the encryption is associated with
the client (e.g., a user of the device), that is, the encryption is
performed by the client, or uses an encryption key associated with
the client, inputted by the client, or uses an encryption key that
was derived from a client attribute, including but not limited to a
client code, a client name, a client email address, a client
identifier, e.g., a client social security number or drivers'
license number) encrypted (e.g., one or more operations have been
performed with the intention of preventing, delaying, or hindering
unauthorized access) image (e.g., a description of a graphic
picture that is a visual representation of something, regardless of
whether that something is coherent, nonsensical, abstract, or
otherwise) through encryption e.g., the facilitation of one or more
processes that have the intention, whether successful or not, of
preventing or delaying unauthorized access) of the decrypted image
(e.g., the image that was decrypted in the previous step) through
use of (e.g., was facilitated, at least in part, in the derivation
of or carrying out of) a particular client code (e.g., any set of
data that is associated with the client or created by the client)
that is associated with (e.g., there is some relationship,
regardless of how tenuous, including being assigned to, or
including information about) a client (e.g., a user) linked to
(e.g., has a relationship with, e.g., has previously used,
purchased, logged into, viewed, received data from, etc.) the image
capture device (e.g., a device that has the hardware and/or
software to facilitate the capture of images) configured to capture
the image (e.g., a description of a graphic picture that is a
visual representation of something, regardless of whether that
something is coherent, nonsensical, abstract, or otherwise).
[0310] Referring again to FIG. 13, operation 1300 may include
operation 1308 depicting delivering the client-based encrypted
image to a particular location. For example, FIG. 2, e.g., FIG. 2B,
shows created client-based encrypted image distributing to a
particular destination module 258 delivering (e.g., transmitting,
facilitating the transmission of, specifying an address to transmit
to, verifying, opening a communication channel, establishing a
communication with) the client-based (e.g., the encryption is
associated with the client (e.g., a user of the device), that is,
the encryption is performed by the client, or uses an encryption
key associated with the client, inputted by the client, or uses an
encryption key that was derived from a client attribute, including
but not limited to a client code, a client name, a client email
address, a client identifier, e.g., a client social security number
or drivers' license number) encrypted (e.g., one or more operations
have been performed with the intention of preventing, delaying, or
hindering unauthorized access) image (e.g., a description of a
graphic picture that is a visual representation of something,
regardless of whether that something is coherent, nonsensical,
abstract, or otherwise) to a particular location (e.g., anything
that can be a destination, e.g., a location, a particular device, a
particular network address, a particular directory of a device, to
a particular person, entity, or destination).
[0311] An example terms of service is listed below with the
numbered paragraphs 1-5. Many other variations of terms of service
are known and used in click-through agreements that are common at
the time of filing, and the herein example is intended to be
exemplary only and not limiting in any way.
[0312] 1. By capturing an image of any part of the user Jules
Caesar (hereinafter "Image"), or providing any automation, design,
resource, assistance, or other facilitation in the capturing of the
Image, you agree that you have captured these Terms of Service and
that you acknowledge and agree to them. If you cannot agree to
these Terms of Service, you should immediately delete the captured
Image. Failure to do so will constitute acceptance of these Terms
of Service.
[0313] 2. The User Jules Caesar owns all of the rights associated
with the Image and any representation of any part of Jules Caesar
thereof;
[0314] 3. By capturing the Image, you agree to provide the User
Jules Caesar just compensation for any commercialization of the
User's personality rights that may be captured in the Image.
[0315] 4. By capturing the Image, you agree to take all reasonable
actions to track the Image and to provide an accounting of all
commercialization attempts related to the Image, whether successful
or not.
[0316] 5. By capturing the Image, you accept a Liquidated Damages
agreement in which unauthorized use of the Image will result in
mandatory damages of at least, but not limited to, $1,000,000.
[0317] A privacy beacon may include, but is not limited to, one or
more of a marker that reflects light in a visible spectrum, a
marker that reflects light in a nonvisible spectrum, a marker that
emits light in a visible spectrum, a marker that emits light in a
nonvisible spectrum, a marker that emits a radio wave, a marker
that, when a particular type of electromagnetic wave hits it, emits
a particular electromagnetic wave, an RFID tag, a marker that uses
near-field communication, a marker that is in the form of a bar
code, a marker that is in the form of a bar code and painted on a
user's head and that reflects light in a nonvisible spectrum, a
marker that uses high frequency low penetration radio waves (e.g.,
60 GHz radio waves), a marker that emits a particular thermal
signature, a marker that is worn underneath clothing and is
detectable by an x-ray-type detector, a marker that creates a
magnetic field, a marker that emits a sonic wave, a marker that
emits a sonic wave at a frequency that cannot be heard by humans, a
marker that is tattooed to a person's bicep and is detectable
through clothing, a marker that is a part of a user's cellular
telephone device, a marker that is broadcast by a part of a user's
cellular telephone device, a marker that is broadcast by a keychain
carried by a person, a marker mounted on a drone that maintains a
particular proximity to the person, a marker mounted in eyeglasses,
a marker mounted in a hat. a marker mounted in an article of
clothing, the shape of the person's face is registered as the
beacon, a feature of a person registered as the beacon, a marker
displayed on a screen, a marker in the form of an LED, a marker
embedded on a page, or a book, a string of text or data that serves
as a marker, a marker embedded or embossed onto a device, and the
like.
[0318] FIGS. 11A-11C depict various implementations of operation
1002, depicting acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is an
image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity according to embodiments.
Referring now to FIG. 11A, operation 1002 may include operation
1102 depicting receiving the device-based encrypted image that is
the image that has previously been encrypted through use of the
particular device code that is a unique device code and that is
associated with an image capture device configured to capture the
image, wherein the image includes the representation of the feature
of the entity. For example, FIG. 6, e.g., FIG. 6A shows
device-based encrypted image that is an image that has previously
been encrypted through use of an exclusive device code assigned to
a singular image capture device configured to capture the image,
wherein the image includes a representation of a feature of an
entity receiving module 602 receiving the device-based (e.g.,
encrypted using an encryption key that is associated with the
device) encrypted image (e.g., an image of two people sitting on a
park bench, one of whom is a celebrity) that is the image (e.g.,
the image of two people sitting on a park bench, one of whom is a
celebrity) that has previously been encrypted (e.g., through use of
asymmetric key encryption) through use of (e.g., one or more of the
key pair were derived from) the particular device code (e.g., the
particular device code had twenty-seven characters in it, and so
the number 27 was used in a pseudorandom number generator to assist
in generation of the key pair) that is a unique device code (e.g.,
the particular device code is not used by any other device,
although there may be other devices that have device codes with
twenty-seven characters) and that is associated with an image
capture device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., Google Glass)
configured to capture the image (e.g., an image of two people
sitting on a park bench, one of whom is a celebrity), wherein the
image includes the representation (e.g., the pixels) of the feature
(e.g., a frontal face shot) of the entity (e.g., the celebrity
sitting on the park bench).
[0319] Referring again to FIG. 11A, operation 1102 may include
operation 1104 depicting receiving the device-based encrypted image
that is the image that has previously been encrypted through use of
the particular device code that is associated with the image
capture device that captured the image, wherein the image includes
the representation of the feature of the entity. For example, FIG.
6, e.g., FIG. 6A, shows device-based encrypted image that is an
image that has previously been encrypted through use of an
exclusive device code assigned to a singular image capture device
that captured the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity receiving module 604
receiving the device-based (e.g., encrypted using an encryption key
that is stored on the device) encrypted image (e.g., an image of
three people eating hamburgers in a fast food restaurant) that is
the image (e.g., the image of three people eating hamburgers in a
fast food restaurant) that has previously been encrypted (e.g., was
encrypted at the time of capture by the image capture device to
prevent the user of the device from immediately posting it to a
social networking site) through use of (e.g., the particular device
code is a private key and is not shared) the particular device code
(e.g., a 1028-bit private decryption key that uses an RSA
encryption scheme) that is associated with the image capture device
(e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., an EyeTap device) that captured
the image (e.g., the image of three people eating hamburgers in a
fast food restaurant), wherein the image (e.g., the image of three
people eating hamburgers in a fast food restaurant) includes the
representation (e.g., a vector-based image representation) of the
feature (e.g., a face of a person).
[0320] Referring again to FIG. 11A, operation 1104 may include
operation 1106 depicting receiving the device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has been encrypted through use of a
symmetric-key encryption in which the symmetric key is unique and
based on the image capture device that captured the image, wherein
the image includes pixel data of a face of a famous movie star
person. For example, FIG. 6, e.g., FIG. 6A, shows device-based
encrypted image that is an image that has previously been encrypted
through use of a symmetric key encryption in which the symmetric
key is generated using the exclusive device code assigned to a
singular image capture device that captured the image as a seed,
wherein the image includes a representation of a feature of a
celebrity singer receiving module 606 receiving the device-based
(e.g., the image was encrypted based on the device that captured
the image) encrypted image (e.g., a picture of a man and a woman
sitting at a bar) that is an image (e.g., the picture of a man and
a woman sitting at a bar) that has been encrypted through use of a
symmetric-key encryption (e.g., Twofish, Serpent, Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES), Blowfish, CASTS, RC4, 3DES, and the
like) in which the symmetric key is unique (e.g., no other devices
known to the system at large are known by the server to have the
same key, although it is possible that other devices on other
systems have the same key) and based on the image capture device
(e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., a LifeLog device) that captured
the image (e.g., the picture of the man and the woman sitting at a
bar), wherein the image includes pixel data of a face of a famous
movie star person (e.g., the woman at the bar in the image).
[0321] Referring again to FIG. 11A, operation 1002 may include
operation 1108 depicting acquiring the device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code generated by the image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes the
representation of the feature of the entity. For example, FIG. 6,
e.g., FIG. 6A, shows device-based encrypted image that is an image
that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular
device code generated by the image capture device configured to
capture the image, wherein the image includes a representation of a
feature of an entity acquiring module 608 acquiring the
device-based (e.g., one or more encryption keys are related to a
property of the device, e.g., a device code) encrypted image (e.g.,
an image of five friends on a fishing boat) that is an image (e.g.,
the image of five friends on a fishing boat) that has previously
been encrypted (e.g., was encrypted by the device prior to
transmission from the device) through use of a particular device
code (e.g., a one-time use encryption/decryption key pair)
generated (e.g., created by, either based on user input or through
other means, and which could be generated at power-on, at first
login, at first power-on, or when the image is captured) by the
image capture device (e.g., a hypothetical wearable computer, e.g.,
an Apple "iGlasses") configured to capture the image (e.g., the
image of five friends on a fishing boat), wherein the image (e.g.,
the image of five friends on a fishing boat) includes the
representation of the feature of the entity (e.g., a full body of
one of the people on the boat).
[0322] Referring now to FIG. 11B, operation 1002 may include
operation 1110 depicting acquiring the device-based encrypted image
that is the image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code associated with a user of the image
capture device configured to capture the image, wherein the image
includes the representation of the feature of the entity. For
example, FIG. 6, e.g., FIG. 6B, shows device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code assigned to an image capture device that
is configured to be operated by a particular user, configured to
capture the image, wherein the image includes a representation of a
feature of an entity acquiring module 610 acquiring the
device-based encrypted image (e.g., an image of a family of four at
a baseball game) that is the image (e.g., the image of a family of
four at a baseball game) that has previously been encrypted (e.g.,
the image was encrypted when a video from which the image was
pulled was taken, at the time that the video stream was converted
to individual image files) through use of a particular device code
(e.g., an algorithm used to generate random encryption keys using
random user input (e.g., the last fifteen words spoken by the user
and captured by the device) as seed values) associated with a user
(e.g., the person who wears) of the image capture device (e.g., a
hypothetical wearable computer, e.g., a Microsoft "KinectVision")
configured to capture the image (e.g., the image of a family of
four at a baseball game), wherein the image includes the
representation of the feature of the entity (e.g., the parents have
paid for a privacy beacon to be associated with one of the children
that is depicted in the image taken at the baseball game).
[0323] Referring again to FIG. 11B, operation 1110 may include
operation 1112 depicting acquiring a device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code set by the user of the image capture
device configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes
the representation of the feature of the entity. For example, FIG.
6, e.g., FIG. 6B, shows device-based encrypted image that is an
image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code assigned to an image capture device that is
selected by a particular user of the image capture device,
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity acquiring module 612
acquiring a device-based encrypted image (e.g., a picture of
someone waiting for the subway) that is an image (e.g., picture of
someone waiting for the subway) that has previously been encrypted
through use of a particular device code (e.g., a random-length text
string that is used to seed values for an encryption key generator)
set by the user of the image capture device (e.g., a wearable
computer, e.g., a Nokia SMARTglasses) configured to capture the
image (e.g., the picture of someone waiting for the subway),
wherein the image includes the representation of the feature (e.g.,
the face) of the entity (e.g., the person waiting for the
subway).
[0324] Referring again to FIG. 11B, operation 1110 may include
operation 1114 depicting acquiring the device-based encrypted image
that is the image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code associated with a login identifier used by
the user to login to the capture device, wherein the image includes
the representation of the feature of the entity. For example, FIG.
6, e.g., FIG. 6B, shows device-based encrypted image that is an
image that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code assigned to an image capture device that is
related to a login for a particular user of the image capture
device, configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes
a representation of a feature of an entity acquiring module 614
acquiring the device-based encrypted image (e.g., an image of two
people on a sailboat) that is the image (e.g., the image of two
people on a sailboat) that has previously been encrypted (e.g., was
encrypted prior to acquisition) through use of (e.g., the
particular device code was a part of the encryption process, e.g.,
provided a seed value or a parameter, or a random value for the
encryption key generator) a particular device code associated with
a login identifier (e.g., a username) used by the user to login to
the capture device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., Google Glass),
wherein the image includes the representation of the feature of the
entity (e.g., one of the two people on the sailboat).
[0325] Referring again to FIG. 11B, operation 1002 may include
operation 1116 depicting acquiring a device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
an encryption key that was generated at least partly based on a
unique string assigned to the image capture device configured to
capture the image, wherein the image includes the representation of
the feature of the entity. For example, FIG. 6, e.g., FIG. 6B,
shows device-based encrypted image that is an image that has
previously been encrypted through use of a unique string of
characters assigned to an image capture device configured to
capture the image, wherein the image includes a representation of a
feature of an entity acquiring module 616 acquiring a device-based
encrypted image (e.g., an image of football practice at a local
high school) that is an image that has previously been encrypted
through use of an encryption key that was generated at least partly
based on a unique string (e.g., a MAC address) assigned to the
image capture device (e.g., a hypothetical wearable computer that
connects to the internet, e.g., a Samsung "Spectacles") configured
to capture the image (e.g., the image of football practice at a
local high school), wherein the image includes the representation
of the feature (e.g., a full body shot) of the entity (e.g., the
star quarterback who is a highly sought-after recruit).
[0326] Referring again to FIG. 11B, operation 1002 may include
operation 1118 depicting acquiring the device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, from a server that received the
image from the image capture device. For example, FIG. 6, e.g.,
FIG. 6B, shows device-based encrypted image that is an image that
has previously been encrypted through use of a particular device
code assigned to an image capture device configured to capture the
image, wherein the image includes a representation of a feature of
an entity acquiring from a server that obtained the image from the
image capture device module 618 acquiring the device-based
encrypted image (e.g., an image from a webcam on a computer of a
person using the computer) that is an image (e.g., the image from a
webcam on a computer of a person using the computer) that has
previously been encrypted (e.g., was encrypted prior to being
widely distributed) through use of a particular device code (e.g.,
a code assigned to a device by a device manufacturer on the first
time the device connects to a particular network, e.g., the
Internet) associated with an image capture device (e.g., a webcam
on a portable computer, e.g., a laptop computer) configured to
capture the image (e.g., the image from the webcam of the person
using the computer), from a server that received the image from the
image capture device (e.g., the webcam of the laptop).
[0327] Referring again to FIG. 11B, operation 1002 may include
operation 1120 depicting acquiring the device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code associated with an image capture device
configured to capture the image, from a server that received the
device-based encrypted image from the image capture device. For
example, FIG. 6, e.g., FIG. 6B, shows device-based encrypted image
that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of
a particular device code assigned to an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity acquiring from a server
that obtained the device-based encrypted image from the image
capture device module 620 acquiring the device-based encrypted
image (e.g., an image of two people on a date at a restaurant) that
is an image (e.g., the image of two people on a date at a
restaurant) that has previously been encrypted through use of a
particular device code (e.g., a code assigned to the device at
manufacture-time) associated with an image capture device (e.g., a
wearable computer, e.g., the DigiLens DL40) configured to capture
the image (e.g., the image of two people on a data at a restaurant,
one of whom is a foreign dignitary and suspected intelligence
officer), from a server that received the device-based encrypted
image (e.g., the image of two people on a date at a restaurant)
from the image capture device (e.g., the wearable computer, e.g.,
the DigiLens DL40).
[0328] Referring now to FIG. 11C, operation 1002 may include
operation 1122 depicting acquiring the device-based encrypted image
that is the image that has previously been encrypted through use of
the particular device code associated with the image capture device
configured to capture the image, from a server that determined that
the device-based encrypted image has been approved for decryption.
For example, FIG. 6, e.g., FIG. 6C, shows device-based encrypted
image that is an image that has previously been encrypted through
use of a particular device code assigned to an image capture device
configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a
representation of a feature of an entity acquiring from a server
that determined that the device-based encrypted image has been
cleared for decryption module 622 acquiring the device-based
encrypted image (e.g., an image of people in a doctor's waiting
room) that is the image (e.g., the image of people in a doctor's
waiting room) that has previously been encrypted through use of the
particular device code (e.g., a string of bytes that are
indecipherable to a human) associated with the image capture device
(e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., the Oculon Optoelectronics)
configured to capture the image (e.g., the image of people in a
doctor's waiting room), from a server that determined that the
device-based encrypted image has been approved for decryption
(e.g., a server that determined that there was no privacy beacon
detected in the image, or if there was, to decrypt the image anyway
based on a risk/revenue analysis).
[0329] FIGS. 12A-12D depict various implementations of operation
1004, depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that the image has been approved for
decryption, according to embodiments. Referring now to FIG. 12A,
operation 1004 may include operation 1202 depicting decrypting the
device-based encrypted image through use of a decryption key, in
response to an indication that the image has been approved for
decryption. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7A, shows decrypted
image through decryption that uses a decryption key of the
device-based encrypted image in response to a decryption approval
generating module 702 decrypting (e.g., reversing an encryption, or
rendering the image intelligible) the device-based encrypted image
(e.g., an image of five workers in a cubicle farm) through use of a
decryption key, in response to an indication (e.g., data received)
that the image (e.g., the image of five workers in a cubicle farm)
has been approved for decryption).
[0330] Referring again to FIG. 12A, operation 1202 may include
operation 1204 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image through use of a decryption key obtained from the image
capture device, in response to an indication that the image has
been approved for decryption. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7A,
shows decrypted image through decryption of the device-based
encrypted image that uses a decryption key obtained from the image
capture device in response to a decryption approval generating
module 704 decrypting the device-based encrypted image (e.g., an
image of three people at a restaurant) through use of a decryption
key obtained from the image capture device (e.g., a wearable
computer, e.g., a Fujitsu Laser EyeWear), in response to an
indication that the image has been approved for decryption (e.g.,
data that indicates decryption approval).
[0331] Referring again to FIG. 12A, operation 1004 may include
operation 1206 depicting obtaining a decryption key configured to
decrypt the device-based encrypted image. For example, FIG. 7,
e.g., FIG. 7A, shows decryption key configured to decrypt the
device-based encrypted image acquiring module 706 obtaining a
decryption key (e.g., a private key of an asymmetric key pair)
configured to decrypt the device-based encrypted image (e.g., an
image of three friends at a bar in St. Louis).
[0332] Referring again to FIG. 12A, operation 1004 may include
operation 1208 depicting applying the obtained decryption key to
the device-based encrypted image in response to the indication that
the image has been approved for decryption. For example, FIG. 7,
e.g., FIG. 7A, shows acquired decryption key configured to decrypt
the device-based encrypted image application to the device-based
encrypted image in response to the generated decryption approval
module 708 applying the obtained decryption key (e.g., the private
key of the asymmetric key pair) to the device-based encrypted image
(e.g., the image of three friends at a bar in St. Louis) in
response to the indication (e.g., the received data) that the image
has been approved for decryption.
[0333] Referring again to FIG. 12A, operation 1206 may include
operation 1210 depicting obtaining the decryption key configured to
decrypt the device-based encrypted image from a decryption key
repository. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7A, shows decryption
key configured to decrypt the device-based encrypted image
acquiring from a decryption key storage bank module 710 obtaining
the decryption key configured to decrypt the device-based encrypted
image (e.g., an image of a father and a son at an amusement park)
from a decryption key repository (e.g., a server that hosts the
decryption keys that correspond to many different image capture
devices that run a particular application, e.g., an image capture
application called "instant capture").
[0334] Referring again to FIG. 12A, operation 1206 may include
operation 1212 depicting obtaining the decryption key configured to
decrypt the device-based encrypted image from a management server
configured to store one or more particular device codes associated
with one or more unique image capture devices. For example, FIG. 7,
e.g., FIG. 7A, shows decryption key configured to decrypt the
device-based encrypted image acquiring from a management server
configured to store one or more particular device codes associated
with one or more image capture devices that have at least one
property in common module 712 obtaining the decryption key
configured to decrypt the device-based encrypted image (e.g., an
image of two friends at a Matt & Kim concert) from a management
server (e.g., a server that contacts many image capture devices,
e.g., of a particular brand, manufacture, or that have a particular
software application installed on them) configured to store one or
more particular device codes associated with one or more unique
image capture devices (e.g., all Google-branded image capture
devices, including Google Glass, Google Nexus, etc.).
[0335] Referring again to FIG. 12A, operation 1206 may include
operation 1214 depicting generating the decryption key configured
to decrypt the device-based encrypted image, at least partly based
on the particular device code. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7A,
shows decryption key configured to decrypt the device-based
encrypted image generating at least partly based on the particular
device code module 714 generating (e.g., creating, in whole or in
part) the decryption key configured to decrypt the device-based
encrypted image, at least partly based on the particular device
code (e.g., the particular device code is used to retrieve the
decryption key from a database, or, in another embodiment, the
particular device code is used as a part of a formula that, when
applied to the encryption key, generates the decryption key).
[0336] Referring again to FIG. 12A, operation 1206 may include
operation 1216 depicting obtaining the particular device code. For
example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7A, shows particular device code
acquiring module 716 obtaining the particular device code (e.g.,
the code that is associated with a device that captured an image,
e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., a hypothetical Apple
"iGlasses").
[0337] Referring again to FIG. 12A, operation 1206 may include
operation 1218 depicting creating a copy of the decryption key from
the particular device code. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7A,
shows decryption key generating from the acquired particular device
code module 718 creating a copy of the decryption key from the
particular device code (e.g., using the particular device code as a
key value in a database in which the decryption key can be
retrieved).
[0338] Referring now to FIG. 12B, operation 1004 may include
operation 1220 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to receipt of a signal that indicates that the
image has been approved for decryption. For example, FIG. 7, e.g.,
FIG. 7B, shows decrypted image through decryption of the
device-based encrypted image in response to a received decryption
approval message generating module 720 decrypting the device-based
encrypted image (e.g., an image of four people sitting on a park
bench) in response to receipt of a signal that indicates that the
image (e.g., the image of four people sitting on a park bench) has
been approved for decryption (e.g., a remote server has determined
that no privacy beacon exists in the image).
[0339] Referring again to FIG. 12B, operation 1004 may include
operation 1222 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to receipt of a message from a determination
entity configured to determine whether to decrypt the device-based
encrypted image. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7B, shows
decrypted image through decryption of the device-based encrypted
image in response to a decryption approval message received from a
determination server generating module 722 decrypting the
device-based encrypted image (e.g., an image of a celebrity eating
a particular brand of fast-food hamburger) in response to receipt
of a message from a determination entity (e.g., a server configured
to value the image and to determine what a potential liability
would be for use of the image that contains a privacy beacon,
relative to what damages the person associated with the privacy
beacon may collect) configured to determine whether to decrypt the
device-based encrypted image (e.g., the image of the celebrity
eating a particular brand of fast-food hamburger).
[0340] Referring again to FIG. 12B, operation 1004 may include
operation 1224 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to a determination that the image is approved for
decryption. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7B, shows decrypted
image through decryption of the device-based encrypted image in
response to a determination that the device-based encrypted image
may be decrypted generating module 724 decrypting the device-based
encrypted image (e.g., an image of a celebrity drinking a
particular brand of beer) in response to a determination that the
image is approved for decryption (e.g., a determination was made
that even though a privacy beacon was detected in the image, the
privacy beacon led to a retrieval of a terms of service associated
with the use of the image of the celebrity, and it was determined
that only 10,000 dollars in potential damages would be accrued, and
that potential revenue for use of the image was greater than 5,000
dollars).
[0341] Referring again to FIG. 12B, operation 1004 may include
operation 1226 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to an indication that a privacy beacon was not
detected with respect to the image. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG.
7B, shows decrypted image through decryption of the device-based
encrypted image in response to an indication that a privacy beacon
was not detected with respect to the entity in the image generating
module 726 decrypting the device-based encrypted image (e.g., an
image of a professional basketball team ordering a particular brand
of whiskey at a popular club) in response to an indication that a
privacy beacon (e.g., a marker that reflects light in a visible
spectrum that identifies a particular entity and that can be used
to obtain term data that governs use and/or distribution of the
image that contains the particular entity) was not detected with
respect to the image (e.g., the image of a professional basketball
team ordering a particular brand of whiskey at a popular club).
[0342] Referring again to FIG. 12B, operation 1226 may include
operation 1228 decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to an indication that a privacy beacon configured to
facilitate acquisition of data that regards one or more terms of
service for use of the representation of the at least one entity
was not detected in the image. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7B,
shows decrypted image through decryption of the device-based
encrypted image in response to an indication that a privacy beacon
that is configured to facilitate retrieval of terms of service data
related to a use of the representation of the feature of the entity
was absent from the image generating module 728 decrypting the
device-based encrypted image (e.g., an image of an awards ceremony
picture for a fraternity house) in response to an indication that a
privacy beacon (e.g., a marker that reflects light in a nonvisible
spectrum) configured to facilitate acquisition of data that regards
one or more terms of service (e.g., a liquidated damages clause for
posting the image to a social networking site) for use of the
representation of the at least one entity (e.g., the image that
contains the person) was not detected in the image (e.g., an image
of an awards ceremony picture for a fraternity house).
[0343] Referring again to FIG. 12B, operation 1226 may include
operation 1230 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to an indication that a privacy beacon was not
optically detected by the image capture device at a time that the
image was captured by the image capture device. For example, FIG.
7, e.g., FIG. 7B, shows decrypted image through decryption of the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication that a
privacy beacon was not optically detected in the image by the image
capture device generating module 730 decrypting the device-based
encrypted image (e.g., a picture of a famous person running a stop
sign) in response to an indication that a privacy beacon (e.g., a
marker that emits light in a particular pattern in a visible
spectrum) was not optically detected (e.g., was not detected from
the beam of light that was gathered by the image capture device) by
the image capture device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., a
hypothetical Samsung "Spectacles") at a time that the image (e.g.,
the image of the famous person running the stop sign) was captured
by the image capture device (e.g., the wearable computer, e.g., the
hypothetical Samsung "Spectacles").
[0344] Referring now to FIG. 12C, operation 1004 may include
operation 1232 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to an indication that a privacy beacon associated
with the entity was detected in the image and that the image has
been cleared for decryption. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7C,
shows decrypted image through decryption of the device-based
encrypted image in response to an indication of detection of a
privacy beacon and an approval of decryption generating module 732
decrypting the device-based encrypted image (e.g., an image of a
person driving in the wrong direction on an exit ramp) in response
to an indication that a privacy beacon (e.g., marker that is in the
form of a bar code) associated with the entity (e.g., associated
with the car that the person was driving) was detected in the image
(e.g., the image of the person driving the wrong direction) and
that the image has been cleared for decryption (e.g., a
determination has been made to allow the image to be decrypted and
to allow access to the user that captured the image using the image
capture device, if such a user exists (e.g., the user might not, if
the image capture device is a security camera, or the "user" might
be a corporate or governmental entity, e.g., a police office).
[0345] Referring again to FIG. 12C, operation 1232 may include
operation 1234 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to an indication that the privacy beacon that
identifies the entity was detected in the image and that the image
has been cleared for decryption. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG.
7C, shows decrypted image through decryption of the device-based
encrypted image in response to an indication of detection of a
privacy beacon that identifies the entity and an approval of
decryption generating module 734 decrypting the device-based
encrypted image (e.g., an image of two people shooting pool) in
response to an indication that the privacy beacon (e.g., a marker
that emits light in a nonvisible spectrum) that identifies the
entity (e.g., that identifies it through the pattern of emitted
light) was detected in the image
[0346] Referring again to FIG. 12C, operation 1232 may include
operation 1236 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to an indication that the privacy beacon
associated with the entity was detected in the image, and that the
image has been cleared for decryption, said privacy beacon
configured to facilitate a notice that regards the entity. For
example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7C, shows decrypted image through
decryption of the device-based encrypted image in response to an
indication of detection of a privacy beacon that is configured to
facilitate a notice that regards the entity and an approval of
decryption generating module 736 decrypting the device-based
encrypted image (e.g., a satellite picture of everyone in an
outdoor football stadium) in response to an indication that the
privacy beacon (e.g., a marker that reflects light in a visible
spectrum) associated with the entity (e.g., a famous football
player on the sideline of the game) was detected in the image
(e.g., the satellite picture of everyone in an outdoor football
stadium), and that the image has been cleared for decryption (e.g.,
approval has been given that the image is too far away to fall
under the term data that was retrieved using the data obtained from
the privacy beacon), said privacy beacon configured to facilitate a
notice that regards the entity (e.g., a notice regarding where to
obtain the terms of service, e.g., if a privacy beacon is seen that
emits light at a particular wavelength, e.g., wavelength A, then
retrieve the terms of service that are located at a specific web
address).
[0347] Referring again to FIG. 12C, operation 1236 may include
operation 1238 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to the indication that the privacy beacon
associated with the entity was detected in the image, and that the
image has been cleared for decryption, said privacy beacon
configured to facilitate retrieval of a notice that regards the
entity. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7C, shows decrypted image
through decryption of the device-based encrypted image in response
to an indication of detection of a privacy beacon that is
configured to facilitate retrieval of a notice that regards the
entity and an approval of decryption generating module 738
decrypting the device-based encrypted image in response to the
indication that the privacy beacon associated with the entity was
detected in the image (e.g., an image of two people having an
argument in a public park), and that the image has been cleared for
decryption, said privacy beacon configured to facilitate retrieval
of a notice that regards the entity (e.g., the person in the
image).
[0348] Referring again to FIG. 12C, operation 1236 may include
operation 1240 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to the indication that the privacy beacon
associated with the entity was detected in the image, and that the
image has been cleared for decryption, said privacy beacon
configured to facilitate acquisition of a terms of service that
regards the entity. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7C, shows
decrypted image through decryption of the device-based encrypted
image in response to an indication of detection of a privacy beacon
that is configured to facilitate acquisition of one or more terms
of service that regard use of the image of the entity and an
approval of decryption generating module 740 decrypting the
device-based encrypted image (e.g., an image of ten people waiting
in line to buy a new piece of electronics) in response to the
indication that the privacy beacon (e.g., marker that is tattooed
to a person's bicep and is detectable through clothing) associated
with the entity (e.g., one of the people in line) was detected in
the image (e.g., the image of ten people waiting in line to buy a
new piece of electronics), and that the image (e.g., the image of
ten people waiting in line to buy a new piece of electronics) has
been cleared for decryption (e.g., approval has been given that the
person associated with the privacy beacon does not have the
resources to pursue legal action to recover the damages specified
in the term data retrieved through use of the privacy beacon
identification data), said privacy beacon configured to facilitate
acquisition of a terms of service that regards the entity (e.g.,
the privacy beacon contains a binary encoding of a web address
where the terms of service may be retrieved).
[0349] Referring again to FIG. 12C, operation 1240 may include
operation 1242 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to the indication that the privacy beacon
associated with the entity was detected in the image, and that the
image has been cleared for decryption, said privacy beacon
configured to facilitate acquisition of a terms of service
regarding distribution of the image that contains the
representation of the feature of the entity. For example, FIG. 7,
e.g., FIG. 7C, shows decrypted image through decryption of the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication of
detection of a privacy beacon that is configured to facilitate
acquisition of one or more terms of service that regard
distribution of the image of the entity and an approval of
decryption generating module 742 decrypting the device-based
encrypted image (e.g., an image of three male friends playing
pickup basketball) in response to the indication that the privacy
beacon (e.g., a marker that is in the form of a bar code and
painted on a user's head and that reflects light in a nonvisible
spectrum) associated with the entity (e.g., one of the basketball
players) was detected in the image (e.g., the image of the three
male friends playing pickup basketball), and that the image has
been cleared for decryption, said privacy beacon configured to
facilitate acquisition of a terms of service regarding distribution
of the image that contains the representation of the feature of the
entity (e.g., one of the basketball players).
[0350] Referring again to FIG. 12C, operation 1232 may include
operation 1244 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to an indication that the privacy beacon
associated with the entity was detected in the image and that a
decision was made to decrypt the image. For example, FIG. 7, e.g.,
FIG. 7C, shows decrypted image through decryption of the
device-based encrypted image in response to an indication of
detection of a privacy beacon and a decision was made to approve
decryption of the device-based encrypted image generating module
744 decrypting the device-based encrypted image (e.g., an image of
three people sitting on a couch taken by a smart TV in their
friend's house) in response to an indication that the privacy
beacon (e.g., a marker that is a part of a user's cellular
telephone device) associated with the entity was detected in the
image (e.g., the image of three people sitting on a couch taken by
a smart TV in their friend's house) and that a decision was made to
decrypt the image (e.g., the image of three people sitting on a
couch taken by a smart TV in their friend's house).
[0351] Referring now to FIG. 12D, operation 1232 may include
operation 1246 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to an indication that the privacy beacon was
detected in the image and that the image has been cleared for
decryption, said clearance for decryption at least partly based on
an entity associated with the detected privacy beacon. For example,
FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7D, shows decrypted image through decryption of
the device-based encrypted image in response to an indication of
detection of a privacy beacon and an approval of decryption that is
at least partly based on an identity of the entity in the image
generating module 746 decrypting the device-based encrypted image
(e.g., an image of four teens in a shopping mall) in response to an
indication that the privacy beacon (e.g., a marker that is
broadcast by a part of a user's cellular telephone device) was
detected in the image (e.g. the image of four teens in a shopping
mall) and that the image has been cleared for decryption, said
clearance for decryption at least partly based on an entity (e.g.,
one of the teens is famous, and thus there is a chance for profit
on the image, which is part of the reason why the image is cleared
for decryption) associated with the detected privacy beacon (e.g.,
the marker that is broadcast by the part of the user's cellular
telephone device).
[0352] Referring now to FIG. 12E, operation 1004 may include
operation 1248 depicting receiving a determination that a privacy
beacon associated with the entity was detected in the image. For
example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7E, shows determination that privacy
beacon associated with the entity was detected acquiring module 748
receiving a determination that a privacy beacon (e.g., marker
mounted in eyeglasses) associated with (e.g., worn by) the entity
(e.g., a canoeist) was detected in the image (e.g., a picture of
five people whitewater canoeing).
[0353] Referring again to FIG. 12E, operation 1004 may include
operation 1250 depicting acquiring the indication that the image
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on
data associated with the privacy beacon. For example, FIG. 7, e.g.,
FIG. 7E, shows indication that the image has been approved for
decryption that is at least partly based on data associated with
the privacy beacon obtaining module 750 acquiring the indication
that the image (e.g., the picture of five people whitewater
canoeing) has been approved for decryption that is at least partly
based on data associated with the privacy beacon (e.g., a terms of
service governing use of the image that are retrieved in part
because of the data on the beacon).
[0354] Referring again to FIG. 12E, operation 1004 may include
operation 1252 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to the acquired indication. For example, FIG. 7,
e.g., FIG. 7E, shows decrypting the device-based encrypted image in
response to the obtained indication 752 decrypting the device-based
encrypted image (e.g., the picture of five people whitewater
canoeing) in response to the acquired indication (e.g., a packet of
data).
[0355] Referring again to FIG. 12E, operation 1248 may include
operation 1254 depicting receiving a determination that the privacy
beacon was detected in the image by the image capture device. For
example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7E, shows determination that was
performed by the image capture device and that indicates that
privacy beacon associated with the entity was detected acquiring
module 754 receiving a determination that the privacy beacon (e.g.,
a shape of the person's face is registered as the beacon) was
detected in the image (e.g., an image of three friends doing shots
at a bar) by the image capture device (e.g., a wearable computer,
e.g., Google Glass).
[0356] Referring again to FIG. 12E, operation 1248 may include
operation 1256 depicting receiving metadata that indicates that the
privacy beacon was detected in the image. For example, FIG. 7,
e.g., FIG. 7E, shows metadata that indicates that the privacy
beacon associated with the entity was detected receiving module 756
receiving metadata (e.g., data associated with the image, or
packaged in the image) that indicates that the privacy beacon
(e.g., a marker mounted in a hat) was detected in the image (e.g.,
an image of two people on a dinner date at a fancy restaurant).
[0357] Referring again to FIG. 12E, operation 1250 may include
operation 1258 depicting acquiring the indication that the image
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on
an identity of the entity associated with the privacy beacon. For
example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7E, shows indication that the image has
been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on an
identity of the entity associated with the privacy beacon obtaining
module 758 acquiring the indication that the image (e.g., an image
of two people at a baseball game) has been approved for decryption
(e.g., there is a flag in the data received that indicates "ok to
decrypt") that is at least partly based on an identity (e.g., is
one of the people a celebrity, and if so, is their image
potentially worth money) of the entity associated with the privacy
beacon (e.g., a marker mounted in an article of clothing).
[0358] Referring again to FIG. 12E, operation 1258 may include
operation 1260 depicting acquiring the indication that the image
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on
an estimated net worth of the entity associated with the privacy
beacon. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7E, shows indication that
the image has been approved for decryption that is at least partly
based on a net worth of the entity associated with the privacy
beacon obtaining module 760 acquiring the indication that the image
(e.g., an image of a man and a woman at an amusement park) has been
approved for decryption (e.g., a receipt of the decryption key is
an implied indication that the image has been approved for
decryption) that is at least partly based on an estimated net worth
of the entity associated with the privacy beacon (e.g., a marker
that emits a particular thermal signature).
[0359] Referring again to FIG. 12E, operation 1250 may include
operation 1262 depicting acquiring the indication that the image
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on
an estimated damage recovery likelihood factor of the entity
associated with the privacy beacon. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG.
7E, shows indication that the image has been approved for
decryption that is at least partly based on an estimated damage
recovery likelihood factor calculated based on an identity of the
entity associated with the privacy beacon obtaining module 762
acquiring the indication (e.g., performing a risk/potential damage
analysis on to generate the indication, which is in the form of a
binary signal that is internally generated) that the image (e.g., a
picture of three people at a trendy dance club) has been approved
for decryption (e.g., is okay to decrypt) that is at least partly
based on an estimated damage recovery likelihood factor (e.g., is
the person in the picture likely to sue, or do they have the
resources to use) of the entity (e.g., is the entity sophisticated,
e.g., college educated, or a lawyer, or do they speak English, or
do they have access to the U.S. court system) associated with the
privacy beacon (e.g., marker that emits a sonic wave at a frequency
that cannot be heard by humans).
[0360] Referring again to FIG. 12E, operation 1250 may include
operation 1264 depicting acquiring the indication that the image
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on
data retrieved through use of identification data associated with
the privacy beacon. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7E, shows
indication that the image has been approved for decryption that is
at least partly based on an data retrieved at least partially
through use of nonunique identification data associated with the
privacy beacon obtaining module 764 acquiring the indication that
the image (e.g., an image of an athlete drinking a particular
orange-flavored sports drink) has been approved for decryption that
is at least partly based on data (e.g., a terms of service data
governing distribution of pictures of the entity using one or more
items that are not associated with the entity's existing
sponsorships, e.g., the athlete has an endorsement contract with a
different sports drink company) retrieved through use of
identification data (e.g., an ID number of the entity that is read
from the privacy beacon that is sent to a remote database to
retrieve the terms of service) associated with the privacy beacon
(e.g., a marker that, when a particular type of electromagnetic
wave hits it, emits a particular electromagnetic wave).
[0361] Referring again to FIG. 12E, operation 1264 may include
operation 1266 depicting acquiring the indication that the image
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on
term data associated with one or more terms of service associated
with the entity, wherein said term data is configured to be
retrieved through use of identification data associated with the
privacy beacon. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7E, shows
indication that the image has been approved for decryption that is
at least partly based on term data including one or more terms of
service retrieved at least partially through use of nonunique
identification data associated with the privacy beacon obtaining
module 766 acquiring the indication that the image (e.g., an image
of two people at a late-night fast food restaurant) has been
approved for decryption that is at least partly based on term data
associated with one or more terms of service (e.g., a liquidated
damages clause for altering, e.g., "photo shopping" the image and
distributing it to the Internet) associated with the entity (e.g.,
one of the people at the fast food restaurant), wherein said term
data is configured to be retrieved through use of identification
data associated with the privacy beacon (e.g., marker that emits
light in a nonvisible spectrum).
[0362] Referring now to FIG. 12F, operation 1004 may include
operation 1268 depicting acquiring the indication that the image
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on a
valuation of the image. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7F, shows
indication that the device-based encrypted image has been approved
for decryption at least partly based on a valuation of the image
acquiring module 768 acquiring the indication that the image (e.g.,
an image of two people playing chess in a park in New York City)
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on a
valuation of the image (e.g., the image is deemed to be worth a lot
of money because one of the people is Michael Jordan, e.g., a
famous basketball player).
[0363] Referring again to FIG. 12F, operation 1004 may include
operation 1270 depicting decrypting the device-based encrypted
image in response to the acquired indication. For example, FIG. 7,
e.g., FIG. 7F, shows device-based encrypted image decrypting in
response to the acquired indication module 770 decrypting the
device-based encrypted image (e.g., the image of Michael Jordan
playing chess in a park in New York City) in response to the
acquired indication (e.g., the data indicating the value of the
image and that it is permitted to decrypt the image).
[0364] Referring again to FIG. 12F, operation 1268 may include
operation 1272 depicting acquiring the indication that the image
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on a
valuation of the image with regard to the representation of the
feature of the entity. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7F, shows
indication that the device-based encrypted image has been approved
for decryption at least partly based on a valuation of the image
that is at least partly based on the representation of the feature
of the entity acquiring module 772 acquiring the indication that
the image (e.g., an image of a professional basketball player
playing pickup basketball with a bunch of amateurs playing at the
local YMCA) has been approved for decryption that is at least
partly based on a valuation of the image with regard to the
representation of the feature of the entity (e.g., the professional
basketball player's face can be clearly seen, and the picture has
much more value than an ordinary picture of ten guys playing pickup
basketball because of the professional player in the picture).
[0365] Referring again to FIG. 12F, operation 1268 may include
operation 1274 depicting acquiring the indication that the image
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on a
comparison between an estimated value of the image and an estimated
amount of damages that may be incurred through distribution of the
image. For example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7F, shows indication that
the device-based encrypted image has been approved for decryption
at least partly based on a valuation of the image that is at least
partly based on a comparison of the valuation of the image and an
estimated amount of damages that may be incurred through
distribution of the image that contains the representation of the
feature of the entity acquiring module 774 acquiring the indication
that the image (e.g., an image of a famous married politician out
with a woman who is not his wife) has been approved for decryption
that is at least partly based on a comparison between an estimated
value of the image (e.g., a gossip website might may 100,000
dollars for the image) and an estimated amount of damages (e.g., a
terms of service retrieved from the identification data in the
privacy beacon) that may be incurred through the distribution
(e.g., sale to a gossip website that would then post it) of the
image (e.g., the image of a famous married politician out with a
woman who is not his wife).
[0366] Referring again to FIG. 12F, operation 1274 may include
operation 1276 depicting acquiring the indication that the image
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on a
comparison between an estimated value of the image and an estimated
amount of damages that may be incurred through distribution of the
image, said estimated amount of damages configured to be estimated
at least partly based on term data that includes one or more terms
of service that govern distribution of one or more images that
contain the representation of the feature of the entity. For
example, FIG. 7, e.g., FIG. 7F, shows indication that the
device-based encrypted image has been approved for decryption at
least partly based on a valuation of the image that is at least
partly based on a comparison of the valuation of the image and an
estimated amount of damages that may be incurred through
distribution of the image that is calculated at least partly based
on term data that includes one or more terms of service that govern
use of the image that contains the representation of the feature of
the entity acquiring module 776 acquiring the indication that the
image (e.g., an image of a famous actress eating a cheeseburger)
has been approved for decryption that is at least partly based on a
comparison between an estimated value of the image and an estimated
amount of damages that may be incurred through distribution of the
image, said estimated amount of damages configured to be estimated
at least partly based on term data that includes one or more terms
of service that govern distribution of one or more images (e.g., an
image of a famous actress eating a cheeseburger) that contain the
representation of the feature of the entity (e.g., the face of the
actress).
[0367] FIGS. 13A-13E depict various implementations of operation
1006, depicting creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular
client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the
image capture device configured to capture the image, according to
embodiments. Referring now to FIG. 11A, operation 1006 may include
operation 1302 depicting creating the client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the image that uses a particular client code
assigned to the client that is linked to the image capture device
configured to capture the image. For example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG.
8A, shows client-based encrypted image through encryption of the
generated decrypted image that uses a particular client code that
is assigned to the client by a third party and that is associated
with the image capture device configured to capture the image
creating module 802 creating the client-based encrypted image
(e.g., an image of a famous female celebrity at the beach) through
encryption of the image (e.g., the image of the famous female
celebrity at the beach) that uses a particular client code (e.g.,
an identification number associated with the client, e.g., the
client's social security number or drivers' license number)
assigned to the client (e.g., the person that took the picture)
that is linked (e.g., that owns or operates) to the image capture
device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., Google Glass) configured
to capture the image (e.g., the image of the famous female
celebrity at the beach).
[0368] Referring again to FIG. 11A, operation 1302 may include
operation 1304 depicting creating the client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the image that uses a unique entity
identification assigned to the client that possesses the image
capture device configured to capture the image. For example, FIG.
8, e.g., FIG. 8A, shows client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a unique
entity code that is assigned to the client by a third party and
that is associated with the image capture device configured to
capture the image creating module 804 creating the client-based
encrypted image (e.g., an image of three friends at a sports bar)
through encryption of the image (e.g., the image of the three
friends at the sports bar) that uses a unique client identification
(e.g., a unique user login to a service, e.g., an XBOX Live
identification, or an Apple Store identification) assigned to the
client (e.g., the person that captured the image) that possesses
the image capture device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., an
EyeTap device) configured to capture the image (e.g., the image of
three friends at the sports bar).
[0369] Referring again to FIG. 11A, operation 1304 may include
operation 1306 depicting creating the client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the image that uses the unique client
identification as a seed for the encryption, said unique client
identification configured to be accepted by the image capture
device configured to capture the image as a client login. For
example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8A, shows client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a
unique entity code that is assigned to the client by a third party
and that is associated with the image capture device configured to
capture the image and that is configured to be used as a seed in a
generation of an encryption key creating module 806 creating (e.g.,
taking the decrypted image and encrypting it) the client-based
encrypted image (e.g., a surreptitiously-taken image of a person
working on their laptop at an airport) through encryption of the
image (e.g., the surreptitiously-taken image of a person working on
their laptop at an airport) that uses the unique client
identification (e.g., the user's profile login to the device) as a
seed for the encryption (e.g., seed data that is used to "randomly"
generate a pair of encryption keys), said unique client
identification configured to be accepted by the image capture
device (e.g., a hypothetical wearable computer, e.g., an Apple
"iGlasses") configured to capture the image (e.g.,
surreptitiously-taken image of a person working on their laptop at
an airport) as a client login (e.g., the user logs into the device
using the unique client identification, so that if liability does
arise from the use of the image, it can be tied both to a device
and to a specific user of the device).
[0370] Referring again to FIG. 11A, operation 1006 may include
operation 1308 depicting creating the client-based encrypted image
through an encryption of the decrypted image through use of the
particular client code that is unique to the client that is linked
to the image capture device configured to capture the image. For
example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8A, shows client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a
unique entity code that is assigned to a client that is an operator
of image capture device configured to capture the image creating
module 808 creating the client-based encrypted image (e.g., an
image of two people at a baseball game) through an encryption of
the decrypted image (e.g., the image of the two people at the
baseball game) through use (e.g., the particular client code allows
generation of the encryption key and the paired decryption key)
that is unique to the client (e.g., the person that captured the
image) that is linked to the image capture device (e.g., a wearable
computer, e.g., a hypothetical Microsoft "KinectVision") configured
to capture the image (e.g., the image of the two people at the
baseball game).
[0371] Referring again to FIG. 11A, operation 1006 may include
operation 1310 depicting creating a client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image through use of a
particular client code that is associated with a client that is
linked to the image capture device, wherein the particular client
code is unique to a particular set of clients, of which the client
that is linked to the image capture device is a member. For
example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8A, shows client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a
particular client code that is assigned to a client that is
associated with the image capture device configured to capture the
image and that is unique to a particular set of clients that
includes the client associated with the image capture device
creating module 810 creating a client-based encrypted image (e.g.,
an image of five people playing poker) through encryption of the
decrypted image (e.g., the image of five people playing poker)
through use of a particular client code (e.g., which is a public
key of an RSA encryption scheme) that is associated with a client
that is linked to the image capture device (e.g., a wearable
computer, e.g., Nokia SMARTglasses), wherein the particular client
code (e.g., the public key) is unique to a particular set of
clients (e.g., a family, or a company that all have the same
device, or an organization), of which the client that is linked to
the image capture device (e.g., the wearable computer, e.g., the
Nokia SMARTglasses) is a member (e.g., is part of the
family/company/organization).
[0372] Referring now to FIG. 11B, operation 1006 may include
operation 1312 depicting encrypting the decrypted image through use
of the particular client code that is associated with the client
that is linked to the image capture device configured to capture
the image. For example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8B, shows generated
decrypted image that uses a particular client code that is assigned
to a client that is associated with the image capture device
configured to capture the image encrypting through use of the
particular client code module 812 encrypting the decrypted image
(e.g., an image of five people at a casino playing blackjack)
through use of the particular client code (e.g., a 1024-bit
encryption key) that is associated with the client (e.g., that was
assigned to the client when the client first logged into the image
capture device, without informing the client (since it may work
transparently in some embodiments) that is linked to the image
capture device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., a hypothetical
Samsung "Spectacles") configured to capture the image (e.g., the
image of five people at the casino playing blackjack).
[0373] Referring again to FIG. 11B, operation 1006 may include
operation 1314 depicting transmitting the decrypted image to an
encryption location. For example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8B, shows
generated decrypted image transmission to an encryption destination
facilitating module 814 transmitting the decrypted image (e.g., an
image of twenty people around a craps table at a casino) to an
encryption location (e.g., a server that stores the particular
client codes for various clients and that performs the encryption
into the client-based encrypted image).
[0374] Referring again to FIG. 11B, operation 1006 may include
operation 1316 depicting receiving, from the encryption location,
the client-based encrypted image that has been encrypted through
use of the particular client code that is associated with the
client that is linked to the image capture device configured to
capture the image. For example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8B, shows
client-based encrypted image that has been encrypted through use of
the particular client code that is assigned to the client that is
associated with the image capture device configured to capture the
image receiving from the encryption destination module 816
receiving, from the encryption location (e.g., a server that stores
the particular client codes for various clients and that performs
the encryption into the client-based encrypted image), the
client-based encrypted image (e.g., an encrypted version of the
image of twenty people around a craps table at a casino) that has
been encrypted through use of the particular client code (e.g., a
private encryption key that is associated with the client and
stored on a secure server that does not give out the codes) that is
associated with the client (e.g., the person wearing the wearable
computer) that is linked (e.g., has a login for) the image capture
device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., a DigiLens DL40)
configured to capture the image (e.g., the image of twenty people
around a craps table at the casino).
[0375] Referring again to FIG. 11B, operation 1006 may include
operation 1318 depicting creating a client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image, said encryption of the
decrypted image configured to use a key derivation function to the
particular client code to arrive at a derived key used to encrypt
the decrypted image. For example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8B, shows
client-based encrypted image through encryption of the generated
decrypted image that uses a key derivation function to which the
particular client code is applied to generate a derived key for
encryption of the generated decrypted image creating module 818
creating a client-based encrypted image (e.g., an image of four
people at a shopping mall, taken surreptitiously) through
encryption of the decrypted image (e.g., image of four people at a
shopping mall, taken surreptitiously), said encryption of the
decrypted image configured to use a key derivation function (e.g.,
a function that derives sets of encryption and decryption keys) to
the particular client code (e.g., a 32-digit number assigned to the
client by the image capture device) to arrive at a derived key used
to encrypt the decrypted image (e.g., the image of four people at a
shopping mall, taken surreptitiously).
[0376] Referring again to FIG. 11B, operation 1006 may include
operation 1320 depicting generating a generated encryption key
through application of a key derivation function to the particular
client code. For example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8B, shows client-based
encryption key generating through application of a key derivation
function to the particular client code module 820 generating a
generated encryption key through application of a key derivation
function (e.g., an HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation
Function as specified in RFC 5869, herein incorporated by reference
in its entirety) to the particular client code.
[0377] Referring again to FIG. 11B, operation 1006 may include
operation 1322 depicting encrypting the decrypted image through use
of the generated encryption key. For example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG.
8B, shows generated decrypted image encrypting through use of the
generated client-based encryption key module 822 encrypting the
decrypted image (e.g., an image of a celebrity acting as a chef in
a restaurant promotion) through use of the generated encryption key
(e.g., the key generated from the HMAC-based derivation
function).
[0378] Referring again to FIG. 11B, operation 1006 may include
operation 1324 depicting creating a client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image with the particular
client code as the encryption key, said particular client code
associated with the client that is linked to the image capture
device configured to capture the image. For example, FIG. 8, e.g.,
FIG. 8B, shows client-based encrypted image through encryption of
the generated decrypted image that uses a particular client code
that is assigned to a client that is associated with the image
capture device configured to capture the image as an encryption key
creating module 824 creating a client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image (e.g., an image of three tourists
at the White House taken surreptitiously by a Secret Service agent)
with the particular client code (e.g., a public-key in an
asymmetric key set) as the encryption key, said particular client
code associated with the client (e.g., a Secret Service agent) that
is linked to the image capture device (e.g., a wearable computer,
e.g., an Oculon Optoelectronics device) configured to capture the
image (e.g., an image of three tourists at the White House taken
surreptitiously by a Secret Service agent).
[0379] Referring now to FIG. 11C, operation 1006 may include
operation 1326 depicting creating a client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image with the particular
client code as a seed value for a symmetric key cipher, said
particular client code associated with the client that is linked to
the image capture device configured to capture the image. For
example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8C, shows client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a
particular client code as a seed value for a symmetric key cipher
that is assigned to a client that is associated with the image
capture device configured to capture the image creating module 826
creating a client-based encrypted image (e.g., an image of three
off-duty police officers at a bar, taken covertly) through
encryption of the decrypted image (e.g., image of three off-duty
police officers at a bar, taken covertly) with the particular
client code (e.g., a 64-bit character string) as a seed value for a
symmetric key cipher (e.g., Data Encryption Algorithm ("DEA")),
said particular client code (e.g., the 64-bit character string)
associated with the client that is linked to the image capture
device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., Google Glass) configured
to capture the image (e.g., the image of three off-duty police
officers at a bar, taken covertly)
[0380] Referring again to FIG. 11C, operation 1006 may include
operation 1328 depicting creating a client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image through use of the
particular client code that is associated with a user of the image
capture device configured to capture the image. For example, FIG.
8, e.g., FIG. 8C, shows client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a particular
client code that is assigned to a client that is an operator of the
image capture device configured to capture the image creating
module 828 creating a client-based encrypted image (e.g., an image
of two people at a college football game) through encryption of the
decrypted image (e.g., the image of two people at a college
football game) through use of the particular client code (e.g., a
pass-string that the user inputted the first time the user logged
into the image capture device) that is associated with a user of
the image capture device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., a
hypothetical Microsoft "KinectVision") configured to capture the
image (e.g., the image of two people at a college football
game).
[0381] Referring again to FIG. 11C, operation 1328 may include
operation 1330 depicting creating the client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image through use of the
particular client code that is associated with the user of the
image capture device that captured the image. For example, FIG. 8,
e.g., FIG. 8C, shows client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses a particular
client code that is assigned to a client that is an operator of the
image capture device that captured the image creating module 830
creating the client-based encrypted image (e.g., a picture of
friends gathered around a tailgate at a college football game)
through encryption of the decrypted image (e.g., picture of friends
gathered around a tailgate at a college football game) through use
of the particular client code (e.g., a user's email account
address) that is associated with the user of the image capture
device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., a Google Glass device)
that captured the image (e.g., the picture of friends gathered
around a tailgate at a college football game).
[0382] Referring again to FIG. 11C, operation 1006 may include
operation 1332 depicting creating the client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image through use of the
particular client code that is assigned to the client that is
linked to the image capture device configured to capture the image.
For example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8C, shows client-based encrypted
image through encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses
a particular client code that is assigned to a client that is
associated with the image capture device configured to capture the
image by an entity external to the image capture device creating
module 832 creating the client-based encrypted image (e.g., a
surreptitious image of two people waiting at a bus stop) through
encryption of the decrypted image (e.g., the surreptitious image of
two people waiting at a bus stop) through use of the particular
client code (e.g., the client's full name) that is assigned (e.g.,
at birth, the assignment does not have to be related to the device)
to the client that is linked (e.g., that owns) to the image capture
device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., an EyeTap device)
configured to capture the image (e.g., the surreptitious image of
two people waiting at a bus stop).
[0383] Referring again to FIG. 11C, operation 1328 may include
operation 1334 depicting creating the client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image through use of the
particular client code that is assigned to the client by a
developer of one or more components of the image capture device.
For example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8C, shows client-based encrypted
image through encryption of the generated decrypted image that uses
a particular client code that is assigned to the client that is an
operator of the image capture device configured to capture the
image that is assigned to the client by a developer of one or more
applications present in a memory of the image capture device
creating module 830 creating (e.g., applying the encryption to the
decrypted image) the client-based encrypted image (e.g., an image
of a table of people at a fundraiser for a charitable cause)
through encryption of the decrypted image (e.g., the image of a
table of people at a fundraiser for a charitable cause) through use
of the particular client code (e.g., a login string) that is
assigned to the client by a developer of one or more components
(e.g., an image capturing component, or the software related to the
image capturing component) of the image capture device (e.g., a
wearable computer, e.g., a hypothetical Samsung "Spectacles").
[0384] Referring again to FIG. 11C, operation 1328 may include
operation 1336 depicting creating the client-based encrypted image
through encryption of the decrypted image through use of the
particular client code that is associated with the client that is
linked to the image capture device configured to capture the image,
said particular client code assigned at a time that the image is
captured. For example, FIG. 8, e.g., FIG. 8C, shows client-based
encrypted image through encryption of the generated decrypted image
that uses a particular client code that is assigned, at a time that
the image is captured, to the client that is associated with the
image capture device configured to capture the image creating
module 836 creating the client-based encrypted image through
encryption of the decrypted image (e.g., an image of two parents at
a Little League baseball game) through use of the particular client
code that is associated with the client that is linked to the image
capture device configured to capture the image, said particular
client code assigned at a time that the image (e.g., an image of
two parents at a Little League baseball game) is captured.
[0385] FIGS. 14A-14C depict various implementations of operation
1008, depicting delivering the client-based encrypted image to a
particular location, according to embodiments. Referring now to
FIG. 14A, operation 1008 may include operation 1402 depicting
transmitting the client-based encrypted image to a particular
location. For example, FIG. 9, e.g., FIG. 9A, shows created
client-based encrypted image transmitting to a particular
destination module 902 transmitting the client-based encrypted
image (e.g., an image of two people sitting at a bar) to a
particular location (e.g., a device carried by the person that took
the picture, but that is not the image capture device, e.g.,
transmitting the image to a cell phone device with more memory that
is carried by the person that was wearing the computer that
captured the image).
[0386] Referring again to FIG. 14A, operation 1402 may include
operation 1404 depicting transmitting the client-based encrypted
image to the image capture device. For example, FIG. 9, e.g., FIG.
9A, shows created client-based encrypted image transmitting to the
image capture device module 904 transmitting the client-based
encrypted image (e.g., an image of a man and a woman having dinner
at a restaurant) to the image capture device (e.g., a wearable
computer, e.g., a hypothetical Samsung "Spectacles").
[0387] Referring again to FIG. 14A, operation 1008 may include
operation 1406 depicting delivering the client-based encrypted
image to a device that has access to a decryption key configured to
decrypt the client-based encrypted image. For example, FIG. 9,
e.g., FIG. 9A, shows created client-based encrypted image
distributing to a device that has access to a decryption key
configured to decrypt the client-based encrypted image destination
module 906 delivering the client-based encrypted image (e.g., a
picture of five guys playing pickup basketball) to a device (e.g.,
a home computer that is owned by the client that took the picture
using his image capture device, e.g., a wearable computer) that has
access to a decryption key configured to decrypt the client-based
encrypted image (e.g., the picture of five guys playing pickup
basketball).
[0388] Referring again to FIG. 14A, operation 1008 may include
operation 1408 depicting transmitting the client-based encrypted
image to a device that is associated with the client that is linked
to the image capture device configured to capture the image. For
example, FIG. 9, e.g., FIG. 9A, shows created client-based
encrypted image distributing to a device that has a preexisting
relationship with the client that is associated with the image
capture device module 906 transmitting the client-based encrypted
image (e.g., a surreptitious picture of a person reading a
newspaper on a park bench) to a device (e.g., a tablet device that
is carried by the client's brother) that is associated with (e.g.,
owned by but not carried by, in this particular example) the client
(e.g., the person that captured the image with a wearable computer)
that is linked (e.g., that has a login for) the image capture
device (e.g., a wearable computer, e.g., a LifeLog device)
configured to capture the image (e.g., the surreptitious picture of
the person reading the newspaper on the park bench).
[0389] Referring again to FIG. 14A, operation 1408 may include
operation 1410 depicting transmitting the client-based encrypted
image to a home computer that is associated with the client that is
linked to the image capture device configured to capture the image.
For example, FIG. 9, e.g., FIG. 9A, shows created client-based
encrypted image distributing to a home computer device that is
under control of the client that is associated with the image
capture device module 908 transmitting the client-based encrypted
image (e.g., an image of three people in line to buy cupcakes from
a cupcake truck) to a home computer that is associated with the
client that is linked to the image capture device (e.g., a wearable
computer) configured to capture the image (e.g., the image of three
people in line to buy cupcakes from a cupcake truck).
[0390] Referring again to FIG. 14A, operation 1008 may include
operation 1412 depicting locating a device that is associated with
the client that is linked to the image capture device. For example,
FIG. 9, e.g., FIG. 9A, shows device that has a relationship with
the client that is associated with the image capture device
locating module 910 locating a device (e.g., a laptop device on a
home network) that is associated with (e.g., has been used by) the
client (e.g., the person that captured the image) that is linked to
the image capture device (e.g., the wearable computer that captured
the image, e.g., a hypothetical Apple "iGlasses").
[0391] Referring again to FIG. 14A, operation 1008 may include
operation 1414 depicting transmitting the client-based encrypted
image to the located device. For example, FIG. 9, e.g., FIG. 9A,
shows client-based encrypted image transmitting to the located
device that has the relationship with the client module 912
transmitting the client-based encrypted image (e.g., an image of
four people on a fishing trip) to the located device (e.g., the
laptop device on the home network).
[0392] Referring again to FIG. 14A, operation 1412 may include
operation 1416 depicting locating a device to which the client that
is linked to the image capture device is logged in. For example,
FIG. 9, e.g., FIG. 9A, shows device to which the client that is
associated with the image capture device has previously logged in
locating module 916 locating a device (e.g., a different computer
device) to which the client that is linked to the image capture
device (e.g., the wearable computer, e.g., the Google Glass device)
is logged in (e.g., the client is logged into the different
computer device on a network).
[0393] Referring again to FIG. 14A, operation 1412 may include
operation 1418 depicting locating a device that is within a
particular proximity to the client. For example, FIG. 9, e.g., FIG.
9A, shows device that is within a particular proximity to the
client that is associated with the image capture device locating
module 918 locating a device (e.g., a smartphone device) that is
within a particular proximity (e.g., three feet) to the client
(e.g., the person that captured the image, and it is determined
that the closest cell phone to the client is the client's cell
phone).
[0394] Referring now to FIG. 14B, operation 1008 may include
operation 1420 depicting delivering the client-based encrypted
image to a shared network drive. For example, FIG. 9, e.g., FIG.
9B, shows created client-based encrypted image distributing to a
shared network drive module 920 delivering the client-based
encrypted image (e.g., a picture of five people at Thanksgiving
dinner) to a shared network drive (e.g., a drive that more than one
person has access to, and that can be accessed over a network).
[0395] Referring again to FIG. 14B, operation 1008 may include
operation 1422 depicting delivering the client-based encrypted
image to a location specified by the client. For example, FIG. 9,
e.g., FIG. 9B, shows created client-based encrypted image
distributing to a client-selected destination module 922 delivering
the client-based encrypted image to a location (e.g., a web
address, or a particular device, or a directory of the image
capture device) specified by the client (e.g., the user tells,
e.g., through input, where to send the encrypted image).
[0396] Referring again to FIG. 14B, operation 1008 may include
operation 1424 depicting transmitting the client-based encrypted
image to a social networking server. For example, FIG. 9, e.g.,
FIG. 9B, shows created client-based encrypted image distributing to
a social networking site module 924 transmitting the client-based
encrypted image (e.g., a picture of three friends at a birthday
party) to a social networking server (e.g., a server controlled by
a social network platform, e.g., Instagram).
[0397] Referring again to FIG. 14B, operation 1424 may include
operation 1426 depicting posting the client-based encrypted image
to a social networking account on the social networking server,
said social networking account associated with the client that is
linked to the image capture device. For example, FIG. 9, e.g., FIG.
9B, shows created client-based encrypted image distributing to a
client-associated social networking account of the social
networking site module 926 posting the client-based encrypted image
(e.g., an image of four girls at cheerleading practice) to a social
networking account on the social networking server (e.g., a server
under control of a social network site, e.g., Facebook), said
social networking account associated with (e.g., used by) the
client that is linked to the image capture device (e.g., a wearable
computer, e.g., Google Glass).
[0398] Referring again to FIG. 14B, operation 1424 may include
operation 1428 depicting transmitting the client-based encrypted
image to the social networking server that has authorization to
decrypt the client-based encrypted image. For example, FIG. 9,
e.g., FIG. 9B, shows created client-based encrypted image
distributing to a social networking site that has authorization
from the client to decrypt the client-based encrypted image module
928 transmitting the client-based encrypted image (e.g., an image
of seven people playing poker at a kitchen table) to the social
networking server (e.g., a server run by a social network provider,
e.g., Twitter) that has authorization to decrypt the client-based
encrypted image (e.g., the social network provider has the
decryption key and when the picture is transmitted to the Twitter
server, the picture is decrypted without further user
intervention).
[0399] It is noted that, in the foregoing examples, various
concrete, real-world examples of terms that appear in the following
claims are described. These examples are meant to be exemplary only
and non-limiting. Moreover, any example of any term may be combined
or added to any example of the same term in a different place, or a
different term in a different place, unless context dictates
otherwise.
[0400] All of the above U.S. patents, U.S. patent application
publications, U.S. patent applications, foreign patents, foreign
patent applications and non-patent publications referred to in this
specification and/or listed in any Application Data Sheet, are
incorporated herein by reference, to the extent not inconsistent
herewith.
[0401] The foregoing detailed description has set forth various
embodiments of the devices and/or processes via the use of block
diagrams, flowcharts, and/or examples. Insofar as such block
diagrams, flowcharts, and/or examples contain one or more functions
and/or operations, it will be understood by those within the art
that each function and/or operation within such block diagrams,
flowcharts, or examples can be implemented, individually and/or
collectively, by a wide range of hardware, software (e.g., a
high-level computer program serving as a hardware specification),
firmware, or virtually any combination thereof, limited to
patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. 101. In an embodiment,
several portions of the subject matter described herein may be
implemented via Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs),
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), digital signal processors
(DSPs), or other integrated formats. However, those skilled in the
art will recognize that some aspects of the embodiments disclosed
herein, in whole or in part, can be equivalently implemented in
integrated circuits, as one or more computer programs running on
one or more computers (e.g., as one or more programs running on one
or more computer systems), as one or more programs running on one
or more processors (e.g., as one or more programs running on one or
more microprocessors), as firmware, or as virtually any combination
thereof, limited to patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. 101,
and that designing the circuitry and/or writing the code for the
software (e.g., a high-level computer program serving as a hardware
specification) and or firmware would be well within the skill of
one of skill in the art in light of this disclosure. In addition,
those skilled in the art will appreciate that the mechanisms of the
subject matter described herein are capable of being distributed as
a program product in a variety of forms, and that an illustrative
embodiment of the subject matter described herein applies
regardless of the particular type of signal bearing medium used to
actually carry out the distribution. Examples of a signal bearing
medium include, but are not limited to, the following: a recordable
type medium such as a floppy disk, a hard disk drive, a Compact
Disc (CD), a Digital Video Disk (DVD), a digital tape, a computer
memory, etc.; and a transmission type medium such as a digital
and/or an analog communication medium (e.g., a fiber optic cable, a
waveguide, a wired communications link, a wireless communication
link (e.g., transmitter, receiver, transmission logic, reception
logic, etc.), etc.)
[0402] While particular aspects of the present subject matter
described herein have been shown and described, it will be apparent
to those skilled in the art that, based upon the teachings herein,
changes and modifications may be made without departing from the
subject matter described herein and its broader aspects and,
therefore, the appended claims are to encompass within their scope
all such changes and modifications as are within the true spirit
and scope of the subject matter described herein. It will be
understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used
herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the
appended claims) are generally intended as "open" terms (e.g., the
term "including" should be interpreted as "including but not
limited to," the term "having" should be interpreted as "having at
least," the term "includes" should be interpreted as "includes but
is not limited to," etc.).
[0403] It will be further understood by those within the art that
if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended,
such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the
absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example,
as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may
contain usage of the introductory phrases "at least one" and "one
or more" to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such
phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a
claim recitation by the indefinite articles "a" or "an" limits any
particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to
claims containing only one such recitation, even when the same
claim includes the introductory phrases "one or more" or "at least
one" and indefinite articles such as "a" or "an" (e.g., "a" and/or
"an" should typically be interpreted to mean "at least one" or "one
or more"); the same holds true for the use of definite articles
used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a
specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly
recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such
recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the
recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of "two recitations,"
without other modifiers, typically means at least two recitations,
or two or more recitations).
[0404] Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous
to "at least one of A, B, and C, etc." is used, in general such a
construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art
would understand the convention (e.g., "a system having at least
one of A, B, and C" would include but not be limited to systems
that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C
together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In
those instances where a convention analogous to "at least one of A,
B, or C, etc." is used, in general such a construction is intended
in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the
convention (e.g., "a system having at least one of A, B, or C"
would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B
alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C
together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further
understood by those within the art that typically a disjunctive
word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms,
whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be
understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the
terms, either of the terms, or both terms unless context dictates
otherwise. For example, the phrase "A or B" will be typically
understood to include the possibilities of "A" or "B" or "A and
B."
[0405] With respect to the appended claims, those skilled in the
art will appreciate that recited operations therein may generally
be performed in any order. Also, although various operational flows
are presented in a sequence(s), it should be understood that the
various operations may be performed in other orders than those
which are illustrated, or may be performed concurrently. Examples
of such alternate orderings may include overlapping, interleaved,
interrupted, reordered, incremental, preparatory, supplemental,
simultaneous, reverse, or other variant orderings, unless context
dictates otherwise. Furthermore, terms like "responsive to,"
"related to," or other past-tense adjectives are generally not
intended to exclude such variants, unless context dictates
otherwise.
[0406] This application may make reference to one or more
trademarks, e.g., a word, letter, symbol, or device adopted by one
manufacturer or merchant and used to identify and/or distinguish
his or her product from those of others. Trademark names used
herein are set forth in such language that makes clear their
identity, that distinguishes them from common descriptive nouns,
that have fixed and definite meanings, or, in many if not all
cases, are accompanied by other specific identification using terms
not covered by trademark. In addition, trademark names used herein
have meanings that are well-known and defined in the literature, or
do not refer to products or compounds for which knowledge of one or
more trade secrets is required in order to divine their meaning.
All trademarks referenced in this application are the property of
their respective owners, and the appearance of one or more
trademarks in this application does not diminish or otherwise
adversely affect the validity of the one or more trademarks. All
trademarks, registered or unregistered, that appear in this
application are assumed to include a proper trademark symbol, e.g.,
the circle R or bracketed capitalization (e.g., [trademark name]),
even when such trademark symbol does not explicitly appear next to
the trademark. To the extent a trademark is used in a descriptive
manner to refer to a product or process, that trademark should be
interpreted to represent the corresponding product or process as of
the date of the filing of this patent application.
[0407] Throughout this application, the terms "in an embodiment,"
"in one embodiment," "in an embodiment," "in several embodiments,"
"in at least one embodiment," "in various embodiments," and the
like, may be used. Each of these terms, and all such similar terms
should be construed as "in at least one embodiment, and possibly
but not necessarily all embodiments," unless explicitly stated
otherwise. Specifically, unless explicitly stated otherwise, the
intent of phrases like these is to provide non-exclusive and
non-limiting examples of implementations of the invention. The mere
statement that one, some, or may embodiments include one or more
things or have one or more features, does not imply that all
embodiments include one or more things or have one or more
features, but also does not imply that such embodiments must exist.
It is a mere indicator of an example and should not be interpreted
otherwise, unless explicitly stated as such.
[0408] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing
specific exemplary processes and/or devices and/or technologies are
representative of more general processes and/or devices and/or
technologies taught elsewhere herein, such as in the claims filed
herewith and/or elsewhere in the present application.
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